CHELMSFORD, Mass., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH), the leading global provider of information optimization software and services, today announced that BNP Paribas Securities Services has selected Datawatch Report Mining Server (RMS) as its information optimization solution for mining and analyzing information from EMC Documentum, an industry leading enterprise content management platform for creating, managing and deploying business applications and solutions. The Datawatch solution is optimized to facilitate the mining and retrieval of millions of semi-structured bank documents and reports which are stored in EMC Documentum and accessed by BNP Paribas users all across Europe. As part of the selection process, EMC reviewed the Datawatch solution together with a number of competitive offerings and proposed Datawatch as the optimal solution to ensure that BNP Paribas Securities Services could continue to maximize its investment in EMC Documentum.

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"EMC constantly strives to allow our customers to maximize the value that they gain from their investment with EMC," said Chris McLaughlin, VP Channel Sales and Alliances at EMC.  He continued, "By recommending Datawatch RMS we can ensure that BNP Paribas Securities Services' investment in EMC Documentum provides both high performance document storage and management and industry leading information optimization and analytics."

"We view document archive and management solutions as an integral component of a company's Big Data infrastructure in today's information rich environment," said Don Mulroy, General Manager, Worldwide Report Management Solutions for Datawatch. "With our ability to support interactive access and analysis of semi-structured content from systems like EMC Documentum, as well as systems from other vendors like IBM and Open Text, we are able to transform these archive systems into information optimization solutions that deliver much greater value to an organization."

EMC's evaluation and recommendation of Datawatch RMS was a critical consideration in BNP's selection process. Datawatch and EMC will team together during the implementation of the Datawatch solution at BNP Paribas Securities Services, and are also working on other joint programs for Datawatch RMS and EMC Documentum.

ABOUT BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES SERVICES
BNP Paribas Securities Services (http://www.securities.bnpparibas.com/jahia/Jahia/site/portal), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Group, is a leading global custodian and securities service provider backed by a strong universal bank.  It provides integrated solutions to all participants in the investment cycle including the buy side, sell side, corporates and issuers.

The bank has a local presence in 34 countries across five continents, effecting global coverage of more than 100 markets.  It partners with clients to overcome complexity, while offering a one-stop shop for all asset classes, both onshore and offshore, around the world.

Key figures as of 30 September 2012: USD 6,815 billion of assets under custody; USD 1,280 billion of assets under administration; more than 7,044 administered funds and 7,700 employees.

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 www.datawatch.com.

ABOUT EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.emc.com.

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