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  • SAP Data Services ROI case study: SAP

    2017 ROI AWARD WINNER! SAP Data Services, part of the SAP Data Management Hub, was deployed by an…

  • OutSystems ROI case study: Eneco Group

    Eneco Group deployed OutSystems to develop user-friendly applications to improve the digital experience for its end-customer. Operating in…

  • Genesys ROI case study: Quicken Personal Finance

    Quicken Personal Finance deployed Genesys PureCloud to support its contact center operations as it transitioned to an independent…

  • CPM Technology Value Matrix 2017

    Corporate performance management (CPM) has long revolved around planning, budgeting, and forecasting core functionality, but companies are now…

  • Rootstock Software ROI case study: 1st Light Energy

    1st Light Energy deployed Rootstock to replace QuickBooks and better integrate with Salesforce. The company opted to put…

  • Rootstock Software ROI case study: Pro Tech

    Pro-Tech deployed Rootstock to replace an outdated enterprise manufacturing resourcing system and to spur growth. The company sought…

  • Ceridian Dayforce ROI case study: E and H Family Group

    The E&H Family Group deployed Ceridian’s Dayforce human capital management (HCM) solution to replace an on-premise legacy program…

  • Salesforce Einstein Analytics ROI case study: Shazam

    2017 ROI AWARD WINNER! Shazam deployed Salesforce Einstein Analytics to provide its employees with a user friendly analytics…

  • Modern payroll chops error rate to nearly nil

    Nucleus’s analysis strongly suggests that many employers live an anachronistic existence: In researching deployments of technology for workforce…

  • Value in HCM ripples from the epicenter outward

    Nucleus has found that value in human capital management (HCM) ripples from the epicenter outward. At the very…

  • HPE Announces GDPR Starter Kit

    HPE addresses the May 2018 implementation of European Union General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), helping companies overcome the…

  • Marketing automation increases productivity

    Marketing automation makes marketers 20 percent more productive. Nucleus found that companies implementing marketing automation technology for the…

  • JDA FOCUS reveals a focus on agility

    In late April, JDA held its annual user conference, in Las Vegas. Customers and other stakeholders attending JDA…

  • Ultimate Software UltiPro ROI case study: AmeriPride Services

    AmeriPride Services deployed Ultimate Software’s UltiPro solution to replace a legacy, on-premise human capital management (HCM) application with…

  • When to implement marketing automation

    Nucleus found that 90 percent of companies implement their first marketing automation solution in the “mature” phase of…

  • BlackLine ROI case study: Dun and Bradstreet

    Dun & Bradstreet deployed BlackLine to streamline its global reconciliations process and reduce its audit costs. Nucleus found…

  • Ultimate UltiPro ROI case study: Pace Center for Girls

    2017 ROI AWARD WINNER! Pace Center for Girls deployed Ultimate Software UltiPro to replace a legacy human capital…

  • Bpmonline ROI case study: Quint Wellington Redwood Group

    2017 ROI AWARD WINNER! Quint Wellington Redwood Group replaced its on-premise solution with Bpm’online Marketing and Sales, driving…

  • Act-On ROI case study: Bisco Industries

    2017 ROI AWARD WINNER! Bisco Industries deployed Act-On to replace point solutions with an automated, integrated marketing solution…

  • HPE Vertica ROI case study: Nimble Storage

    Nimble Storage deployed HPE Vertica Analytics Platform to replace its legacy open-source database management (DBM) system. As with…

  • Five ERP mistakes to avoid

    Nucleus identified five mistakes customers commonly make when searching for and implementing a new enterprise resource planning solution….

