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  • Epicor retail updates

    Recently, Epicor has been making announcements regarding advancements in its retail offerings. On December 22, 2014, it announced…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Cloud ECM delivers nearly 3X Returns

    ECM lags behind other enterprise management solutions in terms of customers choosing to migrate to the cloud. Despite…

  • IBM launches care management

    IBM adds onto its Smarter Care Portfolio with IBM Care Management, designed to create a holistic approach to…

  • Game Changer Salesforce gamifies change management

    Badgeville, a dominant player in the gamification space, recently announced deeper integration with Salesforce. The new integration focuses…

  • Great expectations for inventory optimization

    Although many companies have adopted Inventory Optimization (IO) software over the past decade, Nucleus has found in talking…

  • Ceridian Rapid Financial Business Case Tool

    When Nucleus Research analysts investigated organizations that have selected Ceridian for human capital management solutions they found organizations…

  • Ultimate Software TCO Assessment Tool

    This tool is designed to compare the total cost of ownership of Ultimate UltiPro to another HCM solution….

  • Ceridian Rapid Financial Business Case Tool

  • Style and Substance OpenText Acquires Actuate

    On December 5, 2014, OpenText announced the acquisition of Actuate. Though OpenText and Actuate compete in the ECM…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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….

  • Benefitfocus Rapid Financial Business Case Tool

    Nucleus Research analysts found that organizations using Benefitfocus were able to reduce the costs and risk of errors…

  • Why Microsoft should buy OpenText

    On November 12, Ontario based OpenText announced a new enterprise information management solution at its annual OpenText Enterprise…

  • A closer look at GAINSystems

    As more enterprises look for ways to minimize their inventory holdings and free up working capital in a…

  • The SMB application hub

    Salesforce launched the Desk.com App Hub on November 24. This release aims to provide an offering that is…

  • Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2014: Analytics

    The analytics market has evolved from a small market of large, established vendors with predominantly on-premise solutions to…

  • Salesforce Social Studio

    On November 19, Salesforce announced upgrades to the Social Studio, with new capabilities in social listening, analysis, content…

  • Adaptive Insights ROI case study: Gentiva

    2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! Gentiva deployed Adaptive Insights’ Adaptive Planning solution to replace a number of solutions that…

  • TCO Study: Ultimate Software Oracle PeopleSoft Workday

    The human capital management (HCM) market is growing more convoluted as legacy vendors such as Oracle and SAP…

  • Oracles shortcomings in MEIO and supply chain design

    Although Oracle touts its integrated platform in the Oracle E-Business Suite Supply Chain Management family of applications, specialty…

  • Adaptive Insights ROI case study: Montclair State University

    Montclair State University deployed Adaptive Insights’ Adaptive Planning to replace a planning and budgeting solution that was unable…

  • Adaptive Insights versus Oracle Hyperion

    As companies consider their corporate performance management (CPM) strategies, they now have both on-premise and cloud options. To…

  • Microsoft Sales Productivity: Moving toward the Dark Cockpit

    On October 8, 2014, Microsoft Dynamics announced a new offering that packages Dynamics CRM Online, Office 365, and…

  • Is It TIme to Drop Box?

    Cloud storage is a rapidly growing segment of the content management market and Nucleus compared Box and Dropbox…

  • IBM and JDA team up for omnichannel initiative

    On November 11, 2014 JDA Software Group and IBM announced a collaboration to deliver an integrated solution for…

  • Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2014: ERP

    Enterprise application vendors have continued to invest in making their applications more usable, as buyers expect support for…

  • One in three Kronos customers has not achieved a positive ROI

    Kronos has managed to sustain a significant and growing customer base in a market that is rapidly favoring…

  • Predictive analytics cut supply chain costs by 8 percent

    Predictive analytics has captured the fascination of supply chain executives because it offers the promise of forecasting potential…

  • Salesforce launches Sales Cloud1

    On October 7, 2014, Salesforce announced a new sales application, Sales Cloud1, as well as updates to Service…

  • To have value or not to have value: Wearable Technology

    There is a growing buzz in HCM around the value of technology that can be worn in the…

  • Ceridian unveils new dashboards

    At the 2014 HR Technology Exposition in Las Vegas, Ceridian released Dayforce Dashboards that give customers access to…

  • Ceridian Dayforce HCM ROI case study: PSK Supermarkets

    2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! PSK Supermarkets (Foodtown) deployed Ceridian Dayforce HCM to automate many of the manual processes…

  • Salesforce Data.com ROI case study: Intercall

    InterCall deployed Salesforce Data.com to improve its strategic and tactical use of contact data in the sales process….

  • Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2014: WFM

    Human capital management (HCM) is continuing to see increased competition as customers expand aging solution deployments to include…

  • Ceridian launches Dayforce ConnectedPay

    On October 23, 2014, Ceridian released Dayforce ConnectedPay for global payroll processing and reporting. The release gives customers,…

  • Cornerstone OnDemand acquires Evolv

    On October 7, 2014, Cornerstone OnDemand acquired Evolv, extending predictive analytics to its talent management modules. The acquisition…

  • Interactive Intelligence releases PureCloud

    In Q4 of this year, Interactive Intelligence is planning to release PureCloud, a new suite of services for…

  • Llamasoft partners with CLX logistics

    On October 8, 2014 Llamasoft announced a partnership with CLX Logistics. The partnership gives Llamasoft access to CLX…

  • IBM announces Watson Analytics

    In September, IBM announced Watson Analytics, a cloud based service that brings together the technologies that IBM has…

  • Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2014: CPM

    Finance organizations are reducing company dependence on IT, are demanding easier deployments, and are looking for ways to…

  • Top Image Systems ROI Case Study: Anonymous

    A company deployed Top Image Systems’s eFLOW to replace its existing capture solution. Nucleus found that using eFLOW…

  • Cloud BI: Build from scratch or OEM

    When providing a complete BI solution to clients, there are many requirements that need to be considered. It…

  • Guidebook: DataClarity

    Improving user adoption and ease of deployment is increasing in importance for business intelligence solutions, as organizations must…

  • A closer look at One Network Enterprises

    Vendors of multi-echelon inventory optimization will be challenged in the years ahead to make “real demand” the basis…

  • Oracle Sales Cloud Release 9

    On September 30, 2014, Oracle announced the Oracle Sales Cloud Release 9 at the OpenWorld conference in San…