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  • Equity V8

    Equity Snapshot – IBM Q1

    Increased cloud investment by customers across industries, continued leadership of the hybrid cloud paradigm, growing momentum for enterprise AI and edge computing, and the release…

  • Research V7

    2021 Outlook Assessment: Box

    Box has maintained momentum in the content management space throughout 2020, with a large enterprise-sized customer base and increased integrations with vendors such as Microsoft,…

  • Research V6

    Epicor ECM aids content digitization

    Nucleus found that one organization’s accounting department was able to process invoices 6 times faster upon deployment of Epicor Enterprise Content Management (ECM), formerly named…

  • Research V5

    Informatica announces new 360 SaaS solutions

    Informatica announced new additions to the 360 SaaS solutions portfolio with new, cloud-native, MDM 360 SaaS solutions to support customer and finance master data management….

  • ROI Case Studies U179

    Checkmarx ROI case study: European Financial Services Institution

    Squad, an independent IT services company providing cybersecurity and DevOps consulting at one of the largest European financial services companies, deployed Checkmarx Static Application Security…

  • Research V2

    Benefits Management saves $1060 annually per employee

    Employers offering employee benefits face increasing healthcare costs, compliance complexity, changing regulations, and unnecessary spend driven by employee and employer lack of understanding of their…

  • Research V3

    Tray.io expands enterprise use cases in 2020

    Nucleus evaluated key updates to the Tray.io product portfolio throughout 2020 to determine what capabilities and features will support its current and new customers moving…

  • Research V4

    Monday.com eases remote work strain

    As organizations adjust to remote work structures, it is critical to offer employees greater visibility into projects while facilitating collaboration. Many project management platforms lack…

  • Research U221

    Looker builds momentum into 2021

    Looker is a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) platform that centralizes data from various data sources and performs real-time data analytics with customizable reports and dashboards….

  • Research V1

    Talent Acquisition reduces turnover by up to 60 percent

    Continued high unemployment has presented organizations with a broad applicant pool. However, making uninformed decisions can increase turnover and cause lost productivity and employee burnout….

  • Equity U218

    Equity Snapshot – Paychex Q4

    Nucleus expects the diversity of Paychex’s customer base has helped the vendor weather the downturn, while its flexibility and scalability will drive strong new and…

  • Research U207

    Workforce Software LATAM updates 2021

    At the Workforce Software LATAM user conference, the company covered a number of new features as well as the product roadmap going forward specifically for…

  • Research U220

    BlackLine delivers consistent returns

    Nucleus analyzed the total costs and benefits of BlackLine deployments from 2011 to 2020, spanning multiple industries and business sizes. We found a strong linear…

  • Research U219

    BluJay helps deliver wherever, whenever

    Businesses worldwide have learned valuable lessons in adjusting to tighter regulations, greater uncertainty, and a transitioning workforce. Global supply chains have been one of the…

  • Research U217

    CoreView helps agency reduce costs

    A government agency deployed CoreView to manage its Microsoft licensing at enterprise scale. It needed to decentralize license administration by managing a single license pool…

  • Research U212

    The value of data modernization with Cloudera

    Nucleus evaluated several Cloudera customers to understand the value delivered from Cloudera’s suite of streaming, data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning, and analytics tools. Cloudera…

  • Research U216

    Unit4 HCM reduces operational costs by up to 25 percent

    New trends in the human capital management (HCM) technology market have driven vendors to develop software solutions that are people-centric, prioritizing end-user preferences. Nucleus found…

  • Research u206

    UKG Expands and Aligns

    Following the merger of Ultimate Software and Kronos to form UKG, the newly combined vendors are leveraging existing functionality in their respective former products to…

  • Research U210

    Salesforce joins back and front offices with Revenue Cloud

    In November 2020, Salesforce announced Salesforce Revenue Cloud, a new solution suite for businesses to manage their various sales channels and drive revenue growth. Salesforce…

  • Research U211

    Salesforce unveils support for public cloud

    Salesforce announced Salesforce Hyperforce, a revamping of the current platform architecture to enhance the Salesforce Customer 360 experience. The updated architecture will support secure deployments…

  • Research U215

    iCIMS solidifies strong market lead

    Coming on the heels of multiple acquisitions in the rapidly consolidating Talent Acquisition space, iCIMS recently announced its acquisition of Altru Labs, a mobile video…

  • ROI Tools u213

    Stratus ztC Edge ROI business case tool

    The Stratus ztC Edge platform is a zero-touch, reliable, secure, highly automated computing platform, specifically designed for edge environments. It is designed to address the…

  • ROI Case Studies U209

    Prophix Cloud ROI case study: ALKU

    ALKU is an existing Prophix user that initially deployed on-premises but implemented the Cloud version of the CPM platform in 2019. ALKU decided to undertake…

  • Equity, Research u205

    Equity Snapshot – Oracle Q4

    With global markets thrown into chaos, Oracle represents a clear value message for enterprise clients who are looking to leverage a main single vendor across…

  • Research U208

    BlackLine returns $2.77 for every dollar spent

    Analyzing the costs and benefits of six BlackLine ROI case studies, ranging from April 2018 to September 2020, Nucleus found that BlackLine’s solutions generated $2.77…

