Profile: Datawatch Corporation (DWCH.O)

Datawatch Corporation (Datawatch) is engaged in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and support of business computer software primarily for the business intelligence (BI) and enterprise information management (EIM) markets, which include business intelligence, enterprise content management and service management solutions to allow organizations to access and analyze information. The Company’s principal products are Business Intelligence Solutions (including Monarch, Monarch Data Pump, Monarch RMS, Monarch BI Server, Datawatch ES, Datawatch Dashboards, Datawatch Researcher, Visual Insight, iMergence and VorteXML), Content Management Solutions (including Datawatch BDS and Datawatch MailManager) and Service Management Solutions (including Visual QSM and Visual HD). The Company offers its enterprise products through perpetual licenses and subscription pricing models.

Monarch

Monarch transforms structured text files (reports, statements) into a live database that users can sort, filter, summarize, graph and export to other applications, such as Microsoft Corporation’s Excel or Access. Monarch Professional Edition lets users extract and work with data in portable document format (PDF) and hypertext markup language (HTML) files, databases, spreadsheets and ODBC and OLE DB sources, as well as reports. The Monarch product line represented approximately 51% of total revenues during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009 (fiscal 2009).

Monarch Data Pump

Monarch Data Pump provides information delivery and data extract, transform and load capabilities in one automated solution, without programming. Combining Datawatch’s Monarch Report Mining/Data Mining engine with the Microsoft.NET framework, Monarch Data Pump delivers a administered solution to acquire, combine, and segment customized data, and can deliver that data in a variety of formats, on an automatic, scheduled basis. Monarch Data Pump Professional Edition adds high-volume data production, remote Web administration, a Web service interface and tight integration with Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services.

Monarch BI Server

Monarch BI Server is an out-of-the-box Web-based BI solution developed specifically for small to medium size businesses and individual departments of large businesses. By transforming reports and other business documents stored in a central report warehouse on demand into browser-based tables, summaries and charts or Excel spreadsheets, Monarch BI Server allows organizations to fully leverage their investments in existing reporting output and processes. Monarch BI Server delivers BI without data marts or programming, little or no need for end user training and with minimal support and administration requirements.

Monarch RMS

Monarch RMS (Report Mining Server) is a Web-based report mining and analysis solution that integrates with any existing Enterprise Record Management document or content management archiving solution including Datawatch BDS, IBM Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD) and Hyland OnBase. Monarch RMS opens up the corporate data locked in stored, static reports, enabling dynamic business-driven analysis of information in users’ Web browsers or favorite productivity tools with no programming.

Datawatch ES

Datawatch ES (Enterprise Server) is an enterprise Business Intelligence system that provides Web-enabled report management, mining and distribution, as well as data analysis and MS Excel integration. Datawatch ES allows organizations to deliver business intelligence and decision support, derived from existing reporting systems and other database sources, with no new programming or report writing. Datawatch ES automatically stores report data in an enterprise report and document warehouse and provides users a unified point of entry to view, analyze and share information over the Internet. Designed to be scalable through thousands of users, Datawatch ES offers additional features including on-line analytical process-type tools, XML forms generation, collaboration and subscription capabilities, and live linking of report and database information. The Datawatch ES product line represented approximately 10% of total revenues during fiscal 2009.

Datawatch BDS

Datawatch business document server (BDS) is a high speed, high volume document archive system, storing text, as well as images, intelligent data streams and unstructured content, complete with file compression and encryption. Datawatch BDS is capable of enabling thousands of end users to access and retrieve stored documents in a matter of seconds via the network or Web. Datawatch BDS also offers optional advanced business modules including e-Notify for automatic e-mail notification to end users of newly archived documents, Datawatch BDS Workflow for Web-enabled enterprise business process management, Monarch RMS for Web-enabled transformation of business documents into customized data for easy analysis and Datawatch BDS Records Management for the ability to organize and process documents and other content within a regulatory compliant plan. The Datawatch BDS product line represented approximately 17% of total revenues during fiscal 2009.

Datawatch MailManager

Datawatch MailManager is an e-mail management solution that provides complete lifecycle, compliance, and storage management for Microsoft Exchange environments. It is a compliance solution built to scale from small and medium size organizations to large corporate entities and is able to support the regulatory requirements. Datawatch MailManager automates the e-mail management lifecycle. It captures internal, outgoing and incoming e-mail correspondence, indexing it and managing its retention based on an organization’s internal policies. In the case of audit or legal discovery, related e-mail can be instantly retrieved.

Visual Insight

Visual Insight is a performance management solution that can provide Key Performance Indicator reporting, as well as workflow and knowledge base portals. Built on a .NET platform, Visual Insight not only delivers performance management, but actually facilitates performance improvement. Visual Insight is available as a Web-based business data and information management server Software Development Kit.

Visual QSM

Visual QSM is a Web-enabled information technology (IT) service management system that scales from a basic help desk system to a full business management solution that incorporates workflow and network management capabilities and provides Web access to multiple databases while enabling customers to interact via a standard browser. Visual QSM also provides advanced service level management capabilities, integrated change management features, business process automation tools and an easy to learn and use interfaces. The Visual QSM product line represented approximately 11% of total revenues during fiscal 2009.

Visual Help Desk

Visual Help Desk (Visual HD) leverages the IBM Lotus Domino platform to provide a 100% Web-based help desk and call center solution. Visual HD is an enterprise-wide support solution that supports an organization’s existing IT infrastructure. Visual HD has the additional ability to utilize XML-based Web Services, as well as the ability to integrate directly with IBM enterprise applications.

VorteXML

VorteXML software converts any structured text output generated from any system into valid XML for Web services and more using any DTD or XDR schema without programming. The VorteXML solution suite is comprised of two software products that work together: VorteXML Designer, a desktop tool that provides users a visual interface that allows users to extract, transform and map data from existing text documents into XML without programming; and VorteXML Server, a scalable, high-volume server that automates the extraction and conversion of text documents into XML.

Datawatch Dashboards

Datawatch Dashboards is a fully interactive dashboard solution that gives all levels of users a visual overview of operational performance, as well as the ability to monitor specific business processes and events. Utilizing information from existing databases (in real time if so desired) and other sources of data including Excel and reports, Datawatch Dashboards allows users to visualize data in over 50 eye-catching graphical chart types in a Web browser. Users from senior level executives to operational staff can easily assess results, identify trends, reveal issues and initiate appropriate actions with Datawatch Dashboards.

The Company competes with Actuate Corporation, IBM, Microsoft Corporation and ASG Software Solutions.