EXHIBIT 32.2
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of Datawatch Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Alan R. MacDougall, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


                                                     /s/ Alan R. MacDougall
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                                                     Alan R. MacDougall
                                                     Chief Financial Officer
                                                     December 28, 2004