BROWSE ALL RESEARCH
-
Technology Value Matrix First Half 2015: Supply Chain Design
The market for supply chain design software was shaken up this past year by Llamasoft’s debut of a cloud-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tool. Until then vendors…
-
Apttus gets a boost
On February 2, Salesforce Ventures led a Series B funding round for Apttus, which raised $41 million. Apttus will be using the investment to build…
-
Logi announces pay by the drink service
On February 10, Logi Analytics announced new pricing parameters for its Logi Vision product on Amazon Web Services. With Logi’s new pricing parameters, customers can…
-
IBM Smarter Cities ROI Case Study: City of Fort Worth
The City of Fort Worth implemented a joint emergency operations center (JEOC) based on IBM social software and software from an IBM business partner, UnifiedEdge,…
-
SilkRoad Announces HRMS Targeted for SMB Market
Vendors of technology for human capital management (HCM) continue to tout their solutions’ ability to integrate across HCM to connect workforce management (WFM), core human…
-
Selling HCM Technology to the CFO
Chief financial officers won’t invest in technology for human capital management (HCM) because it improves employee engagement or makes a human resource practitioner’s workday easier….
-
Four ways Salesforce Wave is different
At Dreamforce in October, Salesforce announced Wave, its cloud analytics platform. Although customers have found Salesforce’s analytics capabilities limited and turned to partners to meet…
-
Cloudera catches up in analytics
On February 3, 2015 Cloudera announced the acquisition of Xplain.io. Xplain.io is an emerging start-up whose product analyzes user queries to optimize locations and pathways…
-
SAP announces Business Suite 4 SAP HANA
On February 3, 2015, SAP announced the next generation of its Business Suite, Business Suite 4 SAP HANA. This is a further step in SAP…
-
IBM Business Analytics for nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations are increasingly challenged to prove the effectiveness of their programs while attracting and retaining new funding sources. In looking at the experiences of…
-
IBM advanced analytics ROI case study – Michigan State University
Michigan State University’s University Advancement department implemented IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and SPSS predictive analytics to provide greater insight for management of its alumni and…
-
PTC Windchill ROI case study: Plastic packaging manufacturer
A plastic packaging manufacturer deployed PTC Windchill to support a more collaborative and productive development environment. Nucleus found moving from an application with limited capabilities…
-
Assessing Acumatica in the ERP Value Matrix
On January 22, Acumatica launched its new cloud accounting software. Nucleus found that this most recent version furthers investments in functionality, and provides users with…
-
A closer look at Base CRM
Nucleus took a closer look at Base and found that it offers a consumer relationship management (CRM) solution focused primarily on sales management. The solution…
-
The clouded SCM judgment of Oracle
At the Oracle Value Chain Summit, the Redwood Shores, California-based vendor said it planned more rollouts of cloud-based versions of its supply chain tools this…
-
Cortana could become a Watson substitute
On January 23, 2015 Microsoft announced the acquisition of Revolution Analytics. Revolution Analytics’ main product is Revolution R Enterprise (RRE), an open-source analytics platform that…
-
Collaborative Managed Services benefit case study: Anonymous insurance company
A leading excess and surplus lines insurance company moved from a project-based contract with Collaborative Consulting to an onshore managed services agreement that took advantage…
-
Assessing QADs position in the ERP Value Matrix
QAD provides ERP for global manufacturers in the discrete and configured product sectors, and specifically in the automotive, life sciences, industrial products, high technology, consumer…
-
GoodData makes data science easy
On January 27, 2015 GoodData announced updates to its analytics platform. Updates include improvements to the user experience of its Insights Engine and the addition…
-
Anatomy of a decision: Unit4 Agresso versus Microsoft Dynamics NAV
As a part of Nucleus Research’s ongoing investigation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, analysts conducted in-depth interviews with recent Unit4 Agresso customers. Customers reported…
-
A closer look at AnyLogic
As more supply chain executives seek to have supply chain designs encompass a wider range of factors to paint a more realistic view of operations,…
-
Technology Value Matrix First Half 2015: Inventory Optimization
This edition of the value matrix examines on-premise and cloud software vendors who provide inventory optimization (IO), applications that allow companies to minimize their inventory…
-
Guidebook: MuleSoft
Accessing enterprise data from on-premise systems and cloud applications in a consistent, cost-effective way is one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. The MuleSoft…
-
Llamasoft Benefit Case Study: McCormick and Co
McCormick & Co. deployed Llamasoft to support its regular performance evaluation of its global supply chain network and to assist the company in evaluating the…
-
IBM smarter retail apps
At the National Retail Federation (NRF) Show this year, IBM announced new apps for retailers as a part of its MobileFirst for iOS initiative. Nucleus…
-
Microsoft Dynamics Benefit Case Study: KEXP Radio
KEXP deployed Microsoft Dynamics to support its growing contributor base. With the assistance of Microsoft Gold Partner, Webfortis the company was able to configure the…
-
Arachno Orbit Benefit Case Study: City of Champaign
The City of Champaign, Illinois, deployed Arachno Orbit to replace an aging content management system that limited users’ ability to find the information they needed….
