◎戦略的提携を発表　ビッグデータ分析でDatawatchとASTA Systems

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共同JBN 0342 （2013.3.27）

【チェルムズフォード（米マサチューセッツ州）2013年3月27日PRN＝共同JBN】情報を最適化するソフトウエアとサービスを提供する世界的な有力企業のDatawatch Corporation（http://www.datawatch.com、NASDAQ-CM:DWCH）と、文書管理やコンテンツ管理、ビジネスインテリジェンスの分野でウェブベースのソフトウエア・ソリューションを提供する有力企業のASTA Systems Limitedは27日、多様なデータを在来のビジネスインテリジェンスと自動パブリッシュ・ソリューションに組み込む能力をユーザーに与えることを目的に戦略的に提携すると発表した。この提携によって各組織は、非構造化、半構造化のデータフォーマットから、リポート、PDFファイル、EDIストリーム、ログファイルの各ソースのほか、以前活発に発生した活字の文書では解読が難しいか不可能だったマシンデータ、さらにはHTMLファイルとXBRLファイルを含む米証券取引委員会（SEC）準拠文書に至るまで、利用が可能になる。

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Datawatchのアジア太平洋地区マネジング・ディレクターのカール・モアントリ氏は「ASTA Systemsとの提携により、ビジネスインテリジェンスとコンテンツ管理の分野や、ビッグデータと多様なデータが組織に与える重大な価値を完全に理解した同業者と強い絆ができる」と強調した。

ASTAの技術担当ディレクター、ディオ・ラム氏は「この提携を背景にわが社の顧客は、以前はアクセスが不可能と思われたデータソースを取り込むためにASTAを利用する現行計画を広げる力を得る。ASTAは絶えず、ビジネスインテリジェンス技術の導入面で革新的な新手法の開発を目指してきたが、Datawatchとの提携でもたらされる非構造化、半構造化情報の取り込みは、市場にBI 3.0を送り込むわが社のビジョンに直結している。非構造化、半構造化データを取り込む力を顧客に与えつつ、市場へビジネスインテリジェンスを提供することが、わが社の顧客のニーズに応えることになる」と語った。

DatawatchとASTAはそれぞれの直接販売と世界的な提携企業を通して、共同のソリューションを販売する。この革命的なBI 3.0ソリューションの導入を加速するため、共同でマーケティング、サービス、販売、保証の活動を行い、提携関係を支えていく。さらにASTAは、香港市場で初めてDatawatchの販売代理店兼ソリューション提供業者になる。

▽Datawatch Corporationについて

Datawatch Corporation（NASDAQ-CM: DWCH）は、組織が可能な限り多様なデータを自社のビッグデータや解析アプリケーションに入力できるようにする情報最適化製品とソリューションを提供する有力企業である。Datawatchはリポート、PDFファイル、EDIストリームなどの構造化、非構造化、半構造化されたソースを、事業に内在する問題やチャンスの全方位観点から見渡せるアプリケーションに組み入れる能力を組織に与える。世界ではFortune 100社中の99社を含む4万社以上の組織がDatawatchの製品やサービスを利用しており、あらゆる業種の企業がDatawatchの業界トップのソリューションの力と柔軟性から恩恵を受けられる。Datawatchは、米マサチューセッツ州チェルムズフォードに本社を置き、ロンドン、ミュンヘン、シンガポール、シドニー、マニラにオフィスを構え、世界100カ国以上にパートナーと顧客を擁している。詳細はwww.http://www.datawatch.com。

▽ASTA Systems Limitedについて

2000年創業のASTA Systems Limited（ASTA）は、文書管理や電子書式、ワークフロー管理、インターネットマーケティング、ウェブコンテンツ管理、ビジネスインテリジェンスの分野でウェブベースのソフトウエア・ソリューションを提供している有力ソフトウエア企業である。さらにASTAはQlikViewの販売代理店兼ソリューション提供業者であり、顧客が正確な経営決定を下すのを助けるQlikViewベースのソリューションを開発している。アプリケーションに含まれるのは財務分析、小売り業績分析、製造工程分析、販売分析など。

10年間の営業でASTAは、香港や中国、台湾、シンガポール、英国、米国、中東各国の数百社にコンサルティングとソフトウエア・ソリューションを提供してきた。世界の顧客の中には大手企業や、Fortune 500社に入っている教育、銀行、金融サービス、会計、法律、製造業の各企業のほか、非政府組織も含まれている。詳細はhttp://www.astasys.com参照。

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Datawatch Investor Relations

investor@datawatch.com

Phone: +1-978-441-2200 ext. 8323

▽報道関係問い合わせ先

Sarah Bernardi

Datawatch Corporation

Sarah_Bernardi@datawatch.com

Phone: +1-978-441-2200 ext. 8387

Twitter: @datawatch (https://twitter.com/datawatch)

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ソース：Datawatch Corporation

Datawatch And ASTA Systems Announce Strategic Alliance To Deliver Big Data Analytics To BI

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CHELMSFORD, Mass., Mar. 27, 2013 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    Alliance Brings Greater Data Variety to Traditional BI and Automated

Publishing Solutions

    Datawatch Corporation (http://www.datawatch.com/) (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH), the

leading global provider of information optimization software and services, and

ASTA Systems Limited, a leading software provider that offers web-based

software solutions in the areas of Document Management, Content Management and

Business Intelligence, today announced a strategic alliance targeted at

providing users the ability to bring greater data variety to their traditional

business intelligence and automated publishing solutions. Through the alliance,

organizations can access unstructured and semi-structured data formats and

sources such as reports, PDF files, EDI streams, log files, and machine data

that might otherwise have been difficult or even impossible to access to then

dynamically generate typeset documents as well as SEC compliance documents

including HTML and XBRL files.

