Value Matrix
The Nucleus Research Technology Value Matrix is concise assessment of the operational value a solution delivers.
It provides a relative positioning of the important vendors in a market and delivers a framework for assessing the suitability of a solution for a particular customer. Vendors are measured on both usability and functionality, factors Nucleus has found are the key drivers of value.
Latest Value Matrix Research
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Calculating the Value of Benefits Administration
Benefits administration remains a growing area of activity for corporations. In examining this expanding market, Nucleus assessed its…
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Saba ROI case study: Sunrise Senior Living
Shortcomings with the existing learning technology at Sunrise Senior Living complicated and slowed program administration, community management, and…
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Adaptive Insights ROI case study: Creation Technologies
Creation Technologies deployed Adaptive Insights to improve its financial reporting and forecasting. Moving from a legacy on-premise system…
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Cloud payback comes in less than 8 months
Nucleus’s analyses of the return on investment (ROI) of modern cloud solutions replacing old, legacy systems in human…
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LLamasoft promotes platform at SummerCon
At its recent conference, SummerCon 2018, LLamasoft highlighted its platform and how it is looking to extend its…
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Oracle Cloud HCM ROI case study: Shawnee State
Shawnee State University deployed Oracle HCM to modernize its human capital management (HCM) and provide a consistent source…
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SilkRoad Onboarding ROI case study: Accenture
To replace an outdated, primarily manual workflow for onboarding new hires, Accenture implemented and deployed SilkRoad Onboarding. Through…
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Anatomy of a decision: Salesforce Pardot
How companies market and sell has evolved significantly in the past decade, as have their needs for digital…
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GoodData ROI case study: ServiceChannel
2018 ROI AWARD WINNER! ServiceChannel, a facilities management software company, deployed GoodData to retire an ineffective legacy program…
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Guidebook: Salesforce Field Service Lightning
Salesforce Field Service Lightning enables companies to streamline, automate, and optimize their field service operations. Nucleus found that…
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Epicor focuses on users at Insights 2018
At its recent conference, Insights 2018, Epicor announced multiple technology enhancements, new products, new partnerships, and a cloud-first…
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Gusto benefits for small business
Nucleus found that by using Gusto, a small business can save 2-3 hours per week on payroll. Additionally,…
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Airware ROI case study: Luck Stone
Luck Stone deployed Airware to modernize its aerial data gathering used for inventory and monitoring sub-contractors. Moving from…
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Host Analytics looks to empower budget owners
At its recent conference, Perform 2018, Host Analytics announced plans to help finance departments engage with their customers…
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QAD highlights Channel Islands at Explore 2018
At its recent conference, Explore 2018, QAD shed new light on its Channel Islands User Experience. With Industry…
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Assessing field service maturity
Edge customer relationship management (CRM) applications such as field service deliver 4.2 times the return on investment of…
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Anaplan evolves with Connected Planning
At Anaplan Hub 2018, the company announced new user capabilities for its Connected Planning Platform, highlighting investments the…
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Apttus advances AI in the middle office
At its recent conference, Apttus Accelerate, the company announced advances to its Max artificial intelligence (AI) as well…
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GoodData ROI case study: Bypass
Bypass embedded GoodData analytics onto its point-of-service (POS) platform to deliver back office management tools and real-time actionable…
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IFS launches applications 10 at world conference
At its recent conference, IFS World Conference 2018, IFS shed light on the latest generation of its applications,…
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JDA expands platform play at FOCUS 2018
At its recent conference, JDA FOCUS 2018, JDA looked to build on the value proposition of its solution…
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DriveScale ROI case study: Clearsense
Clearsense deployed DriveScale, Inc. to move from the public cloud and dedicated instances service to an on-premises private…
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Micro Focus Vertica 9.1 Release
Micro Focus announced major enhancements to its unified Vertica Analytics platform, expanding deployment options, improving security integration, and…
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Salesforce ROI case study: ICS+
2018 ROI AWARD WINNER! ICS+ deployed Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Community Cloud, Quip, and Inbox, to provide…
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GoodData ROI case study: EmeraldCube Solutions
2018 ROI AWARD WINNER! EmeraldCube deployed GoodData to provide business intelligence (BI) services to its customers through a…
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Workforce shows evolution at vision 2018
WorkForce announced the launch of its new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation solution as part of its…
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WFM Technology Value Matrix 2018
This year’s Workforce Management (WFM) Value Matrix reveals that legacy players Kronos and ADP have little brand equity…
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BlackLine ROI case study: Anonymous
A long-time BlackLine customer deployed additional capabilities to improve its account reconciliation and journal entry processes. Through a…
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Bridging the ERP maturity gap
The concerns of many prospective enterprise resource planning (ERP) software customers are being overlooked by vendor marketing messages….
