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Fortifying its position: Ceridian expands from the epicenter of HCM
Since acquiring Dayforce, Ceridian has methodically cultivated breadth, functionality, and usability in the company’s technology for human capital…
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Supply chain design tools: Enabling omnichannel success
As retailers struggle to compete against e-commerce leader Amazon, they need to take greater advantage of the power…
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PTC Windchill ROI case study: STRATTEC
STRATTEC Security Corporation deployed PTC Windchill to replace its existing product lifecycle management (PLM) solution and improve product…
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Anatomy of a decision: 3 reasons for selecting LLamasoft
LLamasoft continues to dominate the supply chain design marketplace, taking customers away from its competitors. Nucleus took a…
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Oracle benefit case study: Anonymous manufacturer
A global manufacturer deployed Oracle Inventory Optimization to reduce stock held at multiple worldwide locations and to impose…
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Hadoop best practices: Single versus multiple instances
Customers in business intelligence and analytics are turning to data management platforms to handle expanding data sets, preventing…
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JDA releases Agile Control Tower
On March 5, 2015 JDA Software Group Inc. announced that the newest release of JDA Enterprise Supply Planning…
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Verticalization win for Vlocity
Salesforce partner Vlocity’s announcement of a customer win for its communications solution is the harbinger of further investment…
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Tibco releases Spotfire 7
On March 3, Tibco announced the newest iteration of its BI platform with Spotfire 7. With the new…
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Technology Value Matrix First Half 2015: CRM
Customer relationship management (CRM) vendors continue to invest in expanding functionality across the three core pillars of CRM…
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Desk.com goes global
On February 24, Salesforce Desk.com announced upgrades to global capabilities. Nucleus found that by leveraging automated language capabilities,…
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EMC launches Data Lake Foundation
On February 19, EMC announced the launch of its Data Lake Foundation. EMC has announced the release of…
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WFM Vendors and Compliance with the Affordable Care Act
Employers’ responsibilities in complying with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extend beyond what any vendor of solutions for…
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Hitachi embraces Hadoop and the cloud
February has been an active month for Hitachi Data Systems as it has sought to build out its…
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FinancialForce com releases rebate management capability
On February 18, 2015 FinancialForce.com announced the release of Rebate Revenue Management, part of its supply chain management…
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Microsoft Parature service maturity benefit assessment tool
To understand how increasing the maturity of customer service processes and supporting technologies could drive greater benefits, Nucleus…
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Anatomy of a decision: Infinisource iSolved Network
In the payroll services market, regional actors are being pressured by changing legal regulations and customer expectations for…
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A closer look at ThinkTime
In retail and industries similar to it, a hodgepodge of tasks essential to the job, but time-consuming and…
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Assessing customer service maturity: An in-depth look at Microsoft customers
Organizations are increasingly challenged to deliver higher quality, more consistent levels of customer service. In its analysis of…
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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…
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Apttus gets a boost
On February 2, Salesforce Ventures led a Series B funding round for Apttus, which raised $41 million. Apttus…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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IBM Business Analytics for nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations are increasingly challenged to prove the effectiveness of their programs while attracting and retaining new funding…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A closer look at Base CRM
Nucleus took a closer look at Base and found that it offers a consumer relationship management (CRM) solution…
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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…
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Cortana could become a Watson substitute
On January 23, 2015 Microsoft announced the acquisition of Revolution Analytics. Revolution Analytics’ main product is Revolution R…
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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…
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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,…
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GoodData makes data science easy
On January 27, 2015 GoodData announced updates to its analytics platform. Updates include improvements to the user experience…
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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…
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A closer look at AnyLogic
As more supply chain executives seek to have supply chain designs encompass a wider range of factors to…
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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…
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Guidebook: MuleSoft
Accessing enterprise data from on-premise systems and cloud applications in a consistent, cost-effective way is one of the…
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Llamasoft Benefit Case Study: McCormick and Co
McCormick & Co. deployed Llamasoft to support its regular performance evaluation of its global supply chain network and…
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IBM smarter retail apps
At the National Retail Federation (NRF) Show this year, IBM announced new apps for retailers as a part…
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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…
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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’…
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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…
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Guidebook: ON24
As more companies look to Web conferences and Webcasts to broaden and deepen their sales and marketing pipeline,…
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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,…