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  • Birst provides the one-stop shop for Amazon Redshift and analytics

    Birst announced its integration with Amazon Redshift to provide a turnkey option for integrated data warehousing and…

  • Jaspersoft disrupts the BI market with utility pricing

    Jaspersoft announced general availability for a pure utility-based pricing model for analytics on Amazon Redshift and other…

  • The ROI of cloud ERP for SMBs

    The cloud is gaining traction in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market and most vendors now have…

  • Oracle acquires Acme Packet

    Oracle’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Acme Packet, an enterprise session border controller vendor, provides Oracle both with…

  • IBM Connect 2013 Defines the Smarter Workforce

    IBM presented a mature vision for the future of workforce development, branded as “Smarter Workforce,” at IBM…

  • Acumatica’s return on business software integration

    To assist its customers with business software integration, Acumatica provides a flexible platform, a substantial set of…

  • The value of SAP on HANA for the Fortune 500

    SAP Business Suite running on SAP HANA has the potential to add 21 billion dollars in incremental…

  • What Watson can do for CRM

    In looking at IBM Watson and its capabilities when managing large volumes of unstructured data, many similar…

  • Content and the customer experience: Digitech Systems

    Nucleus recently attended Digitech Systems’s annual partner conference and found that its partner ecosystem continues to expand…

  • The impact of learning on human capital management

    Learning modules are increasingly important in any human capital management (HCM) solution, facilitating users in acquiring knowledge…

  • A closer look at Lattice Engines

    The value of predictive analytics and Big Data lies in an organization’s ability to put actionable insight…

  • The value of subscription and support for IBM Business Analytics

    Software subscription and support agreements are not just sunk costs, but opportunities to obtain additional return on…

  • Cloud Sherpas acquires Innoveer

    Cloud Sherpas recently announced the acquisition of Innoveer, growing both its geographical reach and portfolio of cloud…

  • SAP Business Suite now available on HANA

    SAP recently announced that its SAP Business Suite is now powered by SAP HANA in-memory database technology….

  • IQMS releases new version of its ERP solution for manufacturing

    IQMS recently announced the latest release of EnterpriseIQ, its enterprise resource planning solution for manufacturing. To face…

  • The enterprise case for telecom expense management

    Nucleus has found that multiple companies reduced unmanaged telecom, network, and wireless costs up to 25 percent…

  • Benefits and challenges of mobile ERP

    Mobility for enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions is regarded as a technology still in its infancy, but…

  • Guidebook: Best practices for customer service with Oracle RightNow

    As quality service becomes a key differentiator for customer retention and future sales, companies must take an…

  • Delfigo Benefit Case Study: Elliot Health System

    Elliot Health System deployed Delfigo DSGateway to support remote access security with Citrix Web Interface that was…

  • Plex raises $30 million to extend its cloud ERP

    Plex, one of the fastest growing ERP vendors offering cloud solutions for manufacturing, just announced that it…

  • Creating the Smartest Grid: Oracle acquires DataRaker

    Oracle has entered an agreement to acquire DataRaker, a cloud-based analytics platform focused on electric, gas, and…

  • IBM acquires StoredIQ

    IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire StoredIQ to improve Big Data governance. This acquisition…

  • Oracle buys Eloqua

    Oracle announced that it is acquiring Eloqua, a cloud-based marketing automation and revenue performance management vendor. This…

  • 2013 Business Analytics Benchmark Report

    Analytics and Big Data investments are front and center on the shopping list for companies seeking strategic…

  • Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 now available

    The newest release (R2) of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 builds upon the original release with 11 new…

  • Cloud Meets Mobility Citrix Agrees to Acquire Zenprise

    Citrix has agreed to acquire mobile device management vendor Zenprise to support mobile endpoints and applications. This…

  • Big Data hits the jackpot

    Over the past month, venture capital and private equity firms have poured more than $180 million into…

  • Aras announces VPLM for Autodesk Vault

    Aras recently announced Aras VPLM, a new solution which combines its product lifecycle management offering (PLM) with…

  • Guidebook: Progress OpenEdge

    As CIOs continue to seek to do more with less, they must also take advantage of emerging…

  • Guidebook: Progress OpenEdge

  • Infor acquires Orbis Global

    Infor announced the acquisition of Orbis Global, a cloud marketing resource management vendor. This acqusition extends Infor’s…

  • Angoss brings predictive analytics into the cloud

    Angoss has improved end user access to predictive analytics, text analytics, and risk management while providing an…

  • Siemens Enterprise and AirWatch secure mobile communications.

    AirWatch and Siemens Enterprise Communications announced a partnership to introduce AirWatch Mobility Management to Siemens customers through…

  • Announcements from Autodesk University 2012

    At the recent Autodesk University 2012 conference, Autodesk made major announcements for building information modeling (BIM) and…

  • Amazon Redshift: Data Warehousing as a Service

    At its AWS re:Invent show, Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Redshift, a managed service for data…

  • IBIS launches advanced distribution software

    IBIS, a Microsoft Dynamics partner, recently released Advanced Distribution Software (ADS), a solution built on Microsoft Dynamics…

  • Interactive Intelligence launches MarketPlace

    Interactive Intelligence launched its Interactive Intelligence MarketPlace to provide customers with a one-stop shop for third-party and…

  • Getting ready for Salesforce Data.com Social Key

    Salesforce Data.com Social Key promises to integrate information from the social Web with traditional CRM data to…

  • Delfigo multi-factor biometric mobile security

    Delfigo provides a multi-factor authentication (MFA) approach which includes knowledge-based, possession-based, and biometric-based identity management capabilities for…

  • Epicor offers improved functionality for the automotive aftermarket

    Epicor recently made three announcements regarding its automotive aftermarket strategy and offering: a new leadership team, an…

  • Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2012: ERP

    The recent evolution of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market has been dominated by two main trends:…

  • IBM ROI Case Study: City of South Bend, ID

    The city of South Bend, Indiana, used IBM Intelligent Operations Center to improve its water management. Nucleus…

  • Announcements from Kronos Works 2012

    Kronos recently had its largest user conference in history and made important announcements regarding mobile solutions, labor…

  • SAP 360 Customer: Driving greater CRM ROI

    SAP announced SAP 360 Customer, which leverages HANA as well as new and existing SAP applications to…

  • RedPrairie and JDA merge

    Two of the main players in the supply chain management (SCM) market, JDA and RedPrairie, recently merged…

  • SAP releases new sustainability solutions in the cloud

    SAP recently announced two new cloud-based solutions aimed at helping manufacturing customers meet sustainability challenges related to…

  • Nucleus Top Ten Predictions for 2013

    This year presented some significant shifts in the strategies of some long-dominant vendors toward cloud, social capabilities,…

  • 2013 CRM Benchmark Report

    2013 CRM Benchmark Report The companion 2013 ROI modeling tool can be found here. This report includes…

  • Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2012: CRM

    CRM vendors continued to evolve their product offerings in the second half of 2012, both organically and…

  • LogiXML ROI Case Study: Anonymous Real Estate Firm

    An anonymous real estate firm needed to improve the management of its voucher inventory used to drive…