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Ultimate Software ROI case study: Islands Restaurants
Islands Restaurants deployed Ultimate Software to update and integrate its needs in human capital management (HCM) and deliver direct cost savings. Islands Restaurants was able…
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Development in financial planning and accounting
Customers and vendors are not entirely on the same page. Some vendors stick to their roots in either planning or accounting, and some vendors try…
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M-Files 2018 Intelligent Metadata
The M-Files 2018 release offers an open architecture platform that is repository-agnostic, allowing seamless connections to other business systems and content repositories without the need…
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Talent management minus HR equals productivity
Employers need to unlock the higher-quality productivity gains that technology for talent management has to offer. Nucleus advises they do so by taking the key…
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IQMS ROI case study: KKSP Precision Machining
KKSP Precision Machining deployed IQMS EnterpriseIQ to improve shop floor control and production scheduling capability. With multiple production facilities and complex inventory routing, KKSP has…
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Laserfiche Empower conference 2018
At its recent conference, Empower 2018, Laserfiche added to its Digital Transformation Model with announcements and updates designed to help users transform insights into actions….
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The avoidable cost of going by the book in HCM
Sometimes, compliance in human capital management (HCM) makes the observer yearn for the familiar storyline of a formulaic television cop show. Just like the rogue…
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ACA uncertainty leads to halted development
Until there is greater clarity regarding the outcome of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), vendors will hold off releasing new functionality and usability upgrades related…
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Infor versus Kronos
In workforce management (WFM), which vendor wins in head-to-head deals? Analyzing enterprise-size buyers’ decision-making in choosing between two vendor types, Nucleus found Infor, the vendor…
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The state of the ECM market: 2018
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) as we know it today will be unrecognizable in five years as ECM becomes integrated with or embedded in other business…
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The state of the Analytics market: 2018
Innovation in analytics is advancing at a rapid pace, and companies need to equip themselves with business intelligence (BI) to remain competitive — regardless of…
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The state of the ERP market: 2018
In 2017, vendors in the enterprise resource planning software market took strides to improve the value their solutions deliver with industry-specific capabilities. Nucleus predicts that…
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The state of the SCM market: 2018
In 2017, the supply chain management software market continued to shift, as vendors focused on increasing the reach of their platforms. Nucleus predicts that additional…
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The state of the HCM market: 2018
The market for technology in human capital management (HCM) continues to go through changes as new-guard vendors vie for market share against the old guard….
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The state of the CRM market: 2018
Technology innovations – both new and old – continue to transform the technical requirements for customers relationship management (CRM). The focus of 2017 on orchestration,…
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SAP Business ByDesign delivers extensibility
SAP Business ByDesign delivers flexibility that allows customers to tailor it to their needs, increasing back office productivity 75 percent on average. Although cloud-based, SAP…
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The IQVIA approach to orchestration
Orchestrated customer engagement (OCE) is IQVIA’s new approach that extends beyond customer relationship management (CRM) and multichannel marketing (MCM) to bring together all aspects of…
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Acrolinx ups marketing content quality
Much of the artificial intelligence (AI) buzz around marketing has focused on targeting leads and adapting journeys, while little attention has been focused on development…
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Satuit Technologies ROI case study: CALCAP Advisors
2018 ROI AWARD WINNER! CALCAP Advisors deployed Satuit to modernize and automate its investor management and communications processes and position itself for growth. Nucleus found…
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Productivity and prejudice in talent management
Nucleus’s analysis of technology deployments in human capital management (HCM) finds not all productivity gains are created equal. A great degree of prejudice affects the…
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The value of a captive reseller
WyldLynx is both an end-user and captive reseller of Micro Focus. Nucleus found that WyldLynx’s 10 years of experience as an end-user of Micro Focus…
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Do Data Breaches Matter
For the CFO, cybersecurity is about the financials—not the technology. For the CFO, it never makes sense to spend more money trying to secure an…
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How dark cockpit drives value
The dark cockpit design philosophy will be an essential part of next generation enterprise software to drive high usability. Usability is the most important factor…
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How supply chain S&OP solutions drive value
Supply chain management software vendors are delivering products that eliminate information silos and improve the results of sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes. Nucleus found…
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Top five BI deployments of 2017
Nucleus identified the top five business intelligence (BI) deployments from its 2017 analytics case studies. The selection includes a payment technology company that deployed Domo,…