-
HighRoads ROI Case Study: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBS MA) deployed HighRoads to automate management of the federal mandate to deliver standard and custom Summary of Benefits…
-
Guidebook: ON24
As more companies look to Web conferences and Webcasts to broaden and deepen their sales and marketing pipeline, audience experience can have a significant impact…
-
Content unification OpenText acquires Informative Graphics Corp
On January 5, 2015 OpenText announced the acquisition of Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC). IGC’s products include Brava!, Myriad, Redact-it, and Blazon. IGC’s products make a…
-
Epicor retail updates
Recently, Epicor has been making announcements regarding advancements in its retail offerings. On December 22, 2014, it announced a partnership with AJB Software Design Inc….
-
Nucleus Top Ten Predictions for 2015
Nucleus’s top 10 predictions for 2015 take into account the impacts of cloud, changing development cadences, more intelligent software, and mobile adoption on the enterprise…
-
Nucleus Research On premise vs On demand TCO tool
<em>UPDATED January 2015</em> This tool helps you answer the question: does an on-demand solution deliver a lower TCO than an on-premise solution? NOTE: End-user organizations…
-
Equipping sales with the power of analytics
Much has been made of the potential for business intelligence (BI) and analytics in CRM. Until quite recently, the promise of these tools has been…
-
A new source of field services solutions
Epiphany announced on December 2 that it will be launching a new company, Elysian Field Software. Elysian will deliver HCM and field services capabilities for…
-
Cloud ECM delivers nearly 3X Returns
ECM lags behind other enterprise management solutions in terms of customers choosing to migrate to the cloud. Despite the relatively low migration rate compared to…
-
IBM launches care management
IBM adds onto its Smarter Care Portfolio with IBM Care Management, designed to create a holistic approach to healthcare in which social care and clinical…
-
Game Changer Salesforce gamifies change management
Badgeville, a dominant player in the gamification space, recently announced deeper integration with Salesforce. The new integration focuses on organizational needs, such as change management,…
-
Great expectations for inventory optimization
Although many companies have adopted Inventory Optimization (IO) software over the past decade, Nucleus has found in talking to users that there’s still a high…
-
Ceridian Rapid Financial Business Case Tool
When Nucleus Research analysts investigated organizations that have selected Ceridian for human capital management solutions they found organizations were able to simplify payroll processing, reduce…
-
Ultimate Software TCO Assessment Tool
This tool is designed to compare the total cost of ownership of Ultimate UltiPro to another HCM solution. It is designed as a companion assessment…
-
-
Style and Substance OpenText Acquires Actuate
On December 5, 2014, OpenText announced the acquisition of Actuate. Though OpenText and Actuate compete in the ECM space, where the companies don’t overlap is…
-
A closer look at Blue Ridge
Because managing inventory in a dynamic market environment requires consideration of point-of-sale information, special promotions and even social media, companies need to apply a customer-facing…
-
Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2014: ECM
The enterprise content management (ECM) market is rapidly evolving, customers are warming to the notion of storing their content on external servers and competition is…
-
Llamasoft unveils SaaS platform for supply chain design
On December 4, 2014 Llamasoft announced the release of SupplyChainGuru.com, a SaaS cloud platform for supply chain design. This development means that companies can now…
-
Benefitfocus Rapid Financial Business Case Tool
Nucleus Research analysts found that organizations using Benefitfocus were able to reduce the costs and risk of errors in benefits administration. The company gives organizations…
-
Why Microsoft should buy OpenText
On November 12, Ontario based OpenText announced a new enterprise information management solution at its annual OpenText Enterprise World Expo in Florida. The solution, OpenText…
-
A closer look at GAINSystems
As more enterprises look for ways to minimize their inventory holdings and free up working capital in a dynamic global and digital marketplace, they’ll need…
-
The SMB application hub
Salesforce launched the Desk.com App Hub on November 24. This release aims to provide an offering that is built specifically for small to mid-sized businesses…