  • Configit ROI case study: ABB

    ABB’s Electrification Products Protection and Connection (EPPC) business unit drove the deployment of Configit as a common global…

  • Salesforce relaunches AppExchange

    Salesforce relaunched its AppExchange partner program with a new business model, onboarding experience, and technology tools. Salesforce is…

  • Guidebook: Guardian Analytics fraud detection

    Behavioral analytics is a new and powerful approach that is transforming fraud detection. Financial institutions are increasingly challenged…

  • CRM Technology Value Matrix 1H2017

    <p class=”NucleusBottomLine2″>Vendors continue to innovate across the sales, service, and marketing pillars of customer relationship management (CRM), with…

  • Oracle Data Cloud Summit highlights DaaS

    The Data Summit 2017 focused on how Oracle Data Cloud is driving innovation in the data as a…

  • Infusionsoft shares new strategy at ICON17

    At ICON17, Infusionsoft announced Propel, a new product aimed at attracting new customers looking for a plug-and-play marketing…

  • Infor acquires Birst to access full value of data

    On April 25, Infor announced its plan to acquire Birst, which will add user friendly analytics to Infor’s…

  • Global HCM starts with payroll and compliance

    To expand their global footprint, vendors of technology for human capital management (HCM) are acquiring competitors and investing…

  • The curious case of me too Kronos integrations

    Nucleus has spotted a curious practice by Kronos: The vendor has a habit of making great fanfare over…

  • Domo ROI case study: Ingo Money

    Ingo Money deployed Domo visual analytics to replace their Excel-only system as their data and business requirements grew….

  • CallidusCloud puts its money on LeadRocket

    CallidusCloud is using 2017 to expand LeadRocket’s analytic capabilities and further improve its competitiveness in the marketing automation…

  • IO Technology Value Matrix 2017

    Inventory optimization (IO) solutions are a key lever which can enable companies to streamline operations while maintaining service…

  • Ultimate Software shares latest at Connections 2017

    In late March, customers descended on Las Vegas to attend Connections 2017, Ultimate Software’s annual user conference. The…

  • PSA software enables new business models

    Professional services automation (PSA) software enables firms to develop innovative business models that abandon billable hours as the…

  • Compliance costs one third less with full WFM

    Nucleus found that workforce management (WFM) technology as an integrated end-to-end suite incurs employers nearly one-third less in…

  • WFM Technology Value Matrix 2017

    To comply with difficult-to-follow employment law, employers are benefitting from the maturation of highly capable single-suite options for…

  • The Watson Quarterly

    Watson is the figurehead of IBM, and is representative of the company’s decades of analytics experience and investments….

  • Running an intelligent marketing department

    Despite the hype around intelligence, only five percent of customers feel their marketing departments effectively leverage advanced analytics,…

  • Regulatory flux makes cloud HCM necessary

    Until recently an aggressive approach to tightening regulatory policy pertaining to the workplace has kept vendors and users…

  • The real value of value chain networks

    Through interviews with customers, Nucleus Research found that deploying a multi-enterprise network supply chain solutions can reduce overall…

  • Amazon announces Connect

    Amazon gets into the cloud contact center market with Amazon Connect, a cloud-based contact center application based on…

  • At VISION 2017 WorkForce Software shares latest

    At its annual VISION conference, customers of WorkForce Software shared how the vendor’s solution has helped them resolve…

  • Guidebook: Optimizely

    Nucleus found that Optimizely enables companies to reduce risk and improve the performance of their websites and mobile…

  • Talent management vendors vie for position

    Developments of late among vendors of technology for talent management provide evidence in support of the following: To…

  • Guidebook: Entrust Datacard

    Entrust Datacard provides customers with a commercial security public key infrastructure (PKI) solution that addresses authentication and data…

  • Data management returns $14.42 per dollar spent

    Nucleus identified the value delivered by data management solutions, finding that, on average, customers receive $14.42 for every…

  • Assessing account based marketing

    Account based marketing (ABM) recognizes that for business to business (B2B) companies, the activities of individual leads infrequently…

  • Box vs Dropbox redux

    Since Nucleus last looked at Box and Dropbox, much has changed in the market, especially regarding system security…

  • Marketing Automation Technology Value Matrix 1H2017

    With its process automation capabilities and low total cost of ownership (TCO), more companies are recognizing the ROI…