SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 8-K/A

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1

                                       TO

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   November 7, 1996
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                              DATAWATCH CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



            DELAWARE                    0-19960               02-0405716
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(State or other jurisdiction of     (Commission file      (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)         number)           Identification No.)


 234 Ballardvale Street, Wilmington, MA                       01887
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(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)


  Registrant's telephone number including area code:  (508) 988-9700
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                           No change since last report
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             (Former name or address, if changed since last report)











         The undersigned registrant hereby amends the following items, financial
statements,  exhibits or other  portions of its Current Report on Form 8-K dated
November 7, 1996 as set forth in the pages attached hereto:

                  (1)   Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

                  (2)   Exhibit Index

                  (3)   Filing of Additional Exhibits

         Datawatch  Corporation (the "Company") hereby amends its Current Report
on Form 8-K dated November 7, 1996 (the "Current Report") by deleting Item 7(a),
Item  7(b)  and  Item  7(c) of the  Current  Report  and  replacing  it with the
following  new Items 7(a),  7(b) and 7(c) so that as so amended said Items 7(a),
7(b) and 7(c) shall read in their entirety as follows:

(1)      Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (a)      Financial Statements of Business Acquired.

                  The  following  audited  financial   statements  of  Guildsoft
                  Holdings  Limited  ("Guildsoft  Holdings"),  together with the
                  manually  signed   Auditors'  Report  of  Deloitte  &  Touche,
                  Chartered  Accountants and Registered  Auditors,  are filed as
                  Exhibit  99.1  to  this  report  and  incorporated  herein  by
                  reference:

                      Profit and Loss Account for the year ended September 30, 
                      1996

                      Balance Sheet dated as of September 30, 1996

                      Notes to the Accounts for the year ended September 30, 
                      1996

                  The  following  audited  financial   statements  of  Guildsoft
                  Limited,  a wholly owned  subsidiary  of  Guildsoft  Holdings,
                  together with the manually signed Auditors' Report of Deloitte
                  & Touche,  Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors,  are
                  filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this report and  incorporated  herein
                  by reference:

                      Profit and Loss Account for the year ended September 30, 
                      1996

                      Balance Sheet dated as of September 30, 1996

                      Notes to the Accounts for the year ended September 30, 
                      1996

         (b)      Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information

                  On November 7, 1996, the Company acquired (the  "Acquisition")
                  all of the  outstanding  capital  stock of Guildsoft  Holdings
                  Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of England and
                  Wales ("Guildsoft Holdings"), which in turn owns all of the


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                  outstanding  capital stock of Guildsoft Limited, a corporation
                  organized  under the laws of England and Wales  ("Guildsoft"),
                  in  exchange  for  an  aggregate  of  125,000  shares  of  the
                  Company's  Common  Stock,   $.01  par  value  per  share.  The
                  Acquisition has been accounted for as an asset  purchase.  The
                  unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September 30,
                  1996  gives  effect  to  the  Acquisition  as if it  had  been
                  consummated  on September 30, 1996 and the unaudited pro forma
                  combined statements of operations for the year ended September
                  30,  1996 gives  effect to the  Acquisition  as if it had been
                  consummated  on October 1, 1995.  The financial  statements of
                  Guildsoft  Holdings  and  Guildsoft  have been  translated  in
                  accordance  with Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards
                  No. 52.

                  In the opinion of  management,  all  adjustments  necessary to
                  fairly present this pro forma information have been made.

                  The  accompanying   unaudited  pro  forma  combined  financial
                  statements, which are filed as Exhibit 99.3 to this report and
                  incorporated   herein   by   reference,   should  be  read  in
                  conjunction  with  the  audited  statements  included  in  the
                  Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year  ended
                  September  30,  1996,  and with the  financial  statements  of
                  Guildsoft  Holdings and  Guildsoft  filed as Exhibits 99.1 and
                  99.2, respectively,  to this report. The pro forma information
                  is not  necessarily  indicative of the results that would have
                  been  reported  had  the  Acquisition  occurred  on the  dates
                  indicated,  nor  is it  indicative  of  the  Company's  future
                  results.

         (c)      Exhibits.

                 *2.1      Share Sale and Purchase Agreement,  dated November 7,
                           1996, among Datawatch Corporation and the individuals
                           named on Schedule 1 contained therein, who constitute
                           the  holders  of  all of the  outstanding  shares  of
                           capital stock of Guildsoft Holdings Limited.

