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NEOS partners with Practical Transitions for Legacy Modernization
HARTFORD, Conn. – Tuesday, April 27, 2010 -- NEOS LLC (“NEOS”) and its software division, Vgo Software (“Vgo”), have partnered with Practical Transitions LLC (“PracTrans”) to provide more inclusive portfolio modernization solutions and conversion services for mainframe and other legacy application environments.  

Ernst Renner, Chief Executive Officer at NEOS describes the partnership as a ‘win-win’ alliance. “PracTrans has extensive mainframe expertise with solutions that compliment our client’s modernization efforts and allow them to derive more value from their existing legacy applications.  Clients gain complete insight into their application complexities and can better identify the critical dependencies throughout their operational environment.”

Robert Ruetz, President at PracTrans agrees that the partnership ensures a highly effective modernization process for larger legacy environments.   "We believe there is a growing demand to provide the critical analysis needed for both the backend data sources and front-end business applications before any conversion process is implemented. We are excited to be working with NEOS and Vgo Software who share that same belief."

Vgo Software and PracTrans each have distinct analysis tools to produce all the needed metadata to accurately size and estimate costs associated with legacy modernization and conversion activities.   

About NEOS LLC
NEOS offers complete modernization and data management solutions throughout the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.  Their clients range from large mid-cap companies to the Global 1000 segments including financial services, insurance, and media. Services also include enterprise architecture strategies and design, reviews and planning, deployment, and data analysis. NEOS is the parent company of Vgo Software that specializes in modernization analysis and conversion utilities.

For more information about NEOS, visit www.neosllc.com
Contact:  Christine Evenson, Marketing & Public Relations at 860.519.5601 or email: media@neosllc.com

About Vgo Software
Vgo provides the expertise, solutions, tools, and proven methodologies that insulate organizations from the complexities of change and accelerate application modernization.  Supported technologies include IBM, Sybase, Oracle, and Microsoft.  Modernization and conversion tools include Evo, (Oracle Forms® to Java), ART™, (Application Portfolio Assessment for Oracle Forms® and PowerBuilder Applications), and Evolutions™ (Application Conversion Methodology).  Vgo Software is one of only two companies worldwide certified by Oracle Corporation to modernize Oracle Forms clients.

For more information about Vgo Software, visit www.vgosoftware.com.
Contact:  Christine Evenson, Marketing & Public Relations at 860.519.5601 or email: media@vgosoftware.com.

About Practical Transitions LLC
PracTrans provides modernization, migration, and data conversion solutions for the Fortune 1000 and State Governments.  Supported environments include IBM, Bull and UNISYS mainframes, IBM AS/400, UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris), Windows, DB2, IMS, IDMS, Oracle, and SQL-Server database management systems. The Company specializes in large fixed price engagements and utilizes a proprietary Data Transition Toolset (DTT) to automate portfolio analysis, data mining, rule extraction, code conversion, name standardization, and data conversion.

For more information about Practical Transitions, visit www.practrans.com.
Contact:  Robert R. Ruetz, President at 574-243-5550 x201 or email: rrruetz@practrans.com