Datawatch Announces Global Partnership with OSIsoft

Integration Brings Advanced Real-Time Visualization to OSIsoft PI System

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Mar 18, 2014, 08:55 ET

CHELMSFORD, Mass., March 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH), a leading global provider of visual data discovery solutions, today announced a partnership with OSIsoft, and the release of its real-time data connector to the OSIsoft PI System. OSIsoft produces the PI System, the leading operational data infrastructure for real-time data and event processing. Through this partnership, Datawatch will extend OSIsoft's industry-leading infrastructure with business-driven data visualization capable of allowing organizations to see the operational aspects of their businesses in real time.

The Datawatch PI System connector provides seamless integration between OSIsoft's PI System and Datawatch's visual data discovery platform. OSIsoft users are now able to quickly develop visualizations of streaming PI System data using Datawatch Desktop and then deploy these solutions securely across their enterprises with Datawatch Server.

"We are extremely excited about the prospects for our partnership with OSIsoft," said Ben Plummer, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of Strategic Alliances for Datawatch. "The ever-increasing speed of today's business requires constant access to information, and OSIsoft's vision for delivering this information in real time is a critical part of an organization's infrastructure. When you couple their capabilities with Datawatch's visual data discovery solutions, users gain the ability to quickly spot trends as they occur in their businesses – delivering a competitive edge."

"This partnership brings significant value to our mutual customers by demonstrating how real-time data visual analytics helps organizations discover patterns and correlations in their PI system data and more quickly see and react to problem areas," said Richard Beeson, Chief Software Architect at OSIsoft. "Datawatch and OSIsoft share an understanding of the value of gaining a broad view of your business over time through the use of historical and real-time sources, making this a natural partnership."

Datawatch and OSIsoft will be jointly promoting the connector to market together, and the initial launch of the connector will take place at the OSIsoft User Conference in San Francisco March 25-26, 2014. For customers of OSIsoft wishing to learn more about the Datawatch connector please contact Datawatch directly at 800-445-3311 or visit our website at www.datawatch.com.

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 99 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/trial.

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