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    "The alliance with ASTA Systems provides a strong allegiance with a partner

that fully understands the areas of Business Intelligence and Content

Management and what critical value Big Data and data variety can bring to an

organization," said Karl Mouantri, Managing Director Asia-Pacific, Datawatch

Corporation.

    "This partnership offers our customers the ability to extend their current

plans to deploy ASTA to include data sources that they had previously thought

were not accessible," said Dio Lam, Director, Technology, ASTA Systems

Limited.  "ASTA has always looked to provide innovative new approaches to

delivering business intelligence technologies and the inclusion of the

unstructured and semi-structured information through our partnership with

Datawatch is directly in line with our vision to deliver BI 3.0 to the market.

Delivering business intelligence to the market while offering our clients the

ability to include unstructured and semi-structured data is delivering what our

clients need."

    Datawatch and ASTA will market and sell the joint solution through their

respective direct sales and global channel partners - supporting the alliance

with joint marketing, services, sales and certification activities to

accelerate adoption of this revolutionary BI 3.0 solution. What's more, ASTA is

the first authorized reseller and solution provider of Datawatch in the Hong

Kong market.

    ABOUT DATAWATCH CORPORATION

    Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH) is a leader in providing

information optimization products and solutions that allow organizations to

deliver the greatest data variety possible into their big data and analytic

applications. Datawatch provides organizations the ability to integrate

structured, unstructured, and semi-structured sources like reports, PDF files,

and EDI streams into these applications to provide a 360 degree perspective of

the issues and opportunities that exist in their businesses. More than 40,000

organizations worldwide use Datawatch's products and services, including 99 of

the Fortune 100, and businesses of every type can benefit from the power and

flexibility of Datawatch's industry leading solutions. Datawatch is

headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts with offices in London, Munich,

Singapore, Sydney and Manila, and with partners and customers in more than 100

countries worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.datawatch.com.

    ABOUT ASTA SYSTEMS LIMITED

    Founded in 2000, ASTA Systems Limited (ASTA) is a leading software provider

that offers web-based software solutions in the areas of Document Management,

eForm and Workflow Management, eMarketing, Web Content Management and Business

Intelligence. Moreover, ASTA is a QlikView authorized reseller and solution

provider and has developed a QlikView-based solution that helps clients to make

precise business decisions. Applications include: Financial Analysis, Retail

Performance Analysis, Manufacturing Process Analysis as well as Sales Analysis,

etc.

    In its ten years operations, ASTA has implemented the software solution

together with consulting work to hundreds of organization in Hong Kong, China,

Taiwan, Singapore, UK, USA and Middle East. Our worldwide client base includes

leading companies and Fortune 500 organizations in the areas of Education,

Banking and Financial Services, Accounting, Legal, Manufacturing and

Non-Governmental Organization. For more information, please visit

http://www.astasys.com.

    Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of

1995

    Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe

historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is

defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such

statements, including but not limited to those relating to results of

operations, contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject

to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ

materially from expectations. The factors that could cause actual future

results to differ materially from current expectations include the following:

risks associated with the continuing weak global economy; risks associated with

fluctuations in quarterly operating results due, among other factors, to the

size and timing of large customer orders; the volatility of Datawatch's stock

price; limitations on the effectiveness of internal controls; rapid

technological change; Datawatch's dependence on the introduction of new

products and possible delays in those introductions; competition in the

software industry generally, and in the markets for information optimization in

particular; Datawatch's dependence on its principal products, proprietary

software technology and software licensed from third parties; risks associated

with international sales; risks associated with indirect distribution channels;

the adequacy of Datawatch's sales returns reserve; risks associated with a

subscription sales model; risks associated with acquisitions, including the

recent acquisition of intellectual property from Math Strategies; Datawatch's

dependence on its ability to hire and retain skilled personnel; disruption or

failure of Datawatch's technology systems that may result from a natural

disaster, cyber-attack or other catastrophic event; and uncertainty and

additional costs that may result from evolving regulation of corporate

governance and public disclosure. Further information on factors that could

cause actual results to differ from those anticipated is detailed in various

publicly-available documents, which include, but are not limited to, filings

made by Datawatch from time to time with the Securities and Exchange

Commission, including but not limited to, those appearing in the Company's

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2012 and Form 10-Q

for the quarter ending December 31, 2012.   Any forward-looking statements

should be considered in light of those factors.

    Investor Contact:

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    Phone: +1-978-441-2200 ext. 8323

    Media Contact:

    Sarah Bernardi

    Datawatch Corporation

    Sarah_Bernardi@datawatch.com

    Phone: +1-978-441-2200 ext. 8387

    Twitter: @datawatch (https://twitter.com/datawatch)

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United States and/or other countries. All other names are trademarks or

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