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               UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

   Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
             Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940


                                                                                                    
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2. Date of Event Requiring    4. Issuer Name and Ticker or        6. If Amendment, Date
                                              Statement                     Trading Symbol                      of Original
      Poynter    James         B.             (Month/Day/Year)               NEON Systems, Inc. (NESY)          (Month/Day/Year)
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     (Last)     (First)     (Middle)            7/17/01                  5. Relationship of Reporting        -----------------------
  14100 Southwest Freeway, Suite 500       ----------------------------     Person(s) to Issuer              7. Individual or Joint/
----------------------------------------   3. I.R.S. Identification         (Check all applicable)              Group Filing (Check
             (Street)                         Number of Reporting              Director       10% Owner         Applicable Line)
                                              Person, if an entity       -----           -----                   X  Form filed by
      Sugarland    Texas       77478          (voluntary)                  X   Officer        Other (specify    --- One Reporting
--------------------------------------                                   -----           -----      below)          Person
      (City)      (State)      (Zip)       ----------------------------  (give title below)                         Form filed by
                                                                          Chief Financial Officer               --- More than One
                                                                         ------------------------------             Reporting Person
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            TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security                         2. Amount of Securities         3. Ownership Form:         4. Nature of Indirect
    (Instr. 4)                                   Beneficially Owned              Direct (D) or              Beneficial
                                                 (Instr. 4)                      Indirect (I)               Ownership (Instr. 5)
                                                                                 (Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                  (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).                                   SEC 1473 (3-99)

                                                        POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED)                      TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                   (e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative  2. Date Exercisable     3. Title and Amount of      4. Conversion    5. Ownership    6. Nature of Indirect
   Security (Instr. 4)     and Expiration          Securities Underlying       or Exercise      Form of         Beneficial Ownership
                           Date                    Derivative Security         Price of         Derivative      (Instr. 5)
                           (Month/Day/Year)        (Instr. 4)                  Derivative       Security:
                        -------------------------------------------------      Security         Direct (D) or
                                                                Amount or                       Indirect (I)
                        Date         Expiration                 Number                          (Instr. 5)
                        Exercisable  Date          Title        of Shares
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Stock Options
(Right to Buy)(1)        (1)         7/17/11      Common Stock  100,000        $6.88            D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Granted under the Issuer's 1999 Long Term Incentive Plan and vesting in four (4) equal installments of 25,000 shares beginning
    July 17, 2002.

                                                                                 By    /s/ JAMES B. POYNTER            July 20, 2001
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                                                                                           James B. Poynter                 Date



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      Criminal Violations.   See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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      space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

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