  • ROI Case Studies U134

    Unit4 ROI Case Study: Keylane

    An information technology (IT) and services company deployed Unit4 Prevero to modernize its financial reporting and analysis processes. The company realized significant time savings benefits…

  • Research U199

    Hot Companies to Watch in 2021

    Nucleus selected 10 companies to watch in 2021 that are top performers who will continue to show exceptional performance into the future. As either leaders…

  • Research U204

    ServiceNow to acquire Element AI

    ServiceNow, a cloud-based service management software provider, offers organizations solutions that cover security, HR, operations, asset, and customer service management for various industries. The vendor…

  • Research U191

    The value of BluJay’s TMS for forwarders

    BluJay targets the needs of the freight forwarders through its industry-specific Transportation Management System. Combining order management and invoice processing capabilities, BluJay offers Transportation Management…

  • Research U203

    OutMatch announces new Talent Decision Platform

    Over the past few months, talent decision provider, OutMatch, has acquired LaunchPad, FurstPerson, and Checkster, to leverage functionality in automation, analytics, and simulation assessments for…

  • Research U201

    UKG Ready equips SMBs with enterprise HR

    As organizations adjust to work-from-home measures, having a singular location for HR processes has become crucial to maintaining efficiency. This is also true for organizations…

  • Research U180

    The value of low-code with Zoho

    Nucleus evaluated several Zoho Creator customers to understand the value delivered from Zoho’s low-code development platform. Zoho Creator provides application development tools for both non-technical…

  • Research U200

    Improve quality assurance with Cloudingo

    Nucleus evaluated several Cloudingo customers to understand the value delivered from a data quality orchestration framework. Cloudingo provides data quality solutions for Salesforce customers and…

  • Equity, Research U198

    Equity Snapshot – Zoom Q4

    Decreased demand as employees return to the office and students return to the classroom will have a major impact on Zoom’s demand in the long…

  • Research u197

    HCM returns $9.20 for every dollar spent

    In response to drastic changes in the world of work, organizations are making continued investments in human capital management solutions. Disconnected workforces have uncovered a…

  • Research U193

    Managing the employee experience with Qualtrics

    Organizational shifts towards solutions that concentrate on user experience aim to engage employees with the right tools and technology to improve productivity, meet goals, ensure…

  • ROI Case Studies U194

    SAP Ariba Network ROI case study: Complete Office Suppliers

    2021 ROI AWARD WINNER Complete Office Supplies (COS) deployed the Ariba Network to facilitate supplier relationships and modernize a large portion of its transaction processing….

  • Research U195

    Supporting digital transformation with HPE

    HPE announced enhancements to the Partner Ready Program to support sales teams and strengthen core as-a-service and SMB business operations. New features include AI-powered proposals…

  • Research U196

    Mobilizing data and data services with Snowflake

    Snowflake announced new feature additions to the platform that aim to bring the Data Cloud capabilities to more customers. The Data Cloud global network allows…

  • Research U192

    Guidebook: Deep learning on AWS

    To understand the state of deep learning adoption and usage today, as well as how it has changed since last year’s report (Nucleus Research t147…

  • Equity, Research U187

    Equity Snapshot – Workday Q4

    Workday’s efforts in expanding its customer base across its human capital and financial management applications have been returning positive results. New customer acquisitions are the…

  • Research U188

    ClearCompany’s value for hiring teams

    For organizations to maintain hiring efficiency amid a vast talent pool and widespread remote work, hiring teams must preserve collaboration among recruiting and onboarding processes….

  • Research U189

    Lever Hire pulls quality talent

    Data-backed strategies are essential to recruiting success within organizations, especially as finding the best-fit candidates is a top priority in the new remote-heavy world of…

  • Research U190

    Facilitating growth with Microsoft AIS

    Nucleus evaluated several Microsoft Azure Integration Services customers to understand the value delivered from Microsoft’s Integration Platform-as-a-Service solution. AIS provides solutions around Logic Apps, API…

  • Research U185

    John Galt’s Atlas brings strength to planning

    John Galt’s Atlas Platform offers a comprehensive end-to-end supply chain planning platform helping organizations modernize their sales & operations planning (S&OP) process. The single unified…

  • Research U186

    Quinyx acquires Widget Brain to improve AI delivery

    The workforce is often the highest expense for most organizations and addressing the challenges of a current or future workforce with data-driven strategies is a…

  • Research U183

    ROI Guidebook – Amplitude

    Amplitude is a product intelligence platform that helps teams around the world use their customer data to understand user behavior, customer retention, revenue, and more….

  • Research U182

    The value of upgrading from JD Edwards to Oracle ERP Cloud

    As industry standards, technological capabilities, and customer expectations have evolved, more and more companies are looking to modernize information technology (IT) stacks and transition their…

  • Research U184

    Bullhorn’s add-on approach to talent analytics

    Staffing and recruitment firms that can tap into their data will gain a competitive advantage by creating strategies based on historical or industry trends to…

  • ROI Case Studies U161

    Salesforce ROI Case Study – MIMIT Health

    2021 ROI AWARD WINNER An independent multi-specialty physician and minimally invasive treatment group deployed Salesforce Health Cloud, a patient management platform, and Tableau CRM (formerly…