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  • ROI Case Study: Initiate Systems

    The health services provider used Identity Hub from Initiate Systems to avoid developer costs and administrative staff additions…

  • ROI Case Study: Initiate Systems

  • Looking ahead in predictive analytics

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

  • Nucleus Top Ten Predictions for 2007

    As SOA and on demand drive changes in the way organizations buy, deploy, and outsource software, 2007 will…

  • 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…

  • Data Governance and Compliance

    As companies seek to improve compliance and governance efforts, looking at how users can access, manipulate, and deliver…

  • Initiate solves your identity crises

    Initiate Systems Identity Hub software solves two critical customer data management problems: the need for a system that…

  • Research Note: Podcasting Best Practices

    As podcasting becomes more mainstream and recognizable, early adopters are realizing that podcasting has the potential to be…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • ROI Case Study: Webmethods

    By using webMethods business process management (BPM) to improve integration with partners and distributors, an anonymous hardware provider…

  • ROI Case Study: Webmethods

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • Cogneto – Hack this Passthought

    Cogneto’s Unomi provides a unique approach to identity authentication that gets around the problems of poor user habits…

  • ROI Case Study: Campus Management

    Career Education Corporation deployed Campus Management’s CampusVue system as a key piece of IT infrastructure supporting an aggressive…

  • Benchmarking: Passwords

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

  • Vignette 7.3.1

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

  • Benchmarking: Content management

    Despite the proliferation of Google and other desktop search tools, two out of every three employees feel overwhelmed…

  • A closer look at SalesFocus Solutions

    SalesFocus Solutions’s MARS enables asset management firms, banks, and insurance companies to combat industry reporting challenges, enhance communication,…

  • New developments from LexisNexis

    LexisNexis’s focus on relationship-based CRM and integration of outside information make it an ideal CRM solution for professional…

  • Reachforce drives leads with role-based data

    ReachForce’s on-demand applications enable users to leverage role-based data within the Salesforce.com environment, reducing the time to identify,…

  • Cisco Unified Customer Interaction Analyzer

    Automating the monitoring of call center activity using the Customer Interaction Analyzer can ensure better customer experiences while…

  • BPO 2.0

    On-demand technology, nearly ubiquitous network access, and the drive to improve customer service quality will make outsourcing to…

  • RightNow 8

    With its focus on enhancing the customer experience, RightNow 8 promises to deliver better integration of customer information…

  • ROI Case Study: Onyx

    The company used Onyx to increase its profitability by targeting its most valuable customers more effectively and improving…

  • Kronos acquires Unicru

    By acquiring workforce management solution provider Unicru, Kronos can provide customers with labor analytics, hiring automation, and candidate…

  • Research Note: The ROI from using Convoq for Web-based conferencing

    Convoq’s Flash-based Web conferencing solution cuts out many of the hassles that can hamper the ROI from Web…

  • Registries: SOA for Adults

    Many companies achieve early success with a pattern of small service oriented architecture (SOA)-enabled projects. But as the…

  • Salesforce.com’s Sandbox: A New Reason To Go On Demand

    Sandbox is an on-demand environment in which developers can build, test, and deploy Salesforce.com-related applications. Developers can use…

  • Avotus helps manage communication costs

    Avotus’s telecommunications management solution can enable companies to cut communications costs while improving visibility and vendor accountability.

  • SAVO Sales Asset Manager ROI modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of SAVO Sales Asset Manager. It is…

  • webMethods Acquires Cerebra

    With its acquisition of Cerebra, webMethods can now offer its customers metadata management functionality. Customers will benefit because…

  • Aldon’s Application Lifecycle management Suite

    Aldon’s ALM suite drives a process-focused approach to application lifecycle management across multiple development environments, driving standardized processes…

  • Salesforce.com and B-2-B advertising

    Salesforce.com’s acquisition and integration of Kieden will give marketers a new tool for evaluating the ROI from their…

  • Maximizing the ROI from ERP

    Given the acquisition activity, evolution of service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology, and rise of integrated analytics, many organizations are…

  • Prioritizing IT projects

    Every IT team is tasked with prioritizing projects at least once a year – and much of the…

  • IBM Acquires MRO Software and Webify

    IBM continues its acquisition strategy with the purchases of MRO software and Webify Solutions. This gives IBM more…

  • Cognos ROI modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Cognos. It is designed to help…

  • ROI Case Study: Novell Open Enterprise Server

    Novell deployed Novell Open Enterprise Server to consolidate the servers in its data center, enable single sign-on capabilities,…

  • Maximizing the ROI from Marketing

    The most successful marketing efforts leverage technology where it makes sense – and gauge success using metrics that…

  • Research Report: Kronos Workforce Timekeeper

    Automating time and attendance functions enables companies to reduce costly payroll errors, increase payroll staff productivity, and reduce…

  • Research Note: The ROI from Echopass’s on-demand contact center

    Echopass’s on-demand contact center solution enables companies to maximize contact center ROI by managing contact center activities with…

  • ROI Case Study: Echopass

    Outrigger selected and deployed Echopass to replace its Aspect call center, enabling the company to add electronic e-mail,…

  • The Real ROI from Microsoft Dynamics NAV

    Nucleus found 77 percent of Microsoft Dynamics NAV customers had already achieved a positive ROI from their deployment,…

  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV ROI modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It is designed…

  • Considering An Upgrade from PeopleSoft Financials 8.0 to 8.9

    Although functionality improvements between PeopleSoft 8.0 and 8.9 may produce only an incremental increase in ROI, organizations should…

  • Research Note: ROI Opportunity: Better Systems Management

    Systems management is often one of the thankless jobs of IT – but that doesn’t mean it should…