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  • NetSuite ROI case study: MusclePharm

    2014 ROI AWARD WINNER! MusclePharm deployed NetSuite to replace an accounting system that wouldn’t support its growth. Nucleus…

  • Microsoft and Salesforce team up

    Microsoft and Salesforce.com announced a partnership by which Salesforce would extend its investment in Windows SQL Server and…

  • Ceridian Dayforce Workforce Management ROI case study: Guitar Center

    2014 ROI AWARD WINNER! Nucleus Research examined Guitar Center’s use of Ceridian Dayforce Workforce Management to identify the…

  • Perceptive Software still hungry

    It is no surprise that Lexmark is in the process of making another acquisition to grow the depth…

  • The value of Benefitfocus: Cloud-based software for benefits administration

    Benefitfocus HR InTouch Marketplace provides customers with a centralized, cloud-based platform for automated benefits administration, compliance checks, and…

  • The bell tolls for Sage

    In an increasingly competitive enterprise applications marketplace, vendors that don’t keep up with competitors’ investments in usability, functionality,…

  • Why software defined storage matters

    Like the term “cloud computing” the term “software defined storage” can hide as much as it reveals. Despite…

  • Coggno announces integration with ADP

    On May 22, 2014, Coggno announced an online training integration with ADP, bringing Coggno’s learning management system (LMS)…

  • Elavon experiences with the Oracle Sales Cloud

    The shift in computing towards the cloud and away from being within the four walls of an organization…

  • IBM threatens the software defined storage market with Watson

    On May 12, 2014 IBM announced it was expanding its software defined storage offerings with a line of…

  • Ceridian releases Dayforce Recruiting

    On May 21, 2014, Ceridian announced the release of Dayforce Recruiting, expanding Dayforce HCM to include the full…

  • Kronos releases Workforce Ready update

    On May 19, 2014, Kronos announced the release of the latest update to their Workforce Ready suite that…

  • Collaborative Software Rapid Financial Business Case Tool

    As information technology groups are increasingly challenged to deliver more business results with fewer resources, some have looked…

  • HighRoads Rapid Financial Business Case Tool

    Nucleus Research analysts found payer organizations using HighRoads were able to reduce the total cost of data management…

  • Benefitfocus announces HR InTouch Marketplace

    As part of the keynote speech at Benefitfocus’s customer conference on May 7, 2014, the company announced the…

  • PeopleStrategy Value Profile

    PeopleStrategy provides a cloud-based, integrated HCM platform spanning core HR, talent management, and workforce management. The company offers…

  • BMC Remedyforce ROI case study: Ameritas

    Ameritas adopted BMC Remedyforce to provide its IT support center with a consistent and standardized process to address…

  • Guidebook: Collaborative Domestic Solution Center

    As information technology groups are increasingly challenged to deliver more business results with fewer resources, some have looked…

  • Maximizing integration ROI: The benefits of cloud integration

    The acceleration of cloud application adoption and the need to integrate both cloud and on-premise applications is changing…

  • OpenERP raises $10 million and rebrands itself Odoo

    OpenERP announced it has received $10 million in new funding from VC firms and its management team, and…

  • PeopleMatter releases new talent management mobility options

    On May 8, 2014, PeopleMatter announced new advancements for the PeopleMatter Platform designed to more accurately align potential…

  • Workday releases Workday Recruiting

    On May 6, 2014, Workday released Workday Recruiting adding talent management to its existing cloud-based HCM application suite….

  • Technology Value Matrix First Half 2014: Analytics

    The evolution of business intelligence is quickly leading to a splintering of markets as the previously monolithic world…

  • Two big data and discovery vendors to watch in 2014

    Data discovery and big data solutions have been the hot topics of the past couple of years and…

  • Big data vendors to watch in 2014: 1010data

    Some vendors are working are working to set themselves apart with a focus on providing familiar and rapid…

  • Data discovery vendors to watch in 2014: Datawatch

    Data discovery vendors are coming into the market fast and loose and from all sorts of directions.  The…

  • Brightcove Benefit Case Study: ExactTarget

    Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud, a digital marketing company, adopted Brightcove’s Video Cloud to manage the development and publication…

  • InfinityHR partners with Aurico

    On April 28, 2014, Infinity Software Solutions announced a partnership with Aurico to integrate employment screening with the…

  • Technology Value Matrix First Half 2014: ECM

    As the enterprise content management (ECM) market continues to mature, vendors are aligning their solution development strategies around…

  • OpenText launches Discovery Suite

    Despite the best efforts of companies to keep up with the volume of content being created, content is…

  • Peoplefluent releases Mirror Suite

    On April 28, 2014 Peoplefluent released Peoplefluent Mirror Suite. The launch provides customers with workflows designed for talent…

  • Technology Value Matrix First Half 2014: CPM

    Corporate Performance Management (CPM) continues to see rapid change due to the emergence of cloud-based CPM players, the…

  • Four HCM missteps to avoid

    Customers are faced with many challenges in identifying the best investment strategy for deploying an HCM platform, leaving…

  • SAS Analytics and Open Source

    Many organizations balance open source solutions with commercial software to meet the requirements for statistical analysis both within…

  • Four ECM missteps to avoid

    Enterprises face both technical and cultural challenges when implementing an ECM solution that will integrate across the organization….

  • Delivering value to mid-sized companies in HCM

    The HCM market is taking a hard look at the value of establishing market share among mid-sized customers….

  • A new value basis in HCM with NuView Systems

    As platform integration and expansion of analytics are emerging as mainstream differentiators in HCM, NuView Systems is providing…

  • The value employee development: Cornerstone OnDemand

    Human capital management (HCM) is heating up as solution development is shifting to include employee engagement and career…

  • Technology Value Matrix First Half 2014: ERP

    The enterprise resource planning (ERP) market continues to mature; however, new entrants with unique value propositions and existing…

  • Two ECM vendors to watch in 2014

    Heading into 2014, enterprises are taking their content and their data more seriously than ever, putting ECM technologies…

  • Three HCM vendors to watch in 2014

    A race to the top is emerging among HCM vendors as the market trends toward integrated functionality across…

  • The Pivotal Big Data suite

    The explosion of big data and the rapid evolution of big data tools and technologies is challenging IT…

  • M-Files ROI case study: Booth & Associates LLC

    Booth & Associates deployed M-Files DMS to improve its document storage and search capabilities to improve the efficiency…

  • Technology Value Matrix First Half 2014: HCM

    The human capital management (HCM) market is consolidating behind three central competencies of core HR, talent management, and…

  • A closer look at Oracle Sales Cloud

    The accelerating release cadence of cloud CRM vendors are often about playing catch up with the features and…

  • Anatomy of a decision: GoodData

    Companies are facing increasing challenges to consolidate data, provide easy to use dashboards and reports to hundreds and…

  • New Acumatica CEO plans for growth

    Acumatica provides cloud-based ERP for small and medium-sized businesses. Last year, the company reported 350 percent year-over-year revenue…

  • SpringCM announces Salesforce integrations

    On April 2, 2014 SpringCM announced the release of two applications that further integrate the company’s enterprise content…

  • Technology Value Matrix First Half 2014: CRM

    Competition continues to be fierce in the CRM marketplace, as CRM begins to replace ERP as the most…

  • SkillSoft and IBM expand adaptive learning

    On April 2, 2014, Skillsoft released new updates from the company’s joint-venture with IBM designed to leverage big…