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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The ROI of cloud-based financial applications
Nucleus has analyzed the experiences of many cloud customers over the years and found that cloud-based financial applications…
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A closer look at Orbit
Companies considering a move to Google Apps have often found that, while Google Apps provides many of the…
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Cloud Sherpas expands its footprint
Nucleus took a closer look at Cloud Sherpas and found its global presence and size makes it the…
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Reflexis Retail Bridging HCM and BI
Reflexis provides retailers with a unified solution that connects isolated data sources for operational cost analytics, corporate strategizing,…
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Microsoft acquires Parature
On January 7, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Parature, a provider of Web-based customer service and support software….
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Oracle buys Responsys
Oracle announced its planned acquisition of Responsys, furthering the CRM arms race and making a needed catch-up move…
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Kronos’s SaaSHR Partners With B2B Soft
In December 2013, Kronos announced a partnership with B2B Soft to extend its SaaSHR platform to wireless retailers….
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Pivotal Data Dispatch ROI Case Study: NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext operates in a heavily regulated environment and must meet regulatory requirements with respect to data management,…
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Ultipros growth spurt
In December 2013, Ultimate Software announced the release of several updates to its human capital management platform building…
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Maximizing the value of BIRT
Nucleus analysts found customers used BIRT iHub to achieve benefits in two broad categories: increased employee productivity and…
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Benefit Case Study: Anonymous
A US state’s department of corrections (DOC) deployed a custom application developed on Microsoft Dynamics CRM to have…
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Collaborative Domestic Solution Center Benefit Case Study: Anonymous
The US subsidiary of a Japanese pharmaceutical firm engaged the Collaborative Domestic Solution Center to support its project…
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Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2013: Analytics
The evolution of business intelligence is quickly leading to a splintering of markets as the previously monolithic world…
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Nucleus Top Ten Predictions for 2014
Smarter software, smarter tablets, and smarter technology in general are driving Nucleus’s Top Ten Predictions for 2014. These…
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A closer look at the Oracle Database Appliance
The Oracle Database Appliance is designed to be a simple, affordable, high availability cluster in a box. Nucleus…
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Accelerating Time to Value for Analytics with IBM Business Partners
In analyzing deployments of IBM Business Analytics Software, Nucleus has found that midsize organizations adopting these applications typically…
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NetSuite ROI case study: DocuSign
DocuSign deployed NetSuite Financial Planning, NetSuite’s cloud budgeting, forecasting and planning solution, to support its finance team’s need…
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Increasing Profitability with Analytics in Midsize Companies
Adoption of analytics such as business intelligence (BI), performance management (PM), and predictive analytics (PA) in midsize companies…
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HireVue joins forces with Peoplematter
In December of 2013, HireVue and PeopleMatter announced that they were partnering to bring together HireVue’s multimedia applicant…
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Birst announces Birst Virtualizer
Birst has announced the release of Birst Visualizer, cloud based data visualization capabilities. With Visualizer, Birst is trying…
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Intradeim Using BI for HCM
Intradiem offers call centers integrated task management, staffing, queue management, alerts, and notifications that improve business reflexes for…
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Guidebook: LogMeIn’s Rescue
LogMeIn’s Rescue enables IT teams to support PCs, Macs, and mobile devices securely anywhere at any time over…
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Making the Business Case for Analytics in the MidMarket
Mid-market organizations have successfully deployed business intelligence (BI), performance management (PM), and predictive analytics (PA) to increase sales…
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Building the business case for Apparancy
Health care organizations facing the unpredictable and evolving requirements of the Affordable Care Act will need to implement…
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IBM to acquire Fiberlink
IBM is continuing to invest in its MobileFirst strategy with its latest acquisition. Fiberlink’s MaaS360 solution will provide…
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Salesforce.com and HP announce SuperPod
At Dreamforce 2013, Salesforce.com and Hewlett-Packard announced the SuperPod, an option for large Salesforce.com customers to have a…
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Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2013: ERP
The dynamics of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market are shifting. The incumbent vendors must show compelling reasons…
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Infor releases SyteLine 9
Infor released SyteLine 9, a significant upgrade to its SyteLine ERP offering, which includes support for single-instance or…
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True HCM Kronos and SuccessFactors
In May of 2014, Kronos announced a partnership with SuccessFactors to expand its client reach by matching its…
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AWS and Jaspersoft: A new way of looking at BI in the cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced cloud-based data warehousing, and Jaspersoft launched analytic services on the cloud in February…
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DiscoverOrg announces DiscoverOrg 3.0 for Salesforce
DiscoverOrg provides a constantly-updated database of IT contacts and organizational charts to help sales and marketing quickly identify…
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Technology Value Matrix Second Half 2013: HCM
The HCM market continues to evolve from one dominated by point solutions for core HR, talent management, recruiting,…
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KronosWorks 2013
Kronos concluded their annual customer conference, KronosWorks, where they released new products and updates related to their core…
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Enterprise software must adopt the principles of Dark Cockpit
The vendor race for feature and function parity in enterprise software has increased the complexity of many applications…
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Pivotal announces Pivotal Data Dispatch
Pivotal, with NYSE Technologies has announced Pivotal Data Dispatch, designed to solve the evolving data needs of the…
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StorMagic Rapid Financial Business Case Tool
This financial modeling tool has been developed to allow organizations to assess the financial benefits and generate a…
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PeopleMatter Series E Funding
PeopleMatter announced it received $16 million in Series E funding at the end of October. The announcement follows…
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LogMeIn’s join.me ROI case study: Mainstream Energy
Mainstream Energy needed a professional conferencing solution that would support its growing collaboration needs and present the right…
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LogMeIn join.me ROI case study: BTS
2014 ROI AWARD WINNER! BTS, a strategy consulting firm, chose to adopt LogMeIn’s join.me for Web conferencing. Nucleus…
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MicroStrategy announces free data visualization desktop
MicroStrategy announced the MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop, a quick and easy to use self-service tool. It is a free…
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Microsoft announces Dynamics CRM 2013
Microsoft announced Dynamics CRM 2013 and a partnership with InsideView to embed social insights in CRM and provide…
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NetSuite Brings ERP and HCM Together
NetSuite is a cloud-based ERP provider that had traditionally addressed HCM through partnerships. With the announced acquisition of…
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Infor d/EPM announcement
Infor announced Infor d/EPM, a single technology platform that leverages its business intelligence and enterprise performance management solutions,…
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Intacct Partner Rapid Financial Business Case Tool
This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of the Intacct on-demand financial management system…
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Infor announces UpgradeX
Infor announced UpgradeX, a path for existing customers to upgrade their existing Infor applications to the Infor Business…
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Infor announces cloud e-commerce platform
Infor announced Infor Rhythm, a cloud-based e-commerce platform that leverages both Infor’s Hook & Loop design investments and…
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3 Reasons to Consider Ceridian Tax Services
Payroll tax processing is a burden for all organizations. Faced with regulatory complexity, scheduled filings, and risk, organizations…
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HRTech 2013 Predictions
HR Tech opened on October 7, 2013 in Vegas to 8,000 attendees, with directors and VP titles a…
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IBM Intent to acquire The Now Factory
IBM has continued to define and extend its footprint in the Big Data and Analytics space with this…
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Nucleus Research Workforce Management Rapid Financial Business Case Tool
The Workforce Management ROI financial modeling tool is designed to help you rapidly build a business case and…