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Ultimate Software Ultipro ROI case study: Concord Hospitality Enterprises
Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company deployed Ultimate Software’s Ultipro to replace a legacy system and centralize payroll activities for all locations. Nucleus found the project enabled…
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Salesforce delivers increasing ROI
In analyzing the results of more than 20 ROI studies of Salesforce.com customers, Nucleus found that the average ROI from a Salesforce deployment has increased…
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HubSpot practices what it preaches at inbound
At Inbound 2016, HubSpot prioritized educating attendees on inbound marketing methodology, and announced recent investments in increasing the functionality and democratization of its product stack….
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Talent Management Technology Value Matrix 2016
For years HR has evangelized for talent management as a way to buoy its strategic relevance and land a coveted seat at the table of…
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World of Watson delivers to the real world
At the World of Watson conference, IBM released a host of announcements that reiterate its commitment to making Watson the figurehead of its future. Nucleus…
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Control Tower Value Matrix 2016
Control tower solutions remain one of the hottest areas for supply chain applications as more vendors enter this category to provide sense and response capabilities…
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Tableau expands its traditional portfolio
At its recent user conference, Tableau released a series of ambitious announcements that include new products for IT along with more advanced functionality for business…
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Kinaxis continues SCM revolution at Kinexions
At Kinexions 2016, Kinaxis continued its mission to transform supply chain planning and improve sales and operations planning. Nucleus found that the capabilities Kinaxis delivers…
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OutSystems ROI case study: Ricoh (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Ricoh (Singapore) Pte Ltd. deployed OutSystems to build critical business applications three times faster than on its previous solution. Nucleus found that OutSystems helped Ricoh…
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OutSystems ROI case study: Worcestershire County Council
Worcestershire County Council deployed OutSystems as part of its effort to reduce costs under tight budgetary constraints. Nucleus found that the applications developers built on…
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Achieving Intelligent Dynamic Service Maturity
Customer service software and customer relationship management (CRM) vendors are integrating intelligence into their service offerings, increasing service agent productivity by an average of 25…
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Assessing Act-On Software
Nucleus Research conducted in-depth interviews with current Act-On Software customers to assess whether the solution should make the marketing automation short list. Nucleus identified Act-On…
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ECM Technology Value Matrix 2016
The Enterprise Content Management (ECM) market continues to shrink as vendors absorb aging products and leaders offer more functionality without sacrificing usability to stay in…
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Dialpad ROI business case tool
Today’s workforce requires a business communications solution that enables a work-from-anywhere model while improving employee productivity and communications. Companies that provide the tools to support…
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Entrust Datacard Authentication ROI business case tool
Cloud infrastructures, mobile workforces, and Internet of Things (IOT) are technology forces that increase both the opportunity and threat of digital business. Success in this…
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Microsoft charts its path forward at Ignite 2016
At Microsoft Ignite 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, Microsoft continued to focus on productivity gains through the operational synergies of its products. Nucleus found that the…
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Logi Analytics makes business apps smarter
Embedded analytics solves adoption problems by offering information in the context of a user’s workflow, and in the next five years, 90 percent of analytics…
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Nucleus Top Ten Predictions for 2017
Nucleus’s top 10 predictions for 2017 reflect the way innovations in technology are disrupting traditional power bases and business models. Top-down command-and-control processes are making…
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Leaders in marketing automation
Nucleus evaluated the functionality and usability of marketing automation software to identify HubSpot, Marketo, Oracle Eloqua, and Salesforce Pardot as market leaders. Nucleus used the…
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Salesforce trailblazes Dreamforce 2016
At Dreamforce 2016, Salesforce announced new products and services that increase the intelligence, performance, and customizability of its platform. Salesforce focused on positioning itself as…
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Guidebook: Salesforce Platform for CPG
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies face new opportunities – and challenges – in leveraging cloud, mobile, social, and analytics technologies to streamline and automate the…
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HPE Content Manager ROI case study: Anonymous
A biopharmaceutical company eliminated a legacy content management system (CMS) and consolidated multiple document management and archiving systems into Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Content Manager….
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Analytics Technology Value Matrix 2016
Analytics capabilities have become a core focus for customers across all industries and users have high expectations. Nucleus has found that they are demanding in-context…
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Oracle remains cloud-first at OpenWorld 2016
At OpenWorld 2016, Oracle announced new products and services that extend its cloud capabilities. As it seeks to solidify its place as a leading cloud…
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The double edged sword of marketing automation
As marketing automation vendors strengthen their enterprise legs, a new solution emerges with a platform that Nucleus believes has the potential to change the game….
