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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TalentWise integrates with MyPayrollHR
Acknowledging their users’ need for more than just talent management, vendors of it are seeking to bolster their…
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Infor to acquire GT Nexus
On August 11, 2015 Infor announced plans to buy GT Nexus, a cloud-based global commerce platform. With the…
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Understanding Watson Analytics
IBM Watson Analytics effectively leverages more than a decade of IBM’s analytics experience to provide value to customers…
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SAP SuccessFactors intelligent services
SAP SuccessFactors has deployed expanded functionality the vendor calls intelligent services, which has the effect of corralling disparate…
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Host Analytics drives financial advancement for customers
Elevating finance from tedious manual labor to higher-level conversations can help improve the performance of a company. In…
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Via Science elevates big data from its most difficult challenges
As organizations are collecting an increasing amount of data, this data is also increasing in complexity. Via Science…
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SugarCRM ROI case study: BancVue
BancVue deployed software from SugarCRM to provide sales, customer service, and marketing with a single point of access…
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Data accessibility for sales teams shortens the sales cycle
As analytics applications are becoming more widely available to business users at every level, Nucleus found that data…
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CSO versus CIO: Who should choose supply chain software
The purchase of supply chain software often pits the chief supply chain officer (CSO) against the company’s chief…
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Ceridian plots wise path to talent management
On a methodical path to bring as much of HCM as possible under the auspices of a single…
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Apttus ROI case study: GLOBALFOUNDRIES
GLOBALFOUNDRIES deployed Apttus applications to modernize a time-consuming manual process to develop customer quotes for full, custom-made semiconductor…
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Anatomy of a decision: IBM Silverpop
IBM Silverpop provides specialized marketing automation solutions enabling marketers to deliver targeted marketing to consumer devices regardless of…
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IBM Commerce delivers $14.79 for every dollar spent
Nucleus analyzed the data from the past two years of IBM Commerce ROI case studies and found that…
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JDA 9.0 enables omnichannel retailing and agile manufacturing
On July 8, 2015 the JDA Software Group announced the latest version of its software, JDA 9.0. The…
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Oracle releases Sales Cloud enhancements
On July 27, Oracle released enhancements for its sales force automation (SFA) offering, Oracle Sales Cloud. Including updates…
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Ultimate Software deployment of critical ACA automation
Employers who aren’t ready for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) stand to lose large sums of money to…
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Salesforce Lightning released
Salesforce announced the general availability of Salesforce Lightning Components and App Builder on July 28, and also announced…
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LLamasoft benefit case study: Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health deployed LLamasoft’s supply design tool to evaluate the makeup of its distribution network and find ways…
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Demand shaping cuts costs for omnichannel retailers
As retailers seek to master omnichannel commerce, they need to engage in demand shaping, the practice of spurring…
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Logi Analytics increases user adoption
On July 21, Logi Analytics announced Logi 12, which delivers new products, the DataHub and the Discovery Module,…
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Technology Value Matrix 2015: ECM
As the enterprise content management (ECM) space is becoming more commoditized, the market continues to consolidate. As a…
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Microsoft acquires FieldOne
On July 16, Microsoft announced its acquisition of FieldOne, the cloud-based field service customer relationship management (CRM) solution,…
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Acumatica releases Power BI content pack
On July 14, cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) company Acumatica released its Power BI content pack as part…
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Cortana Analytics Suite addresses underlying analytics challenges
On July 13, Microsoft announced the Cortana Analytics Suite, which combines a wide range of various Microsoft big…
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Vena Solutions benefit case study: Biola University
Biola University deployed Vena Solutions to improve its complex budgeting process. Nucleus found that Vena allowed the university…
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Guidebook: SumTotal Workforce Management
SumTotal Systems, a Skillsoft company, delivers the SumTotal Work suite of solutions that provides time and attendance, scheduling,…
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ToolsGroup unveils algorithms for non-standard obsolescence
On June 29, 2015 ToolsGroup announced the release of new algorithms to model product obsolescence with more precision….
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Accenture on the defense
The analytics market continues to be a focus of investment and innovation and, as a result, vendors are…
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Salesforce benefit case study: Wind River
Wind River deployed Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud in order to replace an older system with limited functionality…
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Technology Value Matrix 2015: Supply Chain Control Towers
Today, leading control tower software vendors are starting to marry planning and execution applications into one console to…
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LLamasoft plans upgrades new data platform for analytics
At its annual conference LLamasoft Inc. revealed plans for major upgrades to its Supply Chain Guru application as…
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EfficientIP ROI case study: Anonymous University
A European university deployed EfficientIP to streamline and improve the management of its network’s IP addresses, DNS zones,…
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NetSuite ROI case study: Jaybird
Jaybird deployed NetSuite in order to manage its growing business needs as its customer base increased. Nucleus found…
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Bpmonline releases new capabilities with version 7.6
On July 1, Bpm’online released the latest version of its customer relationship management (CRM) platform. The new offering…
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Finding value in improving team dynamics with IBM and Globoforce
It’s logical to believe that the dynamics of teams in the workplace – i.e., the personality traits and…
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Assessing the value of EmpInfo
Human resources (HR), as well as payroll, often finds itself fielding the same requests and performing the same…
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GoodData ROI case study: Anonymous
A medium-sized software company deployed GoodData to provide sales people, managers, and executives with access to data-driven insights….
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A closer look at Pearl Chain
One of the early pioneers in software for supply chain control towers, PearlChain NV continues to build out…
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IBM and Box partner to build out ECM solutions
Organizations are increasingly demanding lightweight and user-friendly enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that also support advanced levels of…
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Salesforce releases Service for Apps
On June 25, Salesforce debuted its Service for Apps offering. By introducing expanded service functionalities within applications themselves,…
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SilkRoad HRMS helps users at the epicenter of HCM
Several factors in the market for human capital management (HCM) have precipitated the race to develop all-in-one suites,…
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SilkRoad forges partnerships from a position of strength
The propensity to partner with the competition is strong among vendors of technology for human capital management (HCM)….
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Assessing the value of Yellowfin
In a rapidly evolving market, Yellowfin offers a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) platform that leverages the expertise of…
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Assessing the value of BlueData
As organizations seek to take advantage of their big data investments, they are faced with a number of…
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Salesforce unveils Sales Wave Analytics
On June 18, Salesforce revealed the pilot for its new sales analytics offering, Sales Wave Analytics. Nucleus expects…
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Unit4 update
Nearly 18 months since going private, Unit4 is coming out as a cloud company with enterprise resource planning…
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JDA selects Google for PaaS provider
On June 12, 2015 JDA Software Group announced an alliance with Google to deliver JDA’s next generation of…
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Beneftifocus further enhances its listening skills with One Place 365
With its latest product update, Benefitfocus has announced another round of significant improvements to its exemplary solution. But…
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Retailers skip DOM and go control tower
To achieve omnichannel success, retailers should abandon distributed order management systems (DOM) in favor of a supply chain…
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Salesforce releases next generation of Marketing Cloud
On June 17, Salesforce released the next generation of its Marketing Cloud. Featuring Journey Builder and Active Audiences,…