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  • Google settles for Kronos in SMB market

    To bring Google Apps to more small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs), Google has settled for Kronos Incorporated as…

  • Guidebook: Customer service maturity

    Advancing customer service maturity enables companies to increase agent productivity, increase customer satisfaction, and deliver greater insights for…

  • Infor ups its retail game

    On January 18, Infor announced a partnership with Predictix, a provider of cloud-based prescriptive analytics for retail. From…

  • SterlingBackcheck Wisely Acquires TalentWise

    The acquisition of TalentWise by background screening vendor SterlingBackcheck positions the two favorably against competitors. Customers have access…

  • Laserfiche charts 2016 plans

    At the 2016 Empower conference, enterprise content management (ECM) vendor Laserfiche made several announcements outlining its Laserfiche 10…

  • Ceridian gets high grades for compliance

    Employers are continually challenged to comply with complex employment law – especially the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as…

  • Salesforce Pardot benefit case study: Nextiva

    Nextiva implemented Salesforce’s business-to-business (B2B) marketing solution, Pardot, to upgrade and optimize the efficiency of its automated marketing…

  • Anatomy of a decision: the clout behind Kinaxis

    Nucleus Research analyzed the experiences of a number of Kinaxis customers to understand why they chose its supply…

  • The future of OpenText

    Recent cloud announcements show OpenText is moving in the right direction in addressing customer demands for cloud enterprise…

  • The adult guide to IoT strategy in 2016

    As customers struggle to adopt Internet of things (IoT) solutions, analytics vendors need to consider three main areas…

  • Infor CloudSuites for Manufacturing

    Manufacturers facing increasing competition need modern systems that support value chain visibility, rapid change, and customer centricity. In…

  • Data integration key to Manhattan omnichannel

    Manhattan Associates has stepped forward with one of the first omnichannel solutions combining supply chain execution with order…

  • Kronos grasps to Empower itself

    By acquiring Empower Software Solutions, Kronos Incorporated tacitly admits that its own technology for time and attendance falls…

  • Oracle weds cloud UI with simple and flexible

    Like other vendors in the enterprise applications space, Oracle has touted its new user experience and interface design…

  • Justifying recurrent supply chain design

    For a company, the expense of hiring a consulting firm doing a single supply chain design project equals…

  • A closer look at Kinaxis RapidResponse

    Discrete manufacturers looking to weigh tradeoffs and complete orders on time need a near real-time solution with a…

  • The future of supply chain design is ongoing

    Companies have historically executed supply chain design projects on an ad-hoc basis to identify opportunities for cost savings….

  • New cloud school for old-school services

    It’s no surprise that traditional systems integrators (SIs) are challenged to adapt their business model to an increasingly…

  • Winning with HCM in retail

    Most retailers are missing out on opportunities to leverage technology, not just for scheduling and recruiting, but also…

  • Anatomy of a decision: Bank price optimization technologies

    Nucleus conducted in-depth interviews with price optimization customers to better understand buying decisions. We found that Nomis continues…

  • Ultimate Software UltiPro ROI case study: Warren Equipment Company

    Dealing in the sales and maintenance of construction equipment, Warren Equipment Company turned to Ultimate Software to replace…

  • IBM MobileFirst ROI case study: Wipro

    2016 ROI AWARD WINNER! Wipro Ltd. deployed a custom application built on the IBM MobileFirst Platform to automate…

  • Salesforce Service Cloud ROI case study: Rosetta Stone

    Rosetta Stone deployed Salesforce Service Cloud to replace an application that limited its ability to scale and grow….

  • Igloo Software benefit case study: Home Instead Senior Care

    Home Instead Inc., franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care franchise network, deployed Igloo Software to better support…

  • Deltek ERP ROI case study: OHM Advisors

    OHM Advisors deployed Deltek’s project management and accounting solution to support its business growth and to leverage capabilities…

  • Salesforce Desk.com ROI case study: GoSquared

    2016 ROI AWARD WINNER! GoSquared deployed Salesforce Desk.com to create a centralized multichannel system to manage support inquiries….

  • IBM brings social media analysis to the masses

    On December 9, IBM announced the release of IBM Watson Analytics for Social Media. Nucleus tried the new…

  • Spiro increases sales

    Beyond sales force automation (SFA), sales coaching directs salespeople to do the right thing at the right time….

  • Anatomy of a decision: Ceridian Dayforce HCM

    Beset by an inability to manage their workforce efficiently, employers need modern technology for human capital management (HCM)….

  • Looking outside SAP for the epicenter of HCM

    SAP faces an urgent need to modernize its in-house solution for time and attendance. Today, a native application…

  • SAP certifies ToolsGroup and thus gives up on IO

    By certifying ToolsGroup’s new data connector, SAP is tacitly conceding that its rival has a stronger solution than…

  • Microsoft announces Office 365 E5

    On November 30, Microsoft announced the release of its Office 365 Enterprise Suite (E5) with enhancements to Skype…

  • 3 steps for IO vendors to boost midmarket sales

    Inventory Optimization (IO) tools must become simpler to use so supply chain planners don’t need to be data…

  • A closer look at Manhattan omnichannel

    As bricks-and-mortar merchants struggle to run both online and store operations profitably, they need a broad omnichannel solution…

  • Advanced Analytics delivers 2.2 times more ROI

    Nucleus found that advanced analytics solutions deliver 2.2 times more ROI than traditional business intelligence (BI) products. This…

  • Pump up retail margins with five tools

    As online sales continue to gain momentum, smart retailers will invest in five supply chain tools to cut…

  • 3 things to learn from M-Files

    In taking a closer look at enterprise content management (ECM) vendor M-Files, Nucleus found competitors should take note…

  • One Network Enterprises cuts costs for Del Monte

    Del Monte Foods deployed a supply chain control tower solution from One Network Enterprises to run a demand-driven…

  • SilkRoad partners wisely with SmartRecruiters

    When vendors enter alliances from positions of strength, everyone benefits – including the user. This year, SilkRoad has…

  • Microsoft Dynamics AX goes cloud forward

    Microsoft announced the latest release of Dynamics AX, with advances in user experience and further leverage of Azure…

  • When ECM met HCM

    The drive for human resource executives to gain a seat at the table of organizational leadership hinges partially…

  • Kronos Cloud versus modern HCM tech

    Kronos Incorporated has announced new capabilities in big data–driven analytics to help customers unearth and act on trends…

  • Cloud data center security benefits

    As concerns about security breaches and their economic and other implications grow, companies are taking a closer look…

  • Revenue lift justifies DOM

    With online commerce growing faster than in-store sales, bricks-and-mortar merchants are increasingly investing in Distributed Order Management (DOM)…

  • Salesforce ROI case study: Anonymous

    An anonymous company deployed Salesforce Sales Cloud and a number of third-party applications to drive greater automation of…

  • IBM updates Box partnership

    A few months on the heels of the initial partnership announcement, IBM and Box are announcing updates to…

  • Guidebook: Deltek

    Deltek’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications are designed for project-oriented businesses such as consulting firms, government contractors, accounting…

  • Nucleus Top Ten Predictions for 2016

    Nucleus’s top 10 predictions (and one bonus prediction) for 2016 look at the market forces and application evolutions…

  • Guidebook: Deltek

  • Dark cockpit lights up the supply chain

    Supply chain software vendors need to apply the dark cockpit principals in developing applications with embedded analytics. As…