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Guidebook: Apttus quote to cash software
Nucleus Research found that automating Quote-to-Cash (QTC) delivers significant benefits beyond core customer relationship management (CRM) software. In analyzing the experience of a number of…
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BlackLine ROI case study: Acsension
Ascension deployed BlackLine’s financials controls and automation platform to centralize and simplify its financial reconciliations. Nucleus found that Ascension was able to stand up BlackLine…
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Oracle ERP and HCM Cloud ROI case study: Anonymous Company
A company managing engineering and infrastructure projects deployed Oracle ERP and HCM Cloud to centralize and streamline company procurement, financials, inventory, projects, invoicing, and human…
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CRM Technology Value Matrix 2H2016
The blurring of the lines between service, sales, and marketing – the three legs of the customer relationship management stool – represent new challenges and…
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How JDA can make Shop and Ship a reality
Brick-and-mortar retailers need the right set of supply chain management (SCM) technologies in order to actualize the Shop and Ship model. Nucleus found JDA Software’s…
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Informatica is the data lake lifeguard
As IT teams are faced with exponentially increasing volumes of data, they also have to meet the demand for data democratization. Nucleus has found that…
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OpenText surges ahead with EMC acquisition
OpenText’s acquisition of Dell EMC’s content division conveys its commitment to its information-focused ideology as it attempts to assert its lead in the enterprise content…
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Guidebook: HP Elite x2
As users increasingly demand devices that can support both business and personal use, many have sought devices that serve as both a tablet and a…
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Acumatica release 6
On September 8, Acumatica announced Release 6 of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) application for small and midsized businesses. With a focus on productivity and…
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HCM Technology Value Matrix 2016
Vendors of technology for human capital management (HCM) continue to double-down on developing functionality for talent management. In this way, most Leaders in this year’s…
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HPE is the Advil for a big data headache
At the HPE Big Data conference on August 30, the company focused on positioning itself to be a pain reliever for data and analytics scalability…
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Hubspot Marketing ROI case study: Accrosoft
2017 ROI AWARD WINNER! Accrosoft deployed Hubspot Marketing to replace a disjointed system with a marketing automation solution that would increase productivity and drive future…
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Customers say FinancialForce is sticky
FinancialForce has cornered much of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market on the Salesforce platform, capitalizing on the stickiness of Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM)….
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Guidebook: IBM QRadar on cloud
IBM QRadar on Cloud delivers security information and event management services to a hosted cloud environment enabling customers to outsource elements of their security system….
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Driving Micro-marketing with Leadware
Leadware aligns with Nucleus’s concept of micro-marketing, enabling enterprises to decentralize the tactical aspects of marketing by outsourcing lead generation. Recognizing the same need as…
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GoodData ROI case study: Fourth
Fourth deployed GoodData’s cloud platform to build its distributed analytics solution for customers in the hospitality industry. Nucleus found that Fourth achieved over a half…
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Salesforce shopping spree is more than retail therapy
Salesforce has acquired seven companies in the last eight months, five of which are analytics startups. Nucleus identified three key areas of likely development: intelligent…
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Shop and ship is the future of retail
Retail is at a turning point where technology can enable a new model of selling that helps brick-and-mortar retailers shrink inventory and cut costs. Rather…
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How to burn $3 billion: buy jet.com
Earlier this month, two brick-and-mortar retailers moved to deepen their e-commerce business lines to better compete with Amazon. Wal-Mart’s purchase of Jet.com and Macy’s closure…
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Micro-marketing with Engagio
Engagio’s “account based everything” software adds to the micro-marketing toolset by recognizing the need to distribute marketing responsibilities throughout the company. Although Engagio is not…
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HPE Data Protector ROI case study: Gardner Business Media
Gardner Business Media eliminated an increasingly issue-prone backup solution and replaced it with Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s HPE Data Protector to address its backup needs. Nucleus…
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SAP ditches annual performance reviews
A conventional relic, the annual performance review is dying, giving way to trigger-based performance management – a Nucleus prediction for 2016. By electing to ditch…
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Guidebook: Oracle HR and finance connected
By integrating human capital management (HCM) with enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle helps employers connect HCM with financials – two critical areas of the enterprise…
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Acquisition of Platfora evolves Workday analytics
By acquiring Platfora, Workday will improve users’ ability to mix and match internal HR and financial data with large troves of externally-sourced data, to support…
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Badgeville Channel Motivation ROI case study: CDW
CDW deployed Badgeville Channel Motivation to provide motivation for sales performance through employee incentives, and produce analytics that delivered insight about sales force performance. Nucleus…