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NEON Adds Antitrust Claims To Its Lawsuit Against IBM
AUSTIN, TX. – February 18, 2010 – NEON Enterprise Software today announced that on February 17, 2010 it amended its lawsuit to add antitrust claims based on alleged violations of the Sherman and Clayton Acts and state law claims based on section 329 of the New York Business Law. NEON alleges that IBM has a monopoly on the processing of Legacy Workloads on IBM Mainframe computers, a monopoly that annually generates billions of dollars in software licensing revenue for IBM.
On December 14, 2009, NEON Enterprise Software filed a lawsuit in connection with IBM’s efforts to prevent System z mainframe owners from using NEON zPrimeTM, a proprietary software product that enables IBM System z business application workloads – IMS, DB2, CICS, TSO/ISPF and batch – to run on IBM’s equally fast, lower-cost zIIP and zAAP specialty processors. Consumers throughout the United States, and the world, would benefit from the dramatic reduction in the cost of processing workloads on mainframe computers that is made possible with the use of zPrime. In the lawsuit, filed in the Austin Division of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, NEON originally alleged that IBM has violated the Lanham Act and state unfair competition laws, and that IBM is liable for business disparagement and tortious interference with prospective contracts.
Facts about zPrime
zPrime is a proprietary software product that enables IBM System z business application workloads – IMS, DB2, CICS, TSO/ISPF and batch – to run on IBM’s equally fast, lower-cost zIIP or zAAP specialty processors. Rigorous testing conducted by nearly 50 organizations has repeatedly validated that zPrime can save System z mainframe users 20 percent or more of their annual mainframe costs under conventional use pricing structures. For detailed information about zPrime, including how it legally gives mainframe users more control over IT investments while substantially reducing mainframe costs, visit www.neon.com.
About NEON Enterprise Software
NEON Enterprise Software is a privately held company with offices in Austin and Sugar Land, Texas that provides innovative mainframe software solutions to the world’s largest corporations. NEON solutions work to dramatically lower the cost of mainframe computing, and they enable organizations to take control of the IT resources vital to their business success.
For more information about NEON Enterprise Software, visit www.neon.com or call 281-491-6366 or 888-338-6366.
The NEON Enterprise Software logo is a trademark of NEON Enterprise Software in the USA and in other select countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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