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Kinaxis delivers continual value
Kinaxis delivers continual benefits to customers with its RapidResponse solution. Nucleus found that customers were realizing value from the visibility and the flexibility the software…
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Value drivers of single model S&OP
Modern sales and operations planning (S&OP) solutions deliver value by connecting planning with operations. Nucleus found that customers are able to better match production plans…
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Guidebook: Tensorflow on AWS
The machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) research space is an emerging field for data scientists seeking to apply ML and DL capabilities to…
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The value of CPM 2.0
Nucleus calculated that solutions that meet the definition of CPM 2.0 result in productivity increases of 8-10 percent. CPM 2.0 solutions contain embedded analytics, integrate…
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SugarCRM update
SugarCRM customers are taking advantage of the vendor’s investments in integration, mobile development tools, and embedded intelligence to drive greater productivity for users. Nucleus found…
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Dreamforce 2017 update
At Dreamforce 2017, Salesforce announced new services for its Customer Success Platform, a new strategic partnership with Google, and other incremental advances across its other…
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Anatomy of a decision: Mautic
Nucleus conducted interviews with current Mautic Open Marketing Cloud customers to understand why they chose the solution. Nucleus found that customers chose Mautic marketing automation…
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BMC Guidebook: Control M
Computing jobs are expected to run smoothly in the background all the time, but administrators know it is not that easy. BMC’s Control-M solution supports…
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Cloud now delivers 3.2 times more ROI
The benefit of the cloud versus on-premise solutions continues to grow. Nucleus found that in the past two years, the ROI of cloud deployments relative…
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AWS launches Aurora Serverless
At AWS re:Invent, Amazon announced the its new database service Aurora Serverless. Aurora Serverless is the expansion of AWS’s serverless offerings and will make it…
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Major companies commit to AWS
A number of major companies have committed to Amazon Web Service (AWS) for cloud services, demonstrating continued business acceptance of AWS as the dominant cloud…
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Olono brings AI to sales force automation
Olono complements sales force automation (SFA) by integrating external data sources to augment existing records and give sales people real-time prompts and recommendations. Bringing in…
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Value drivers of ToolsGroup S&OP
ToolsGroup sales and operations planning (S&OP) solution delivers value by connecting planning with operations. Nucleus found that ToolsGroup customers can leverage SO99+ platform’s single data…
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WorkForce Software ROI case study: ATS Automated Tooling
ATS Automation Tooling Systems deployed WorkForce Software to integrate and unify its time and attendance processes. The company was operating on an outdated solution that…
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JDA moves towards predictive supply chain
At its recent conference, FocusConnect 2017, JDA Software charted its path from a predictive to a preventative supply chain. With capabilities in planning and execution…
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Control Tower Technology Value Matrix 2017
Automation and collaboration differentiate the leading control tower solutions in the 2017 edition of the Control Tower Value Matrix. Nucleus found that customers are extracting…
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Salesforce partners to watch
There were more than 400 Salesforce partners at the Dreamforce 2017 Customer Success Expo. These partners offer edge customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities, which Nucleus…
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SilkRoad positions itself to evolve and thrive
The market for pure talent management software solutions is growing ultra-competitive as vendors vie for potential customers whose options are greater than ever. Nucleus believes…
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Vertica ROI case study: China PnR
2018 ROI AWARD WINNER! China PnR moved to the Vertica Analytics Platform with great success when it reached the tipping point in its business growth….
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Adaptive Insights benefit case study: Anonymous
A professional services company deployed Adaptive Insights to improve consolidation and financial reporting, resulting in an 11 percent productivity gain. After evaluating top competitors Host…
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Salesforce further improves AppExchange
Salesforce’s new AppExchange, launched on October 24, now includes personalized recommendations, embedded Trailhead learning, search by industry, prebuilt Bolt templates, and third-party data integrations. Salesforce…
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ADP races continental drift to cloud payroll
ADP is wise to develop a cloud-based solution, finally, for payroll. The following pages, however, are for years in the future—when archeologists might unearth this…
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Nucleus Top Ten Predictions for 2018
Nucleus’s top 10 predictions for 2018 highlight the human and results side of existing and disruptive technology. The impact of technology on workers will significantly…
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SAP adds facial recognition
SAP announced on October 17 that SAP Leonardo will bring facial recognition to SAP Hybris Marketing Cloud. Nucleus expects the technology will improve the way…
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Logi Analytics acquired by Marlin Equity
Logi Analytics, an analytics vendor focusing on embedded products, has been acquired by Marlin Equity and looks to solidify embedding as a dominant analytics method….