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  • Research D5

    Cognos Completes Acquisition of Adaytum

    Adaytum’s strengths in planning will complement Cognos’s reporting and analysis capabilities to provide customers with a single suite for corporate performance management, minus the costs…

  • Research D9

    Benchmark Study: Document Management

    Document management deployments may differ broadly in scale and scope, but no matter the size, DM tends to pay off: Three-quarters of the user companies…

  • Research D1

    The Real ROI From i2

    Fifty-five percent of i2 customers interviewed did not believe that they had achieved a positive ROI from their deployments after having used i2 for an…

  • ROI Case Studies C64

    ROI Case Study: BEA WebLogic

    Jefferson County achieved a positive ROI by using BEA WebLogic to standardize and integrate its technology environment and retire its legacy applications. The county�s main…

  • Research C62

    Smart Money: the ROI from business intelligence

    Faster report creation and a better basis for decision making are the main benefits driving a positive ROI from business intelligence. Companies can maximize ROI…

  • Research C63

    IBM buys Rational Software

    IBM’s purchase of Rational Software will benefit IBM by bringing in new customers and new revenues, and by strengthening its competitive position versus Microsoft. For…

  • Research C65

    PeerDirect: Distributing Enterprise Applications

    PeerDirect’s Distributed Enterprise suite can increase the productivity of mobile workers and ensure business continuity by allowing users to bi-directionally share data contained in centrally-located…

  • Research C66

    Siebel’s UAN: Filling an ROI sinkhole

    Siebel has created its Universal Application Network plan (UAN) to help alleviate steep integration costs that have eroded past customers’ returns. Provided Siebel can deliver…

  • ROI Case Studies C64

    ROI Case Study: BEA WebLogic

  • Research C61c

    The Real ROI from Cognos Business Intelligence

    Nucleus Research independently assessed the ROI from Cognos deployments and found that business intelligence solutions can help companies leverage existing assets and improve decision making….

  • Research C57

    Groove Networks give SharePoint and offline life

    Now that Groove Networks provides a way for SharePoint users to continue their work off line, companies can squeeze more value from Microsoft’s collaboration solution…

  • Research C58

    Open Text adds content management to Livelink

    Content Management for Livelink expands the breadth of Open Text’s current offerings. Existing and prospective Livelink customer seeking to extend content creation capabilities to business…

  • Research C61

    The real ROI from Cognos

    Nucleus Research independently assessed the ROI from Cognos deployments and found that business intelligence solutions can help companies leverage existing assets and improve decision making….

  • Research C61c

    The Real ROI from Cognos Business Intelligence

  • Research C59

    KVS Enterprise Vault: Controlling archiving costs

    For organizations is highly-regulated industries than are reliant on either Exchange or SharePoint, the search for an electronic archiving solution may well end with KVS’s…

  • ROI Case Studies C60

    ROI Case Study: Cognos

  • Research C50uk

    Kronos ROI report UK version

    Nucleus Research examined users of Kronos Workforce Timekeeper and found more than three-quarters of users reported an ROI above 250 percent while the median ROI…

  • Research C49

    E-learning delivers consistent ROI

    Increased productivity and reduced travel and training costs are the main benefits driving a positive ROI from e-learning. Companies can maximize ROI by focusing on…

  • ROI Tools C50w

    Kronos ROI Modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Kronos. It is designed to help you build a business case and support…

  • ROI Case Studies C5

    ROI Case Study: Interpath

    Using Interpath to deploy its PeopleSoft deployment enabled the consumer products company to focus on strategic application development – and eliminate the need for hardware…

  • ROI Case Studies C5

    ROI Case Study: Interpath

  • ROI Tools C48w

    Documentum Records Manager ROI modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Documentum Records Manager. It is designed to help you build a business case…

  • Research

    Documentum Records Manager ROI report

  • ROI Tools C50wuk

    Kronos ROI Modeling tool – UK

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Kronos. It is designed to help you build a business case and support…

