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  • Research H30

    Guidebook: Siebel CRM On Demand

    Oracle’s Siebel CRM On Demand has leveraged its history and experience in CRM to provide customers with deeper functionality to drive competitive advantage. Nucleus found…

  • Research H21

    Software AG acquires webMethods

    Software AG’s acquisition of webMethods significantly expands its product offering, which will now include technologies for business process management (BPM), business activity monitoring (BAM), SOA…

  • Research H26

    Guidebook: Content Management

    The growing volume of enterprise content and silos of information are fueling user frustration and information overload. At the same time, evolving content management technology,…

  • ROI Case Studies H23

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

  • Research H27

    Oracle Acquires Hyperion

    As consolidation continues in the Business Intelligence (BI) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) application markets, Oracle strikes again – to become the first ERP player…

  • ROI Case Studies E84

    ROI Case Study: SAVO Sales Asset Manager

    ADP Major Accounts Services replaced its homegrown repository of sales collateral with Savo’s on-demand Sales Assistant Manager (SAM). By deploying SAM, ADP realized improved productivity…

  • ROI Case Studies E84

    ROI Case Study: SAVO Sales Asset Manager

  • Research H22

    Spam, the repeat offender

    In a survey of more than 800 users, Nucleus finds spam continues to be a growing problem. Despite aggressive spam filtering, 66 percent of messages…

  • ROI Case Studies H14

    ROI Case Study: VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

    IRMC used VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to virtualize its call center operations and support multiple call centers from a central data center, reducing IT costs…

  • ROI Case Studies G96

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

    EDS used Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to support a more efficient global development strategy, realigning its internal software development assets and improving the productivity…

  • ROI Case Studies H15

    ROI Case Study: Kronos Workforce Activities

    By deploying Kronos Workforce Activities at one of its facilities, NFI was able to improve productivity, redeploy clerical staff, and reduce paper costs. Additional ROI…

  • ROI Case Studies G96

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

  • ROI Case Studies H15

    ROI Case Study: Kronos Workforce Activities

  • ROI Case Studies H18

    ROI Case Study: Cognos

  • ROI Case Studies H17

    ROI Case Study: Cognos

  • ROI Case Studies H16

    ROI Case Study: Cardscan for CRM

    A key manufacturing subsidiary of a Fortune 200 company integrated and deployed Cardscan for CRM to support data entry for its CRM system, driving improved…

  • Research D26

    Lies, damn, lies, and average ROI

    “Average ROI” reports may satisfy the lazy and cumulative ROI (cROI) may impress the foolish, but only a well-grounded analysis based on annual ROI and…

  • ROI Case Studies H3

    ROI Case Study: Business Objects

  • Research H11

    Digitech Systems announces Message Manager

    Digitech Systems’s PaperVision Message Manager enables companies to manage e-mail content like any other content – in Digitech’s content repository. Digitech Systems’s central management, relatively…

  • ROI Tools G44w

    Emergin Event Management Solution ROI modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Emergin Event Management. It is designed to help you build a business case…

  • Research H13

    Vignette Announces Digital Services Hub

    In a consolidating marketplace, developing new and innovative solution components is a way to deliver greater ROI. Vignette Digital Services Hub (DSH) allows organizations to…

  • ROI Case Studies H6

    ROI Case Study: ExpenseWatch.com

    Copart deployed Expensewatch.com travel and entertainment, AP workflow, and purchasing modules to automate, track, and monitor the management and approval of internal financial processes in…

  • Research H5

    A closer look at InvisibleCRM

    InvisibleCRM synchronizes Salesforce.com with Windows desktop applications to automatically update, store, and transfer customer information between the desktop and the CRM system. The result is…

  • Research H12

    Air Force Uses Cognos To Manage Personnel and Improve Productivity

    Companies that have not extended business intelligence and performance management to their human resources department should consider doing so. The Air Force Office of Special…

  • Research H1

    Benchmarking: On Demand

    On-demand solution adoption is growing: a Nucleus survey finds 51 percent of organizations are using some on-demand solutions today. Both small and large organizations are…

  • ROI Case Studies G97

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft Visual Studio Team

    A social networking Web site used Microsoft Visual Studio Team to improve the productivity of its developers and project managers as well as to reduce…

  • ROI Case Studies G92

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

  • Research G101

    Benchmarking Study: Who Reads Blogs?

