Datawatch and ParStream Bring Blazingly Fast Visual Analytics to the Internet of Things

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Oct 20, 2014, 10:00 ET

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH), a leading global provider of visual data discovery solutions, today teamed with ParStream to add visual data discovery capabilities to the industry's first analytics platform designed for the speed and scale of the Internet of Things (IoT).

ParStream developed the industry's first analytics platform purpose-built to handle the massive scale and velocity of IoT data streaming from applications, which often have hundreds to thousands of machines, devices and sensors. Using Datawatch as the visualization front-end, users of the ParStream Analytics Platform can glean actionable insights from IoT data in real-time.

The two companies are developing a series of vertical solutions for industries such as manufacturing, supply chain and telecommunications that are struggling to harness their IoT data to improve operations. For example, the companies will soon unveil a new call center solution with which companies can visualize and analyze billions of call data records in real-time to improve quality of service.

"Data is bigger and coming at us faster than ever. With more than two exabytes of data generated every single day, legacy database and analytics tools fall short of the new IoT requirements for speed, scale, and flexibility," said Syed Hoda, chief marketing officer for ParStream. "The ParStream/Datawatch solution lets users visually explore IoT data as its being loaded from its source for real-time analysis."

The analytics platform is powered by ParStream DB, the company's patented database with sub-second query response times in analyzing billions of rows of data. ParStream DB can analyze massive amounts of real-time streaming data as well as historical data. The platform also includes other tools designed for IoT, such a Geo-Distributed Analytics, which enable analytics close to the source of data.

Informatica Vibe provides the real-time Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) capabilities for streaming data.

As a visual data discovery platform, in addition to providing the visualization front-end, Datawatch also enables users to ingrate IoT streaming data with all kinds of other data sources – including unstructured and semi-structured data. Allowing users to visually identify trends, spot outliers and uncover new revenue opportunities in real time.

Companies using the ParStream/Datawatch solution can expect to roll out IoT applications twice as fast versus integrating components in-house from different vendors, with 30 percent less resources for testing and supporting applications.

"New advances in low cost sensor devices and their associated data streams are rapidly becoming a big source of differentiation for industrial organizations that can effectively harness this information for more meaningful and timely decisions," said Ben Plummer, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of Strategic Alliances for Datawatch Corporation. "Traditional BI and analytic approaches will not be sufficient in an era of high speed, high volume data streams – and this is where ParStream's analytics platform together with Datawatch's visualization capabilities provide a complete solution for IoT applications."

About ParStream

ParStream is the IoT analytics platform company. The ParStream Analytics Platform was purpose-built for scale to handle the massive volumes and high velocity of IoT data. Enabling a new breed of analytics for the enterprise, ParStream has earned accolades including CIO Magazine #1 Big Data Startup, Gartner Cool Vendor and Database Trends and Applications Magazine's Trend-Setting Products in Data. ParStream is based in Silicon Valley, online at www.ParStream.com and on Twitter @ParStream.

About Datawatch Corporation

Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH) provides visual data discovery software that optimizes any data – regardless of its variety, volume, or velocity – delivering next generation analytics to reveal valuable insights for improving business. Its unique ability to integrate structured, unstructured, and semi-structured sources like reports, PDF files and EDI streams with real-time streaming data into visually rich analytic applications allows users to dynamically discover key factors that impact any operational aspect of their business. This ability to perform visual discovery against any data sets Datawatch apart in the big data and visualization markets. Organizations of every size, worldwide use Datawatch products, including 93 of the Fortune 100. Datawatch is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts with offices in New York, London, Munich, Stockholm, Singapore, Sydney and Manila, and with partners and customers in more than 100 countries worldwide. See the Whole Story for yourself by downloading the free trial at www.datawatch.com/free-trial.

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