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  • Research Z142

    Anatomy of a decision: Precisely

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Enterprises grappling with siloed data architectures, resource-intensive manual workflows, and compliance exposures impeding…

  • Research Z141

    Anatomy of a decision: DigitalOcean

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Many organizations, especially small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), are struggling with inefficient server…

  • Research Z139

    Highlights from ADP Innovation Day 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. At ADP’s 2025 Innovation Day in New York City, the vendor detailed its…

  • Research Z138

    Data governance returns $3.20 per dollar invested

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Nucleus examined ROI case study data for data governance deployments over the past…

  • Research Z137

    Anatomy of a decision: Boomi

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Data and application integration has long formed the foundation of successful digital products…

  • Value Matrix Z136

    Industrial IoT Data Platform Value Matrix 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. The Industrial IoT Data Platform market has transitioned from traditional device management solutions…

  • Research Z134

    Anatomy of a decision: Teradata

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. The business case for AI largely depends on sophisticated data management and the…

  • Research z133

    Assessing the Value of AI-Enabled ERP Systems in Construction

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. The construction industry has long struggled with manual processes, siloed systems, and underutilized…

  • Research Z132

    Assessing the Value of SYSPRO for Manufacturers

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Nucleus interviewed manufacturing organizations that faced challenges such as fragmented data, manual processes,…

  • Research Z129

    Clari and Salesloft join forces to unify revenue operations

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. The recent merger announcement of Clari and Salesloft signals a shift in the…

  • Value Matrix z131

    Control Tower Technology Value Matrix 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. In 2025, Control Tower Technology is becoming a focal point for investment as…

  • Research Z130

    Planful AI drives success for early adopters

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Planful’s recent integration of generative AI is already delivering measurable benefits for lean…

  • ROI Case Studies Z128

    ROI case study: Hyland Cloud at Private University

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. A private university achieved a 114 percent ROI upon implementing Hyland OnBase through…

  • Research Z127

    2025 Supply Chain Agility Index

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Nucleus surveyed 1,014 professionals across manufacturing, distribution, retail, and construction sectors to assess…

  • Value Matrix Z126

    Talent Management Technology Value Matrix 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. The talent management market is evolving, with AI playing a central role in…

  • Research Z125

    Anatomy of a decision: ThoughtSpot

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Nucleus interviewed ThoughtSpot customers to understand the primary drivers behind the selection of…

  • Research Z124

    Anatomy of a decision: Nextworld

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Nucleus interviewed customers of Nextworld to understand factors driving the selection of the…

  • Research Z123

    Anatomy of a decision: HubSpot

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Nucleus examined the selection criteria and early outcomes from organizations that adopted HubSpot…

  • Research Z122

    Anatomy of a decision: Solace Event-Driven Integration

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. As enterprises shift from legacy batch integration to real-time event-driven architectures, the data…

  • ROI Case Studies Z121

    ROI case study: Azure AI Foundry and Azure ML at Flash.co

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Flash.co achieved an ROI of 366 percent with a payback period of 9.6…

  • Research Z117

    Why Vendor Services Deliver More Value Than External Consulting

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Across three years and more than 70 published ROI case studies, Nucleus found…

  • Value Matrix Z120

    Manufacturing Execution System Technology Value Matrix 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. The inaugural Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Technology Value Matrix examines how MES has…

  • Research Z119

    Why the SYSPRO acquisition of riteSOFT matters

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. On July 2nd, 2025, ERP vendor SYSPRO acquired warehouse management provider riteSOFT…

  • Research Z118

    Setuply Enables Standardized Post-Sale Execution at Scale

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Many organizations still struggle with fragmented processes to manage the post-sale journey that…

  • ROI Case Studies Z116

    ROI case study: SymphonyAI at HARMAN International

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. HARMAN International achieved an ROI of 522 percent with a payback period of…

  • Research Z115

    Advancing Supply Chain Planning Excellence with New Horizon Soft

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Nucleus interviewed organizations across the food and beverage, retail, and consumer packaged goods…