    Although blogging may seem like an attractive opportunity to express opinions, promote products, and share ideas with the largest audience in the world, the reality…

  • Research G100

    Research Note: webMethods 7.0

    By adding functionality in the areas of metadata, governance, BPM, and BAM to Fabric, webMethods is offering customers a single toolkit for maturing, broadening, and…

  • Research G66

    A closer look at SatuitCRM

    Satuit’s CRM solution for financial services enables firms to reduce costs, improve sales and marketing productivity, manage large amounts of information, and maintain positive business…

  • ROI Case Studies G69

    ROI Case Study: Initiate Systems

    The health services provider used Identity Hub from Initiate Systems to avoid developer costs and administrative staff additions and improve service levels.

  • ROI Case Studies G69

    ROI Case Study: Initiate Systems

  • Research G73

    Looking ahead in predictive analytics

    Organizations looking beyond cost cutting measures to growth opportunities should consider the potential returns from an investment in predictive analytics.

  • Research G90

    Nucleus Top Ten Predictions for 2007

    As SOA and on demand drive changes in the way organizations buy, deploy, and outsource software, 2007 will show a greater focus on enabling end…

  • Research G50

    ROI Evaluation Report: Adoption of JT Format

    Companies can achieve a positive ROI from adopting the JT format by better managing and sharing information to drive increased productivity, improved partner management, and…

  • Research G89

    Data Governance and Compliance

    As companies seek to improve compliance and governance efforts, looking at how users can access, manipulate, and deliver data can be more important than just…

  • Research G86

    Initiate solves your identity crises

    Initiate Systems Identity Hub software solves two critical customer data management problems: the need for a system that can provide fast responses to customer inquiries…

  • Research G88

    Research Note: Podcasting Best Practices

    As podcasting becomes more mainstream and recognizable, early adopters are realizing that podcasting has the potential to be an important enterprise resource that can improve…

  • ROI Case Studies G83

    ROI Case Study: Kronos Workforce Attendance and WorkForce Leave

    Shooting Star Casino deployed Kronos Workforce Attendance and Workforce Leave to automate, track, and manage employee attendance and leave time, resulting in reduced staffing and…

  • ROI Case Studies G60

    ROI Case Study: Kronos Workforce Leave

    The city of El Paso deployed Kronos Workforce Leave to ensure a consistent way to track FMLA-related employee leave time, resulting in increased productivity, reduced…

  • ROI Case Studies G81

    ROI Case Study: Webmethods

    By using webMethods business process management (BPM) to improve integration with partners and distributors, an anonymous hardware provider avoided administrative staff additions, improved customer service,…

  • ROI Case Studies G81

    ROI Case Study: Webmethods

  • Research G74

    Insights on a maturing content management market

    As the enterprise content management (ECM) market matures, new relationships and facelifts seem to be the activities du jour. Nucleus Research offers some insights on…

  • ROI Case Studies G39

    ROI Case Study: Comverse Kenan FX Framework

    By consolidating all of its billing systems under Comverse’s Kenan FX Framework, GCI was able to offer bundled products to its customers, reduce customer churn,…

  • ROI Case Studies G36

    ROI Case Study: Comverse Kenan Data Mediation

    By combining Comverse’s Kenan Data Mediation solution with its existing Comverse billing and customer care solution, Casema was able to offer its customers a more…

  • Research G76

    Cognos blueprints ramp up BI ROI

    Cognos is offering Performance Blueprints that give users out-of-the-box performance management solutions. Based on the Cognos 8 platform, these tools enable users to avoid developer…

  • Research G77

    Cogneto – Hack this Passthought

    Cogneto’s Unomi provides a unique approach to identity authentication that gets around the problems of poor user habits and is not vulnerable to existing threats….

  • ROI Case Studies G16

    ROI Case Study: Campus Management

    Career Education Corporation deployed Campus Management’s CampusVue system as a key piece of IT infrastructure supporting an aggressive business growth plan. Since implementing the system,…

  • Research G68

    Benchmarking: Passwords

    Unfortunately, more than one out of every three enterprise users keep a written record of their passwords. Contrary to popular belief, a survey of 325…

  • Research G78

    Vignette 7.3.1

    In the maturing Web content management space, improving usability is one way to deliver greater ROI. Vignette 7.3.1 simplifies complicated Web content management processes with…