Datastream Appoints Sales and Marketing Head in Asia Pacific

Asset Performance Management Leader Hires Clement Goh
As Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for Asia Pacific

GREENVILLE, S.C. – MAY 24, 2005 – Datastream Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSTME) today announced that it has named Clement Goh as the company’s senior director of sales and marketing in Asia Pacific. Goh will oversee all revenue generation in Asia Pacific and hold direct responsibility for marketing, sales, channels and consulting groups in the region. 

Prior to joining Datastream, Goh held a number of key positions in global technology companies, most recently serving as a field program director at McDATA in Asia Pacific. While at McDATA, he drove business development in the region while strengthening relationships with technology vendors including EMC and Dell. He previously served as director for the Industrial Sector at EMC Singapore and was a sales manager for Oracle Systems Singapore where he won multiple awards including the President’s Club and Club of Excellence.

“Clement will play a crucial role for the company as we continue to grow our presence in the Asia Pacific market,” said Larry Blackwell, CEO of Datastream. “Clement will build on the momentum we have established in Asia Pacific through customer successes such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. in Japan, Xiang Tan Iron and Steel Group Co. in China, and PowerSeraya and Pfizer in Singapore.”

“Datastream is rapidly earning a reputation in Asia Pacific for providing truly superior Asset Performance Management technology,” Goh said. “I believe I am joining the company at the ideal time and look forward to helping Datastream accelerate its emergence as a major competitor in the Asia Pacific market.”

About Datastream Systems, Inc.
Datastream Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSTME) provides Asset Performance Management software and services to enterprises worldwide, including more than 65 percent of the Fortune 500. Datastream’s solutions combine world-class asset management functionality with advanced analytics to deliver a powerful platform for optimizing enterprise asset performance.

By using Datastream’s solutions, customers can maintain and manage capital assets – such as manufacturing equipment, vehicle fleets and buildings – and create analyses and forecasts so they can take action to improve future performance. Datastream’s flagship product, Datastream 7iÔ, delivers a complete Asset Performance Management infrastructure by combining an Internet, web services architecture with broad enterprise asset management functionality, integrated procurement, advanced analytics and multi-site capability.

Datastream was founded in 1986 and has customers in more than 140 countries. For more information, visit www.datastream.net.

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Statements in this release contain forward looking statements that involve uncertainties and risks. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to the risk factors described in detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2004. All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date set forth at the beginning of this release. Datastream does not have, and expressly disclaims, any obligation to release publicly any updates or any changes in the Company’s expectations or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based.

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