Landmark Systems Enters OEM Agreement With Neon Systems

Landmark Systems Corporation, a leading, global provider of software and services that help organization manage their critical information technology systems and e-business operations, announced an OEM license agreement with NEON Systems.

This agreement will allow NEON Systems to integrate Landmark's forthcoming IMS/TM mainframe transaction monitoring system, The Monitor (TMON) for IMS, with NEON Systems next generation IMS/DB database management tool, NEON 24X7. For the first time, this combination of technology will provide data center managers and administrators a comprehensive single point of control for managing the performance and availability of IMS data and transactions. Initial delivery of TMON for IMS is currently expected for late Q4 of 2000.

Additionally, the partnership agreement permits Landmark to accelerate its e-business initiative to Web-enable its OS/390 suite of management products through use of NEON Systems Shadow Web Server for OS/390 technology.

"A complete e-business solution necessitates the management of both the database and the transactions. We believe the blending of Landmark's track record of highly-respected and proven technology for more than 4,000 customer sites and NEON Systems' unparalleled expertise in Enterprise Subsystem Management for IMS/DB systems provides the integrated solution that data center professionals require," said Katherine Clark, president and CEO of Landmark.

"Landmark and NEON Systems technology provide a perfect fit for our combined customer base of Global 2000 companies. We believe the combination of the Landmark TMON for IMS and NEON 24X7 technologies will provide great value to the customer. This joint solution will address the management of an IMS ebusiness environment from one single point of control. Bottom line: we are providing a good night's sleep for our customers: reliability, performance, and availability -- from one integrated solution," said Joe Backer, president and CEO of NEON Systems.

About NEON Systems

NEON Systems Inc is a leading provider of eBusiness Integration, Security, and Subsystem Management software products for all industries. NEON Systems' eBusiness Integration solution delivers integrated, global information sharing in cross-platform, multi-functional environments via the Internet or client/server. Many Global 2000 companies have chosen NEON Systems software for the revitalization of legacy applications, e-commerce, enterprise application integration, and business-to-business integration. NEON Enterprise Security Management software products provide password synchronization for interoperable computing environments. NEON Enterprise Subsystem Management software products economically enhance and maintain the high availability, integrity, and performance of key CICS and IMS mainframe environments as the demand for existing and new applications increases. Headquartered in Sugar Land (Houston), Texas, NEON has sales, support, and distributor offices covering 25 countries around the world. NEON's Website can be visited at www.neonsys.com.

About Landmark

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Landmark Systems Corporation is a leading, global provider of software products and services that help organizations manage critical information technology systems and e-business operations. Landmark offers PerformanceWorks, The Monitor (TMON), and WebWatcher, a family of products and services that ensure operating systems, applications, databases, middleware, and servers operate as efficiently and effectively as possible. Used by over 4,000 companies in 40 countries, Landmark solutions ensure optimum systems performance by monitoring current system availability, diagnosing and preventing problems, as well as planning for future enterprise application capacity needs. For more information on Landmark and its products and services, visit the company's Website at www.landmark.com.

Contact Sarah Mahoney of Landmark Systems Corporation, 703-464- 1300 smahoney@landmark.com.