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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Ultimate Software globalizes HCM at Connections 2013
At its user conference, Connections 2013, Ultimate Software announced a strong focus on localization, an expanded human capital…
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Is EMC Greenplum the real Hadoop company
EMC Greenplum announced a new Hadoop distribution, Pivotal HQ, and a relational database using Greenplum Database technology that…
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Alteryx consumerizes analytics at INSPIRE 2013
At Inspire 2013, Alteryx focused on joining the traditional left brain skills associated with analytics with the right…
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Scribe announces new version of Scribe Online platform
Scribe announced a new version of its Scribe Online integration platform designed to help software developers and systems…
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BMC ROI Case Study: Duke Energy
Duke Energy deployed BMC FootPrints to manage all its network assets and systems that run and support the…
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Infor announces agreement to acquire CERTPOINT Systems
Infor announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire CERTPOINT Systems, a leading provider of learning management…
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Guidebook: Aspect
Customer service is growing in importance as a differentiator, challenging companies to integrate multiple channels while making their…
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The state of the ERP market in 2013
Nucleus Research analyzed how companies use enterprise resource planning (ERP) to improve their operations and how vendors are…
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Microsoft announces new Office 365 offerings
Microsoft announced updates to its Office 365 cloud services, including enhanced social capabilities with SharePoint and Yammer. It…
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UNIT4’s return on integration
UNIT4’s Business Living IN Change (BLINC) initiative provides a business software framework that makes it easier for customers…
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A closer look at VoltDelta
VoltDelta may be the largest virtual contact center vendor that no one knows, but most consumers have probably…
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Guidebook: Best practices for integrating your contact center with Salesforce.com
Genesys Connect is a native Salesforce.com application that integrates contact center capabilities with the Salesforce Service Cloud. Nucleus…
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Microsoft catches up with iPad support for Dynamics CRM
Microsoft announced its long-awaited iPad support for Dynamics CRM, as well as new Yammer capabilities, which is great…
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IBM launches new Smarter Analytics Signature Solution: Predictive Asset Optimization
IBM announced the release of its Smarter Analytics Signature Solution – Predictive Asset Optimization solution, which is a…
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Salesforce.com ROI Case Study: Enterasys
Enterasys used Salesforce.com and the Force.com platform to build a global service management application to track products and…
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Oracle introduces new releases of its PLM solutions
At the recent Value Chain Summit, Oracle announced the latest releases of its two product lifecycle management (PLM)…
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Infor update
After a long quiet period, Infor is bringing its enterprise strategy to the market with an emphasis on…
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The Access Group’s return on integration
The Access Group provides tools and professional services for business software integration with third party solutions, regardless of…
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Amazon is the new battleground for analytics and data management
Amazon announced general availability for Amazon Redshift, a data warehouse as a service platform, and a dozen partnerships…
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Informatica changes the economics of data integration
Informatica announced the launch of its Informatica Cloud Connector for Amazon Redshift. Nucleus found that this partnership created…
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Birst provides the one-stop shop for Amazon Redshift and analytics
Birst announced its integration with Amazon Redshift to provide a turnkey option for integrated data warehousing and analytics….
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Jaspersoft disrupts the BI market with utility pricing
Jaspersoft announced general availability for a pure utility-based pricing model for analytics on Amazon Redshift and other platforms….
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The ROI of cloud ERP for SMBs
The cloud is gaining traction in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market and most vendors now have a…
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Oracle acquires Acme Packet
Oracle’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Acme Packet, an enterprise session border controller vendor, provides Oracle both with a…
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IBM Connect 2013 Defines the Smarter Workforce
IBM presented a mature vision for the future of workforce development, branded as “Smarter Workforce,†at IBM Connect…
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Acumatica’s return on business software integration
To assist its customers with business software integration, Acumatica provides a flexible platform, a substantial set of tools,…
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The value of SAP on HANA for the Fortune 500
SAP Business Suite running on SAP HANA has the potential to add 21 billion dollars in incremental annual…
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What Watson can do for CRM
In looking at IBM Watson and its capabilities when managing large volumes of unstructured data, many similar events…
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Content and the customer experience: Digitech Systems
Nucleus recently attended Digitech Systems’s annual partner conference and found that its partner ecosystem continues to expand to…
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The impact of learning on human capital management
Learning modules are increasingly important in any human capital management (HCM) solution, facilitating users in acquiring knowledge and…
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A closer look at Lattice Engines
The value of predictive analytics and Big Data lies in an organization’s ability to put actionable insight into…
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The value of subscription and support for IBM Business Analytics
Software subscription and support agreements are not just sunk costs, but opportunities to obtain additional return on investment…
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Cloud Sherpas acquires Innoveer
Cloud Sherpas recently announced the acquisition of Innoveer, growing both its geographical reach and portfolio of cloud services…
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SAP Business Suite now available on HANA
SAP recently announced that its SAP Business Suite is now powered by SAP HANA in-memory database technology. By…
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IQMS releases new version of its ERP solution for manufacturing
IQMS recently announced the latest release of EnterpriseIQ, its enterprise resource planning solution for manufacturing. To face increasing…
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The enterprise case for telecom expense management
Nucleus has found that multiple companies reduced unmanaged telecom, network, and wireless costs up to 25 percent on…
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Benefits and challenges of mobile ERP
Mobility for enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions is regarded as a technology still in its infancy, but with…
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Guidebook: Best practices for customer service with Oracle RightNow
As quality service becomes a key differentiator for customer retention and future sales, companies must take an integrated…
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Delfigo Benefit Case Study: Elliot Health System
Elliot Health System deployed Delfigo DSGateway to support remote access security with Citrix Web Interface that was easier…
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Plex raises $30 million to extend its cloud ERP
Plex, one of the fastest growing ERP vendors offering cloud solutions for manufacturing, just announced that it has…
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Creating the Smartest Grid: Oracle acquires DataRaker
Oracle has entered an agreement to acquire DataRaker, a cloud-based analytics platform focused on electric, gas, and water…
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IBM acquires StoredIQ
IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire StoredIQ to improve Big Data governance. This acquisition will…
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Oracle buys Eloqua
Oracle announced that it is acquiring Eloqua, a cloud-based marketing automation and revenue performance management vendor. This acquisition…
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2013 Business Analytics Benchmark Report
Analytics and Big Data investments are front and center on the shopping list for companies seeking strategic value…
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 now available
The newest release (R2) of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 builds upon the original release with 11 new localizations,…
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Cloud Meets Mobility Citrix Agrees to Acquire Zenprise
Citrix has agreed to acquire mobile device management vendor Zenprise to support mobile endpoints and applications. This acquisition…
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Big Data hits the jackpot
Over the past month, venture capital and private equity firms have poured more than $180 million into Big…
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Aras announces VPLM for Autodesk Vault
Aras recently announced Aras VPLM, a new solution which combines its product lifecycle management offering (PLM) with Autodesk’s…
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Guidebook: Progress OpenEdge
As CIOs continue to seek to do more with less, they must also take advantage of emerging technology…
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