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  • ROI score – Hyperion SQR

    Hyperion’s Performance Suite is based on the SQR and Intelligence solutions that Hyperion inherited with its Brio purchase….

  • BEA Opens Up

    BEA’s open source initiatives are a calculated risk to broaden developer appeal while also hoping to stimulate new…

  • ROI score – Salesforce.com

    Low initial and ongoing costs, ease of customization, and ability to integrate with existing processes and applications enable…

  • Using the Nucleus Research vendor ROI score

    The Nucleus Vendor ROI Score rates vendors on their real-world ability to deliver positive ROI to customers. The…

  • Microsoft’s SharePoint giveaways

    Microsoft’s new Web Parts and Services Toolkit for SharePoint 2003 may have the potential for an unexpected ROI…

  • IBM acquires Venetica

    IBM’s acquisition of Venetica is part of its ongoing drive to provide one-stop shopping for all integrations needs….

  • ROI score – Hyperion Essbase

    Hyperion Essbase is a critical component of Hyperion’s business performance management (BPM) strategy. Hyperion’s success in integrating essbase…

  • ROI score – Savo Group

    Using a flexible, Web-based architecture and simple modules to solve a common problem — communication between sales and…

  • ROI Score – BEA WebLogic

    BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 provides a unified architecture for building and managing integrated enterprise applications. It delivers strong…

  • Microsoft Business Solutions Project Management and Accounting Solomon ROI modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Microsoft Business Solutions Project Management and…

  • Cape Clear 5 – ESB Delivers Integration Benefits

    Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) products are proving to deliver a low cost alternative for integrating data from different…

  • ROI Case Study: iWay Software

    The ability to tie together data from multiple sources using iWay Software and bring it forward in new…

  • ROI Case Study: NetBotz

    The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center devised an innovative solution to ensure that its pharmacy would not incur expensive…

  • ROI Case Study: Teradata

    The Iowa Department of Revenue deployed a data warehouse based on Teradata technology so that it could more…

  • ROI Case Study: Traq Wireless

    By deploying the Traq Wireless solution, BNSF has been able to better understand and manage wireless usage and…

  • ROI Case Study: Teradata

  • ROI Case Study: Cognos EBI Series

    By adopting a purely information-based performance management strategy and standardizing on Cognos, Zarlink was able to improve the…

  • ROI Case Study: Enterprise Data Warehouse

    Intermountain Healthcare deployed a data warehouse to simplify user access to integrated data regarding all aspects of care….

  • ROI Case Study: Plumtree

    Halliburton Energy Services Group used Plumtree as the portal platform for Employee Central, a worldwide knowledge management and…

  • ROI Case Study: Microsoft Project

    AMS implemented Microsoft Project to enable managers to automate the process of measuring performance across multiple projects. The…

  • ROI Case Study: ePeople

    The company deployed ePeople to better track, record, and manage customer support calls. By integrating ePeople with Siebel,…

  • Cognos Forum 2004: A call for standardization

    Cognos’s 2004 customer conference reaffirmed the vendor’s strategic intent: domination of BI and planning infrastructures. customers should use…

  • ROI Case Study: RightNow Technologies

  • ROI Case Study: SAP R/3

    The Seattle Public School District replaced its paper-based procurement system with an online procurement system developed with SAP….

  • ROI Case Study: NetPro

    By implementing NetPro’s DirectoryAnalyzer, the network engineering group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory was able to drastically…

  • ROI Case Study: NetPro

  • SAM helps marketing and sales play nicely together

    The SAVO Group’s Sales Asset Manager enables sales and marketing teams to coordinate, develop, and build targeted collateral,…

  • ROI Case Study: Project Arena

    ILeo chose Project Arena as its hosted software solution for project and resource management. The company has recouped…

  • Spam – the serial ROI killer

    The costs of spam show no signs of abating. Nucleus Research found that users are receiving more than…

  • ROI Case Study: Microsoft CRM

    AAA Mortgage deployed Microsoft Business Solutions CRM to enable loan officers to provide quotes to customers in real…

  • ROI Case Study: Microsoft CRM

  • ROI Case Study: BEA WebLogic Portal

    Using BEA WebLogic Portal to create and maintain an employee portal is enabling Vectren to reduce its development…

  • ROI Case Study: BEA WebLogic Portal

  • Getting more from content management

    Taking a closer look at user activities and the type of content delivered on your portal, collaborative environment,…

  • Messaging war enters a brief stalemate

    When it comes to groupware, companies are hesitant to change the status quo; none of the Lotus Notes…

  • ROI Case Study: Workshare

    Baker & McKenzie deployed Workshare 3 to improve its collaboration process for the creation, review, and distribution of…

  • The real ROI from Oracle E-Business Suite

    Improved financial management, increased productivity, and reduced IT costs enabled 65 percent of Oracle E-Business Suite applications customers…

  • Zilliant price optimization solution

    Price optimization software provides a framework that organizations can employ to analyze their pricing policies and develop new…

  • Kronos Workforce Central ROI modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Kronos Workforce Central. It is designed…

  • Vendor ROI Scorecard

    The Nucleus Vendor ROI Score rates vendors on their real-world ability to deliver positive ROI to customers. The…

  • Kronos Workforce Central ROI report

    Kronos Workforce Central enables companies to reduce payroll error, reduce human resources management time and cost, and increase…

  • BusinessObjects releases Data Integrator 6.5

    BusinessObjects is seeking further distinction in the business intelligence marketplace by promoting the gaining strength of its data…

  • ROI Case Study: Kronos iSeries

    A health provider deployed Kronos iSeries Central in a phased manner to replace disconnected and manual timekeeping systems…

  • ROI Case Study: Sybase IQ

    Yapi Kredi Bank is improving the accessibility of its customer data while also lowering its data storage costs…

  • ROI Case Study: Kronos iSeries

  • MicroStrategy Office promises convenience; few ROI opportunities

    Because MicroStrategy already supports embedded data in Microsoft Excel, it is unclear how much additional value will come…

  • ROI Case Study: Manugistics

    Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated has been able to lower its inventory costs while adding more than 100 new…

  • CRM Planning – keys for project success

    Whether you’re updating, upgrading, jump-starting, or restarting your CRM efforts, some basic steps will help keep you on…

  • More enlightened systems – IBM buys Candle

    IBM’s announcement of the Candle Acquisition brings more development, management, and monitoring tools closer into the IBM fold…

  • Verizon MNS financial modeling tool

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