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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With latest HR offering Salesforce disrupts market for HCM
Salesforce’s decision to add another toehold into human capital management (HCM) makes sense. Its technology’s applicability extends far…
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KANA ROI case study: City of Buffalo
2016 ROI AWARD WINNER! The City of Buffalo deployed LAGAN Enterprise from KANA to utilize analytics capabilities for…
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MongoDB announces connector to business user applications
On June 3, MongoDB announced a series of updates to its enterprise offering including a new business intelligence…
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Parsing SAPs apparent partnering strategy for SuccessFactors
It is common for vendors of technology for human capital management (HCM) to work with peers when the…
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Salesforce Desk.com ROI case study: Formstack
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! Formstack deployed Salesforce Desk.com to support its growing customer support requirements and its “whole-company…
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GoodData ROI case study: Raise
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! Raise.com deployed GoodData to replace an out-of-the-box product that lacked the flexibility to adjust…
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Pentaho ROI case study: SpotPromo
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! SpotPromo deployed Pentaho business analytics to analyze multiple data sets on product pricing, inventory,…
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On-premise users road to the Kronos Cloud is long and winding
The road to the cloud for human capital management (HCM) can be long and winding, fraught with challenges…
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Manhattan augments IBMi demand and inventory solutions
Manhattan Associates has boosted the functionality of its IBMi Replenishment and Demand Forecasting application as part of the…
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Salesforce Marketing Cloud ROI case study: Room and Board
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! Room & Board implemented Salesforce Marketing Cloud Predictive Intelligence to support targeted e-mail and…
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Salesforce releases the next generation of Community Cloud
On May 21, Salesforce unveiled the next generation of the Community Cloud. With new features that facilitate the…
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Assessing the value of Rocket Discover
As more and more business users need ready access to analytics for faster decision making and business insight,…
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A Year-to-Date Update on Cornerstone OnDemand
Through predictive analytics, machine learning and a new platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Cornerstone OnDemand is disrupting the market for technology…
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INSIGHT unveils data visualization module for SAILS
On May 19, 2015 INSIGHT Inc. announced the release of a new Data Visualization Module for SAILS, its…
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Cornerstone OnDemand Needs a Strategy for the Epicenter of HCM
Employers continue to gravitate to suites for human capital management (HCM) that encompass not only talent management, but…
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Accelerating time to value – IBM industry analytics solutions
On May 28, IBM announced plans to deliver new industry-specific analytics solutions. Building on IBM’s decades of advanced…
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A closer look at Amber Road
As more supply chains become demand-driven, they will need to adopt control towers as a mechanism to steer…
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Cornerstone OnDemand responds to market demands for PaaS
Cornerstone Edge, the new platform-as-a-service (PaaS) from Cornerstone OnDemand, is the first from a cloud-based vendor of exclusively…
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Informatica tackles the largest big data needs of customers
At its conference in Las Vegas on May 12, Informatica released a string of influential announcements. Nucleus found…
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For supply chain software ease of use is key to winning over small business
Small companies face a different set of challenges in supply chain software deployments than big companies. A study…
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Salesforce ROI case study: Activision
Activision integrated Salesforce Social Studio (formerly Radian6) with its Service Cloud deployment to modernize its service and support…
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Technology Value Matrix 2015: CPM
Nucleus evaluated the usability and functionality of the most influential corporate performance management (CPM) solutions in the market….
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ToolsGroup debuts Instant Replay
On May 11, 2015 ToolsGroup announced the release of a new supply chain simulation tool, “Instant Replay.” That…
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Big companies should follow small companies into the supply chain cloud
Although large companies are the biggest buyers of supply chain software, they are the most dissatisfied with the…
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Alliance of SAP and IBM Reflects General HCM Industry Trends
The announcement of IBM and SAP conjoining elements of their software-as-a-service (SaaS)–delivered offerings in human capital management (HCM)…
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NetSuite and Microsoft team up
At SuiteWorld this week, NetSuite and Microsoft announced an extensive partnership to integrate their solutions and deliver NetSuite…
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Lack of resources and ROI hinder more use of analytics in supply chain
Although business intelligence (BI) software has been touted as a way for supply chain chiefs to gain sharper…
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Exploring the benefits of the SAP Mobile Platform
Providing enterprise users with mobile access to enterprise resource planning (ERP) data and processes can drive greater productivity,…
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Cloud supply chain software boosts payback
Although only a third of companies have deployed any type of cloud-based solutions for supply chain software, those…
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Vertical solutions drive greater value in analytics
In looking at industry-specific trends in analytics, Nucleus found vertical capabilities could typically reduce initial consulting costs by…
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Technology Value Matrix 2015: WFM
The challenges of integration continue to bear directly on the usability of technology from vendors in the Workforce…
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Guidebook: CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution
Managing security efficiently is an increasing concern for IT departments that must mitigate risk while balancing control against…
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Half of companies get the desired ROI on supply chain software
Although businesses spend huge sums on supply chain planning and execution software, only half of them receive the…
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Adaptive stands out in a growing market
At its user conference in San Jose this week, Adaptive released a series of announcements surrounding investments in…
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Technology Value Matrix First Half 2015: Analytics
Users have become more demanding of analytics vendors, and desire accelerated access to insights with improved context. Some…
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ToolsGroup benefit case study: Boise Paper
Boise Paper deployed ToolsGroup software for inventory optimization (IO) in order to fine tune its stock holdings of…
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Demand driven supply chains spread beyond CPG
The practice of demand-driven supply chains is growing as evidenced by more companies using demand signals to drive…
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Technology Value Matrix 2015: HCM
In the six months that have passed since our publishing of the previous Matrix for human capital management…
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Attunity ROI business case tool
Attunity is a leading provider of information availability software solutions that enable access, sharing, and distribution of data…
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Rimini Street leading the third-party support market
In late January, Rimini Street announced fiscal year 2014 results that included a 42 percent increase in annual…
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Technology Value Matrix First Half 2015: ERP
The last six months saw major new product announcements and user interface (UI) redesign investments by some of…
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Salesforce ROI case study: City of Elgin
The City of Elgin, Illinois deployed Salesforce Service Cloud with Knowledge Base, Live Agent, and Chatter and Community…
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Microsoft unveils expanding vision for Dynamics customers at Convergence
Microsoft announced new product developments and roadmap details at Convergence, its Dynamics-focused user conference in Atlanta in March,…
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GAINSystems ROI case study: QubicaAMF
QubicaAMF Worldwide deployed software from GAINSystems to optimize its inventory holdings to support and grow its business. Nucleus…
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LogicTools benefit case study: Sears
Sears Holdings Corp. deployed two LogicTools supply chain applications – LogicNetPlus (LNP) and Transportation Analyst (TA) – to…
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LLamasoft acquires LogicTools from IBM
On April 1, 2015 LLamasoft announced that it had acquired IBM’s LogicTools Supply Chain Applications Business Unit. The…
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Maximizing inventory optimization tools
Although most companies purchase inventory optimization (IO) software with the intent of cutting excess stock, they often don’t…
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New Partnerships Add New Hues to Competitive Landscape in HCM
The market space for human capital management (HCM) recently saw announcements of two partnerships, each involving top-tier cloud…
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Information Builders for healthcare
Healthcare providers are confronting increased regulatory pressure to improve customer outcomes and reduce costs. Information Builders Omni-Patient is…
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Anatomy of a decision: 3 reasons for selecting ToolsGroup
ToolsGroup has emerged as a leader among vendors providing inventory optimization (IO) software. Nucleus spoke to a number…