  • Research C51

    Manifesto: Separating ROI fact from fiction

    Companies that are one step ahead of the ROI hype know that there’s only one way to measure and manage the value of any investment,…

  • ROI Case Studies C55

    ROI Case Study: Cognos

  • Research C50

    ROI Evaluation Report: Kronos Workforce Timekeeper

    Nucleus Research examined users of Kronos Workforce Timekeeper and found more than three-quarters of users reported an ROI above 250 percent while the median ROI…

  • Research C52

    DYS Analytics: The ROI from message management

    Messaging management solutions can significantly reduce the costs of maintaining Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange deployments. Companies with dense, distributed messaging environments can expect productivity…

  • Research C47

    The real ROI from Siebel

    Because the average Siebel deployment costs a company more than $18,000 per user per year, achieving a positive ROI means carefully assessing benefits and managing…

  • Research C54

    BEA WebLogic ROI report

    Companies should consider both the technology management impact and the business impact when they are selecting an integration technology strategy. The BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform…

  • Research C53

    Documentum acquires TrueArc

    In a tightening regulatory environment, companies need a cost-effective way to comply with record keeping standards. To rein in costs, they should look for a…

  • ROI Tools C54w

    BEA WebLogic ROI modeling tool

    This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of BEA WebLogic. It is designed to help you build a business case and…

  • ROI Case Studies C39

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft BizTalk Server

    Flextronics achieved positive ROI from its Microsoft BizTalk Server deployment by standardizing its process for communicating with customers and partners and reducing IT costs associated…

  • ROI Case Studies C40

    ROI Case Study: Microsft BizTalk Server

    State Farm achieved a positive ROI from its Microsoft BizTalk Server investment by reducing the employee time needed to manage more than 8 million lender…

  • ROI Case Studies C43

    ROI Case Study: Docent

  • ROI Case Studies C40

    ROI Case Study: Microsft BizTalk Server

  • ROI Case Studies C35

    ROI Case Study: BEA WebLogic

  • ROI Case Studies C34

    ROI Case Study: BEA WebLogic

  • ROI Case Studies C38

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft BizTalk Server

  • ROI Case Studies C46

    ROI Case Study: InterWise E- Learning

    Pfizer used InterWise and Web content development technology to create an e-learning platform to reduce instructor and student travel costs, accelerate course development, and lower…

  • Research C4

    Avoid the ROI pitfalls: Strategies for CRM success

    CRM doesn’t have to be a risky business. Focus on clear business goals and do a few quick calculations before you start to increase the…

  • Research C45

    Avoid E-learning Investment Mistakes: Understanding Fidelity

    An e-learning deployment can produce substantial returns, particularly in the area of training-related travel. However, e-learning can not be generically applied to all training needs….

  • Research C41

    Quantifying the value of increased productivity

    When productivity returns from IT are measured, time saved does not equal additional time worked. Using a correction factor to account for the inefficient transfer…

  • ROI Case Studies C39

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft BizTalk Server

  • ROI Case Studies C26

    ROI Case Study: DDI Solutions

    Sanofi achieved a positive result on its investment in DDI’s selection solution by reducing the cost and time required to assess and hire sales executives…

  • ROI Case Studies C29

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft BizTalk Server

  • ROI Case Studies C28

    ROI Case Study: Microsoft BizTalk Server

  • Research C31

    Don’t let consulting kill e-learning ROI

    Overspending on consulting often limits positive returns from e-learning deployments. Separating the different consulting decisions and evaluating content options effectively will enable companies to reduce…

  • Research C23

    Microsoft’s take on Web services – Visual Studio.NET

    Companies with an existing Microsoft environment can rapidly build Web services applications by upgrading to the latest versions of Microsoft’s development tools, Visual Studio.NET, which…

  • ROI Case Studies C24

    ROI Case Study: XcelleNet Solutions