NEON zPrime enables more than half of IBM System z workloads to run on IBM’s specialty processors, which have no usage charge
SUGAR LAND, TX. – June 30, 2009 – NEON Enterprise Software today announced immediate availability of NEON zPrime, a proprietary software product that dramatically reduces the cost of mainframe computing. NEON zPrime will save mainframe users millions of dollars in IT costs by taking full advantage of IBM System z specialty processors.
NEON zPrime can save companies with System z mainframes 20 percent or more of their annual mainframe hardware and software costs under conventional use-pricing structures. Unlike any approach to date that attempts to offload processing from a System z central processor, or CP, to IBM specialty processors such as System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) or System z Application Assist Processors (zAAP), zPrime easily enables the shift of huge amounts of routine workloads running on CPs to these equally-fast but lower-cost specialty processors.
zPrime can facilitate the transfer of as much as 50 percent or more of a company’s IMS, DB2, CICS, TSO/ISPF, and batch workloads from System z CPs to zIIP and zAAP processors, and consequently reduce mainframe costs significantly. Mainframe users now have more options of what workloads to move to a specialty processor to meet capacity planning and cost optimization objectives.
“The cost of computing resources on the mainframe is unnecessarily high,” said Lacy H. Edwards, chairman and CEO of NEON. “In keeping with IBM’s stated objective to lower the cost of mainframe computing, NEON continues to innovate and develop solutions that help customers get their mainframe work done more cost effectively.”
NEON zPrime is 100 percent compliant with IBM specifications, rules and conditions for System z processor access to assure a seamless environment that makes IMS, CICS, TSO/ISPF, DB2, batch jobs and NEON IMS utilities workloads eligible for processing on zIIPs or zAAPs.
Industry analysts briefed by NEON on zPrime acknowledged NEON’s opportunity to help companies substantially reduce costs of mainframe use and ownership.
“For years, mainframe workloads have been a target for migration because of the high cost of ownership,” said Jasmine Noel, an analyst with the IT market research firm Ptak Noel & Associates. “It seems NEON’s innovation dramatically changes the game, making the mainframe more cost competitive than ever before.”
“It’s rare to witness disruptive innovation in a market that’s been around for 50 years,” said Edwards. “There has been a glaring lack of real innovation among mainframe independent software vendors these past couple of decades. The market is clearly ready for zPrime.”
About NEON Enterprise Software
NEON Enterprise Software is a privately-held company based in 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 and zPrime, visit our new website at www.neon.com or contact us at 888.338.6366 or +1 281.491.6366.
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 and zPrime are trademarks of NEON Enterprise Software in the USA and in other select countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
NEON zPRIME SHAKES UP MAINFRAME MARKET
Recent launch of disruptive software product ignites tidal wave of attention from scores of the world’s largest mainframe users; hundreds attend webinar to learn more
SUGAR LAND, Texas – July 16, 2009 – NEON Enterprise Software is responding to a massive wave of interest over a newly-released software product called NEON zPrime that saves mainframe users millions of dollars in IT costs by realizing the full potential of IBM System z specialty processors.
zPrime drastically reduces mainframe costs by facilitating the movement of IBM System z workloads that run on central processors (CPs) to IBM specialty processors that run at a fraction of the cost. Until zPrime, such massive shifts of mainstream business application processing workloads to System z Integrated Information Processors (zIIPs) and Application Assist Processors (zAAPs) were not possible.
Since the launch of zPrime on June 30, NEON has fielded countless inquiries from IT organizations with mainframe processing capacities ranging from 5,000 to as much as 270,000 MIPS (millions of instructions per second) in place. Hundreds of organizations—including scores on Fortune Magazine’s list of the largest 500 companies—flooded an informational webinar on zPrime conducted by NEON this week. Attendees included some of the largest manufacturing, banking and financial services, healthcare and consumer products organizations in the world. Mainframe user blogs and “listservs” (automated mass email listing applications commonly used by IT user groups) now buzz with discussions over the implications of zPrime for IT budget impacts, usability and considerations specific to a given user’s mainframe environment.
“zPrime is making waves the likes of which haven’t been seen in the mainframe world for decades,” said NEON Chairman and CEO Lacy H. Edwards. “Its disruptive nature is clearly reflected by the massive interest in its innovative approach to reducing the cost of expensive mainframe operations.”
At a private event to unveil zPrime to some of NEON’s customers, early users of the software enthusiastically shared test results that proved zPrime can move major workloads from costly-to-use System z central processors and on to IBM specialty zIIPs and zAAPs that run the workloads as fast or faster than the central processors. Because mainframe software from independent software vendors such as CA and BMC are typically priced according to the number of central processors, users can slash significant costs by shifting the workloads to zIIPs and zAAPs, which don’t carry the same MIPS-based pricing burden.
“In one case a customer told us that zPrime could save his company from $20 to $30 million,” Edwards said. “That is just one company out of hundreds with similar mainframe environments.”
About NEON Enterprise Software
NEON Enterprise Software is a privately-held company based in 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 and zPrime, visit our new website at www.neon.com or contact us at 888.338.6366 or +1 281.491.6366.
The NEON Enterprise Software logo and zPrime are trademarks 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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