                  23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants 
                           and Registered Auditors (Guildsoft Holdings Limited)

                  23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants 
                           and Registered Auditors (Guildsoft Limited)

                  99.1     The  following   audited   financial   statements  of
                           Guildsoft   Holdings   Limited,   together  with  the
                           manually  signed   Auditors'  Report  of  Deloitte  &
                           Touche,    Chartered   Accountants   and   Registered
                           Auditors:

                              Profit  and  Loss   Account  for  the  year  ended
                              September 30, 1996



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                              Balance Sheet dated as of September 30, 1996

                              Notes to the Accounts for the year ended September
                              30, 1996

                  99.2     The  following   audited   financial   statements  of
                           Guildsoft Limited,  together with the manually signed
                           Auditors'  Report of  Deloitte  &  Touche,  Chartered
                           Accountants and Registered Auditors:

                              Profit  and  Loss   Account  for  the  year  ended
                              September 30, 1996

                              Balance Sheet dated as of September 30, 1996

                              Notes to the Accounts for the year ended September
                              30, 1996

                  99.3     The following  unaudited pro forma condensed combined
                           financial statements:

                              Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined  Balance
                              Sheet as of September 30, 1996

                              Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed  Combined  Statement
                              of  Operations  for the year ended  September  30,
                              1996

                              Notes to Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined
                              Balance Sheet

                              Notes to Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined
                              Statement of Operations


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                  *  Previously filed with the  Company's Current Report on Form
                     8-K dated  November 7, 1996 filed on November  21, 1996.



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(2)      Exhibit Index.

         The Company  hereby  amends its Current  Report by adding the following
information to the Exhibit Index in the Current Report.

    Exhibit Number     Exhibit
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23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants and
                       Registered Auditors (Guildsoft Holdings Limited)

        23.2           Consent of Deloitte & Touche,  Chartered  Accountants and
                       Registered Auditors (Guildsoft Limited)

        99.1           The following audited  financial  statements of Guildsoft
                       Holdings  Limited,  together  with  the  manually  signed
                       Auditors'   Report  of   Deloitte  &  Touche,   Chartered
                       Accountants and Registered Auditors:

                              Profit  and  Loss   Account  for  the  year  ended
                              September 30, 1996

                              Balance Sheet dated as of September 30, 1996

                              Notes to the Accounts for the year ended September
                              30, 1996

        99.2           The following audited  financial  statements of Guildsoft
                       Limited,  together  with the  manually  signed  Auditors'
                       Report of Deloitte & Touche,  Chartered  Accountants  and
                       Registered Auditors:

                              Profit  and  Loss   Account  for  the  year  ended
                              September 30, 1996

                              Balance Sheet dated as of September 30, 1996

                              Notes to the Accounts for the year ended September
                              30, 1996

        99.3           The  following  unaudited  pro forma  condensed  combined
                       financial statements:

                              Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined  Balance
                              Sheet as of September 30, 1996

                              Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed  Combined  Statement
                              of Operations for the year ended September 30,1996

                              Notes to Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined
                              Balance Sheet

                              Notes to Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined
                              Statement of Operations


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(3)      Filing of Additional Exhibits.

         The Company  hereby amends its Current  Report by filing the additional
exhibits attached hereto and as listed in (2) above.




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                                    SIGNATURE


         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                             DATAWATCH CORPORATION



                                             By: /s/ Bruce R. Gardner
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                                                  Bruce R. Gardner
                                                  Executive Vice President



Dated:  January 21, 1997




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

     Exhibit No.         Description
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        *2.1           Share Sale and  Purchase  Agreement,  dated  November  7,
                       1996,  among  Datawatch  Corporation  and the individuals
                       named on Schedule 1 contained therein, who constitute the
                       holders of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock
                       of Guildsoft Holdings Limited.

        23.1           Consent of Deloitte & Touche,  Chartered  Accountants and
                       Registered Auditors (Guildsoft Holdings Limited)

        23.2           Consent of Deloitte & Touche,  Chartered  Accountants and
                       Registered Auditors (Guildsoft Limited)

        99.1           The following audited  financial  statements of Guildsoft
                       Holdings  Limited,  together  with  the  manually  signed
                       Auditors'   Report  of   Deloitte  &  Touche,   Chartered
                       Accountants and Registered Auditors:

                              Profit  and  Loss   Account  for  the  year  ended
                              September 30, 1996

                              Balance Sheet dated as of September 30, 1996

                              Notes to the Accounts for the year ended September
                              30, 1996


         99.2          The following audited  financial  statements of Guildsoft
                       Limited,  together  with the  manually  signed  Auditors'
                       Report of Deloitte & Touche,  Chartered  Accountants  and
                       Registered Auditors:

                              Profit  and  Loss   Account  for  the  year  ended
                              September 30, 1996

                              Balance Sheet dated as of September 30, 1996

                              Notes to the Accounts for the year ended September
                              30, 1996

         99.3          The  following  unaudited  pro forma  condensed  combined
                       financial statements:
                           
                              Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined  Balance
                              Sheet as of September 30, 1996

                              Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed  Combined  Statement
                              of  Operations  for the year ended  September  30,
                              1996
                                        
                              Notes to Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined
                              Balance Sheet

                              Notes to Unaudited  Pro Forma  Condensed  Combined
                              Statement of Operations
                
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* Previously filed with the Company's  Current Report on Form 8-K dated November
7, 1996 filed on November 21, 1996.




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