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Technology Value Matrix 2015: ECM
As the enterprise content management (ECM) space is becoming more commoditized, the market continues to consolidate. As a result, vendors are turning to industry-specific solutions…
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Microsoft acquires FieldOne
On July 16, Microsoft announced its acquisition of FieldOne, the cloud-based field service customer relationship management (CRM) solution, with the goal of increasing the scalability…
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Acumatica releases Power BI content pack
On July 14, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) company Acumatica released its Power BI content pack as part of its partnership with Microsoft. Providing users…
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Cortana Analytics Suite addresses underlying analytics challenges
On July 13, Microsoft announced the Cortana Analytics Suite, which combines a wide range of various Microsoft big data and analytics capabilities. Nucleus expects that…
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Vena Solutions benefit case study: Biola University
Biola University deployed Vena Solutions to improve its complex budgeting process. Nucleus found that Vena allowed the university to enhance decision making, increase data visibility,…
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Guidebook: SumTotal Workforce Management
SumTotal Systems, a Skillsoft company, delivers the SumTotal Work suite of solutions that provides time and attendance, scheduling, absence and leave management, and payroll data…
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ToolsGroup unveils algorithms for non-standard obsolescence
On June 29, 2015 ToolsGroup announced the release of new algorithms to model product obsolescence with more precision. Companies can use these algorithms to determine…
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Accenture on the defense
The analytics market continues to be a focus of investment and innovation and, as a result, vendors are increasingly challenged to hold the relatively short…
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Salesforce benefit case study: Wind River
Wind River deployed Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud in order to replace an older system with limited functionality and on-premise constrictions. The company wanted to…
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Technology Value Matrix 2015: Supply Chain Control Towers
Today, leading control tower software vendors are starting to marry planning and execution applications into one console to provide end-to-end supply chain visibility for course…
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LLamasoft plans upgrades new data platform for analytics
At its annual conference LLamasoft Inc. revealed plans for major upgrades to its Supply Chain Guru application as well as the LogicNetPlus (LNP) product recently…
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EfficientIP ROI case study: Anonymous University
A European university deployed EfficientIP to streamline and improve the management of its network’s IP addresses, DNS zones, and DHCP scopes. Nucleus analysts found that…
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NetSuite ROI case study: Jaybird
Jaybird deployed NetSuite in order to manage its growing business needs as its customer base increased. Nucleus found that by using NetSuite, Jaybird has avoided…
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Bpmonline releases new capabilities with version 7.6
On July 1, Bpm’online released the latest version of its customer relationship management (CRM) platform. The new offering provides users with integrated CRM features that…
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Finding value in improving team dynamics with IBM and Globoforce
It’s logical to believe that the dynamics of teams in the workplace – i.e., the personality traits and motivations of their members, as they interrelate…
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Assessing the value of EmpInfo
Human resources (HR), as well as payroll, often finds itself fielding the same requests and performing the same tasks repeatedly, relegating practitioners to low-level work…
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GoodData ROI case study: Anonymous
A medium-sized software company deployed GoodData to provide sales people, managers, and executives with access to data-driven insights. Nucleus found that the solution was scalable…
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A closer look at Pearl Chain
One of the early pioneers in software for supply chain control towers, PearlChain NV continues to build out its solution as it expands into the…
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IBM and Box partner to build out ECM solutions
Organizations are increasingly demanding lightweight and user-friendly enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that also support advanced levels of functionality. In order to deliver additional value…
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Salesforce releases Service for Apps
On June 25, Salesforce debuted its Service for Apps offering. By introducing expanded service functionalities within applications themselves, Service for Apps improves the overall quality…
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SilkRoad HRMS helps users at the epicenter of HCM
Several factors in the market for human capital management (HCM) have precipitated the race to develop all-in-one suites, and the need to do so is…
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SilkRoad forges partnerships from a position of strength
The propensity to partner with the competition is strong among vendors of technology for human capital management (HCM). At times the practice can lead to…
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Assessing the value of Yellowfin
In a rapidly evolving market, Yellowfin offers a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) platform that leverages the expertise of its partner ecosystem to provide customers with…
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Assessing the value of BlueData
As organizations seek to take advantage of their big data investments, they are faced with a number of challenges. More than 70 percent of IT…
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Salesforce unveils Sales Wave Analytics
On June 18, Salesforce revealed the pilot for its new sales analytics offering, Sales Wave Analytics. Nucleus expects that the offering’s new integrated features will…
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Unit4 update
