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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How Microsoft Dynamics AX is moving toward the Dark Cockpit
In November 2013 Nucleus outlined the principles of the “Dark Cockpit” approach to enterprise software design, which leverages…
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2014 CPM Market Survey
Nucleus surveyed 53 corporate performance management (CPM) customers and found 74 percent planned to increase their CPM budget…
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Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2014: HCM
Human capital management (HCM) is continuing to see increased competition as customers have more solution options and platform…
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HCM pays back $9.13 for every dollar spent
Companies are continuing to invest in human capital management (HCM) solutions as they seek to leverage greater returns…
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WFM pays back $10.99 for every dollar spent
As solution vendors are pushing integration of human capital management (HCM), significant value remains to be found in…
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Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2014: CRM
Customer relationship management (CRM) continues to be one of the most competitive software segments, and also one where…
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2014 Analytics Market Survey
Nucleus surveyed 73 analytics customers and found 71 percent planned to increase their analytics budget within the next…
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Salesforce.com delivers new Journey Builder for apps
On September 23, Salesforce announced Journey Builder for Apps, designed to help marketers engage with customers through personalized…
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
On September 16, 2014, Microsoft announced Dynamics CRM 2015 and updates to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft…
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SuccessConnect 2014 – Turning the SAP boat
SuccessFactors bared itself to its customers at SuccessConnect 2014 as the company reinforced its commitment to technological advancement…
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Kronos predictive scheduling for healthcare glances the industry
On September 10, 2014, Kronos released the Workforce Forecast Manager, a forecasting application that uses retroactive trend analysis…
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ECM pays back $7.50 for every dollar spent
Enterprise content management (ECM) has evolved over the past two decades from highly-specialized and customized client-server applications with…
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Analytics pays back $13.01 for every dollar spent
Organizations are continuing to make investments in analytics to meet the growing demands of the user community for…
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Infor announces new property management application
On September 12, 2014, Infor announced its release of the new mobile Property Management QuickTask application that is…
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Salesforce.com announces a new european data center
On September 10, Salesforce.com announced that it signed an agreement to build a new European Data Center in…
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ERP returns $7.23 for every dollar spent
As competition continues to heat up in the market for enterprise applications, companies are taking advantage of vendors’…
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2014 HCM market survey
Customers are taking advantage of the cloud to increase their accessibility and opportunity to leverage new functionality in…
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Talent Management pays back $5.94 for every dollar spent
Customers are implementing talent management to leverage more value from their human capital management (HCM) investments, generating much…
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Oracle Sales Cloud ROI case study: Batesville
Batesville deployed Oracle Sales Cloud to replace an aging custom application that didn’t support managers’ need for greater…
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Attunity ROI case study: Grizzly Oil Sands
2015 ROi AWARD WINNER! Grizzly Oil Sands deployed Attunity Replicate with very little operational burden to consolidate and…
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PEOPLE partners with cfactor Works
On September 3, 2014 PEOPLE announced a partnership with cfactor Works to extend cfactor’s Vibe HCM solution to…
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Salesforce Service Cloud ROI case study: Flexera Software
Flexera Software deployed Salesforce Service Cloud to streamline and consolidate its customer service and support processes and provide…
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PeopleMatters lightening-speed assessments
On August 25, 2014, PeopleMatter released new pre-hire assessments that are shorter, mobile-optimized, and designed specifically for the…
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Universal accessibility in HCM – Where is the value
It is no secret that the cloud and mobile technology have allowed HCM solutions to invade even the…
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Understanding the marketing technologist
Acquisitions in the CRM space by larger vendors, the accelerating investment in cloud applications, and the evolving decision…
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Tackling the compliance challenge in HCM
Compliance is now a marketing word in HCM as the challenge has been issued to HR to mitigate…
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ECM: lagging or leading the market
ECM has been deceptive in terms of how the market is exhibiting, or not exhibiting, a consistent move…
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Tableau: valuing data visualization
The world of data analytics and business intelligence (BI) is heavily urbanized, consisting of several layers of solution…
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PeopleFluent joins the growing world of compliance management
On August 12, 2014 PeopleFluent announced that it was partnering with Thompson Reuters to expand its workforce compliance…
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Infinisource releases iSolved Network for service bureaus
On August 7, 2014 Infinisource announced the release of its iSolved Network designed to enable payroll service bureaus…
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Cloud computing casts a shadow on CA Technologies future
CA Technologies primary line of business is being disrupted by the cloud. The company, which depends on profits…
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IBM acquires Lighthouse Security Group
On August 11, 2014, IBM announced their acquisition of the Lighthouse Security Group from Lighthouse Computer Services. Lighthouse…
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Epicor releases Eagle N Series
On August 5, Epicor announced its Eagle N Series release, a significant step forward in its software offering…
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Moving from automated to the tactical stage of an analytic enterprise
As organizations deploy analytics, they go through significant evolutions. Business processes and employees’ work practices change as they…
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Five reasons to move your ECM to the cloud
As companies rethink their enterprise content management (ECM) strategies, many are still considering on-premise versus cloud-based solutions. Nucleus…
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A closer look at Epicor Eagle
Epicor Eagle customers have won Nucleus ROI Awards for the past two years, largely because of their ability…
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Paychex is payroll for small to mid-size businesses
HCM is trending toward integrated functionality across workforce management (WFM), core HR automation, and talent management. As top-tier…
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Oracle ZFS storage heads to the cloud
Oracle has one of the largest Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud deployments in the world and is…
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Paycom’s foray into HCM from payroll
Paycom provides a full lexicon of human capital management (HCM) capabilities connected through its native payroll provisions that…
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MicroStrategy demystifies packaging
On July 8th, 2014, MicroStrategy announced the repackaging of several of its licenses into four distinct packages designed…
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Demandbase ROI case study: DocuSign
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! DocuSign, Inc. deployed Demandbase to attract the right audience to its Web site and…
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Oracle buys TOA Technologies
Oracle announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire TOA Technologies, a cloud field service application provider….
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PTC Windchill ROI case study: SRAM
SRAM deployed PTC Windchill to integrate and unify the engineering processes for all its brands. The company’s rapid…
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Guidebook: Allegion Schlage HandPunch
Using biometrics to automate collection of time and attendance data can reduce buddy punching, manual data review, correction…
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Aspect ROI case study: Trupanion
Trupanion deployed Aspect Unified UP and Workforce Optimization Suite to support its multichannel customer engagement strategy and gain…
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Epicor ROI case study: Mercedes Medical
2015 ROI AWARD WINNER! Mercedes Medical deployed Epicor Prophet 21 ERP to replace a number of different disparate…
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Ultimate Software releases new compensation management solution
On June 15, 2014, Ultimate Software announced enhancements to its cloud-based HCM application suite, UltiPro. The updates include…
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Guidebook: SpringCM
SpringCM’s contract management application with Salesforce brings together the automation necessary for sales teams to quickly and accurately…
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Ceridian puts value in data security and accessibility
Ceridian announced the release of My Dashboards, Dayforce Human Capital Management (HCM) Analytics and Dayforce HCM Document Management…