EXHIBIT 23

                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Datastream Systems, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the following Registration
Statements on Forms S-8 of Datastream Systems, Inc., of our reports dated
February 8, 2002, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Datastream
Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 2001, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and comprehensive
income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2001, and related schedule, which reports appear in the
December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of Datastream Systems, Inc:

        Form                  Registration Number              Filing Date
 --------------------    ------------------------------    ---------------------
         S-8                       333-00314                    1/16/1996
         S-8                       333-00080                    1/16/1996
         S-8                       333-03579                    5/13/1996
         S-8                       333-37655                    10/10/1997
         S-8                       333-50395                    4/17/1998
         S-8                       333-50397                    4/17/1998
         S-8                       333-50399                    4/17/1998
         S-8                       333-57055                    6/17/1998
         S-8                       333-79085                    5/21/1999
         S-8                       333-81663                    6/28/1999
         S-8                       333-43980                    8/17/2000
         S-8                       333-43982                    8/17/2000
         S-8                       333-59320                    4/20/2001



                                                   /s/ KPMG LLP


Greenville, South Carolina
March 29, 2002