  • Research z114

    Legion WFM optimizes frontline labor scheduling

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Organizations experiencing accelerated growth or facing complex frontline scheduling needs are shifting from…

  • Research Z113

    Anatomy of a decision: Kameleoon

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Despite the continually growing emphasis on data-driven optimization, implementation barriers including resource constraints…

  • Research Z105

    Guidebook: The value of migrating to the Hyland Cloud

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Hyland is a Content Innovation Cloud provider, offering intelligent cloud-delivered enterprise content solutions,…

  • Research Z112

    RAG to Robotics: Driving value alongside AI progress

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Artificial intelligence is advancing from simple Retrieval-Augmented Generation to agentic reasoning, real-time control,…

  • Research Z111

    Beyond Copilots: Zoho Rolls Out AI Native Platform Enhancements

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. With its latest announcement, Zoho further differentiates from sprinkling intelligence across standalone offerings…

  • Research Z108

    Accelerating time-to-value with Zendesk Professional Services

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Many organizations face resource and knowledge gaps that make implementing and providing ongoing…

  • Research Z110

    Planful Perform 2025 highlights: Workforce Pro at Rocket Software

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. At its Perform 2025 user conference, Planful highlighted the expansion of its Workforce…

  • Research z109

    Highlights from Hitachi Analyst and Advisor Day 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. At its 2025 Analyst and Advisor Conference, Hitachi Digital Services outlined its IIoT…

  • Value Matrix Z107

    Supply Chain Planning Technology Value Matrix 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Supply Chain Planning (SCP) is entering a new phase as organizations continue to…

  • Value Matrix Z106

    NoSQL DBMS Technology Value Matrix

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. As AI-native SaaS applications increasingly dictate enterprise data demands, organizations are accelerating their…

  • Value Matrix Z104

    CSC Technology Value Matrix 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. As AI innovation continues at a rapid pace, Content Services and Collaboration (CSC)…

  • ROI Case Studies Z103

    ROI Case Study: Elastic at SEETA

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. SEETA achieved a 227 percent ROI and a 1.4 year payback period after…

  • Research Z102

    How Optimizely enhances digital commerce and content management

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Organizations require flexible digital platforms that support business expansion and enable new commercial…

  • Research Z101

    Carrot or stick? AI’s impact on cloud content migration

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. The breadth of both structured and unstructured data that a Content Services and…

  • Research Z100

    QAD accelerates manufacturing and financial operations

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Manufacturers are under pressure to improve operations, manage complex supply chains, and meet…

  • Research Z99

    Creatio 8.3 reinforces practical AI adoption

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. With its 8.3 release, Creatio introduced a major expansion of its platform through…

  • Research Z98

    Scaling finance operations with low TCO in Vena

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Vena enables organizations to streamline corporate performance management while maintaining low total cost…

  • Value Matrix Z97

    APM Technology Value Matrix 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. In 2025, generative AI is a key driver of both complexity and innovation…

  • ROI Case Studies Z96

    ROI Case Study: Splashtop at pb2

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. This architecture and engineering firm achieved a 458 percent return on investment with…

  • Research Z94

    Reducing complexity in sales: Highlights from Outreach Unleash 2025

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. At Unleash 2025, Outreach advanced its position in sales execution by launching its…

  • ROI Case Studies Z92

    ROI Case Study: Blue Ridge SCP at Heidelberg Distributing Company

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Heidelberg Distributing Company achieved an ROI of 307 percent with a 14-month payback…

  • ROI Case Studies Z95

    ROI Case Study: RELEX Supply Chain Planning at Rastelli Food Group

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Rastelli Food Group achieved an ROI of 927 percent with a payback period…

  • Research Z90

    Empowering business users and advancing data capabilities with Alteryx

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Organizations face significant challenges with manual data prepping, disconnected analytics workflows, and limited…

  • ROI Case Studies Z93

    ROI Case Study: GAINS SCP LTP tool at Border States

    Have a specific question? Query our research catalogue with the Nucleus AI Tool. Border States achieved an ROI of 976 percent with a payback period of…