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MineralTree ROI case study: M’oda Operandi
2018 ROI AWARD WINNER! M’oda Operandi deployed MineralTree to integrate and automate accounts payable and make the process…
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Vertical analytics reign supreme
Verticals-focused analytics startups are three times more likely to succeed than general analytics startups. Nucleus found that this…
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WorkForce Software for complex scheduling
WorkForce Software provides a highly tailored deployment for organizations that need flexibility and deep configuration. Nucleus’s analysis of…
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Modern tech for ESS and MSS boosts productivity
Because of the breadth of use companywide, technology for employee and manager self-service (ESS, MSS) produces gains in…
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Alexa is not ready for business
Amazon’s Alexa for Business, released in 2017, does not yet deliver a positive return on investment (ROI). With…
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Desktop security is dead
For most organizations, the inflection points at which it makes more sense to dispose of a properly backed…
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CRM Technology Value Matrix 1H2018
Customer relationship management (CRM) vendors are investing in driving productivity gains for both users and developers, with low-code…
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FinancialForce ROI case study: HPE
HPE deployed FinancialForce PSA (Professional Services Automation) as part of an initiative to consolidate its services business technology….
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PKWARE delivers secure enterprise encryption
Traditional perimeter cybersecurity is obsolete and cannot protect sensitive enterprise data. The business value of persistent data security…
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Opentext ROI case study: Anonymous
The company, an oil and natural gas developer and producer selected Documentum as-a-service (DaaS) with OpenText Cloud Managed…
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Salesforce ROI case study: Matouk
Matouk moved to Salesforce and Rootstock to modernize the management of its manufacturing business, from customer interactions to…
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Third-party support delivers higher ROI
Third-party support savings are fueling strategic reinvestment, future reimplementation plans, and cloud initiatives. Nucleus found that companies who…
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Infor lays out latest for the enterprise
By summer 2018, Infor will have moved the last components of its enterprise-wide suite to a multi-tenant cloud….
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The real economic impact of Trailhead
Salesforce Trailhead is an online learning platform where Salesforce developers, administrators, and users can learn Salesforce skills and…
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E2open centers value on platform play
After making a series of acquisitions, E2open is consolidating its platform to provide capabilities to enterprises from end-to-end….
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SAP Business ByDesign ROI Case Study: Anonymous
A mid-sized company deployed SAP Business ByDesign to improve its business processes and ensure compliance with its global…
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Security from the start
If it stops at the identification phase the return on investment (ROI) of security automation remain limited. Agile…
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Oracle pushes the cloud at hcm world
At Oracle HCM World this year, the major focus was on Oracle HCM Cloud, which now has an…
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The ROI of reducing employee turnover
Nucleus’s analysis of user cases finds that the cost to replace a worker can be as high as…
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UltiPro and Xander unite at Ultimate Connections
This March, thousands of customers and other stakeholders of the vendor went to Las Vegas for Ultimate Connections…
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ProsperWorks ROI business case tool
Nucleus found deployments of customer relationship management solutions generate a significant increase in the productivity of an organization’s…