Nearly 18 months since going private, Unit4 is coming out as a cloud company with enterprise resource planning (ERP) for people-focused businesses. The company has…
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JDA selects Google for PaaS provider
On June 12, 2015 JDA Software Group announced an alliance with Google to deliver JDA’s next generation of omnichannel and supply chain solutions via the…
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Beneftifocus further enhances its listening skills with One Place 365
With its latest product update, Benefitfocus has announced another round of significant improvements to its exemplary solution. But the vendor’s attendant establishment of a website…
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Retailers skip DOM and go control tower
To achieve omnichannel success, retailers should abandon distributed order management systems (DOM) in favor of a supply chain control tower. DOM only provides order fulfillment…
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Salesforce releases next generation of Marketing Cloud
On June 17, Salesforce released the next generation of its Marketing Cloud. Featuring Journey Builder and Active Audiences, Nucleus expects the offering will drive greater…
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With latest HR offering Salesforce disrupts market for HCM
Salesforce’s decision to add another toehold into human capital management (HCM) makes sense. Its technology’s applicability extends far beyond sales, and Salesforce for HR is…
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KANA ROI case study: City of Buffalo
2016 ROI AWARD WINNER! The City of Buffalo deployed LAGAN Enterprise from KANA to utilize analytics capabilities for its Operation Clean Sweep program. Nucleus found…
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MongoDB announces connector to business user applications
On June 3, MongoDB announced a series of updates to its enterprise offering including a new business intelligence (BI) connector. Its four partners, Tableau, IBM…
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Parsing SAPs apparent partnering strategy for SuccessFactors
It is common for vendors of technology for human capital management (HCM) to work with peers when the resulting integrations yield complementary solutions. Though some…
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Salesforce Desk.com ROI case study: Formstack
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! Formstack deployed Salesforce Desk.com to support its growing customer support requirements and its “whole-company support” policy, where all employees are empowered…
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GoodData ROI case study: Raise
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! Raise.com deployed GoodData to replace an out-of-the-box product that lacked the flexibility to adjust to Raise’s reporting needs. The GoodData solution…
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Pentaho ROI case study: SpotPromo
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! SpotPromo deployed Pentaho business analytics to analyze multiple data sets on product pricing, inventory, brand, and other information to provide a…
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On-premise users road to the Kronos Cloud is long and winding
The road to the cloud for human capital management (HCM) can be long and winding, fraught with challenges that leave employers stuck with on-premise technology….
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Manhattan augments IBMi demand and inventory solutions
Manhattan Associates has boosted the functionality of its IBMi Replenishment and Demand Forecasting application as part of the vendor’s ongoing commitment to ensure that its…
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Salesforce Marketing Cloud ROI case study: Room and Board
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! Room & Board implemented Salesforce Marketing Cloud Predictive Intelligence to support targeted e-mail and Web marketing. The project enabled the brand…
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Salesforce releases the next generation of Community Cloud
On May 21, Salesforce unveiled the next generation of the Community Cloud. With new features that facilitate the establishment of branded communities for greater visibility…
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Assessing the value of Rocket Discover
As more and more business users need ready access to analytics for faster decision making and business insight, time to insight can be hindered by…
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A Year-to-Date Update on Cornerstone OnDemand
Through predictive analytics, machine learning and a new platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Cornerstone OnDemand is disrupting the market for technology in human capital management (HCM). The company’s…
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INSIGHT unveils data visualization module for SAILS
On May 19, 2015 INSIGHT Inc. announced the release of a new Data Visualization Module for SAILS, its supply chain design tool. That module addresses…
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Cornerstone OnDemand Needs a Strategy for the Epicenter of HCM
Employers continue to gravitate to suites for human capital management (HCM) that encompass not only talent management, but also capable workforce management (WFM), core HR,…
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Accelerating time to value – IBM industry analytics solutions
On May 28, IBM announced plans to deliver new industry-specific analytics solutions. Building on IBM’s decades of advanced analytics experience and 50,000 analytics engagements, these…
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A closer look at Amber Road
As more supply chains become demand-driven, they will need to adopt control towers as a mechanism to steer supply chain flows in response to changes…
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Cornerstone OnDemand responds to market demands for PaaS
Cornerstone Edge, the new platform-as-a-service (PaaS) from Cornerstone OnDemand, is the first from a cloud-based vendor of exclusively talent management technology. Available to customers and…
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Informatica tackles the largest big data needs of customers
At its conference in Las Vegas on May 12, Informatica released a string of influential announcements. Nucleus found that the company is able to leverage…
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For supply chain software ease of use is key to winning over small business
Small companies face a different set of challenges in supply chain software deployments than big companies. A study by Nucleus Research of supply chain and…