Datastream Systems, Inc. provides asset performance management software and services to enterprises worldwide. The company’s primary product, Datastream 7i, an Internet-based product, offers tools for asset performance management and is applied in various organizations from small shops to large enterprises. It is an ‘n-tier’ application comprising client, application server, and database, which provides electronic record generation and storage, electronic signature, back-end tamper monitoring, preventive maintenance and inspection revision control, and auditing and reporting suite. This product integrates with third-party systems via standard integration tools and supporting conventions, such as Java, J2EE, Forms, Web services, XML, LDAP, and SOAP. The company also offers MP2 product to generate standard reports, providing analysis down to specific location, piece of equipment, and employee, in file server and client server versions for Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle databases to small to medium sized organizations. Its features include MP2 Messenger, Pocket MP2, Pagerlink, and MP2 Weblink. In addition, Datastream Systems offers various professional services, including consulting and advisory services, technical services, configuration services, spare parts purchasing and management services, product and customer support services, project management, and customer training. The company has a strategic relationship with IBM to integrate its products and to market the IBM versions of its products. It sells its products through direct sales force, telesales force, strategic partnerships, and direct mail in the United States; and through sales offices and a network of affiliates worldwide. Datastream Systems was founded by Larry G. Blackwell in 1986 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. As of March 31, 2006, Datastream Systems, Inc. is a subsidiary of Infor Global Solutions.