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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BI Has Left the Building
CIOs should consider using mobile BI offerings to broaden BI benefits and adoption while also improving operational efficiencies…
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ROI Case Study: Johnson Controls Municipal Wi-Fi Solution
By deploying a Johnson Controls Municipal Wi-Fi Solution, the city of Cumberland, Maryland will improve productivity, reduce fuel…
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ROI Case Study: SAS Business Intelligence
2008 ROI Award Winner ROI: 386%, Payback: 3.2 months IBM deployed SAS BI for its 300mm semiconductor business…
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ROI Evaluation Report: Kronos webTA
Automating time and labor management using a solution such as Kronos webTA enables federal agencies to improve productivity,…
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ROI Case Study: Spotfire
An anonymous technology company deployed Spotfire to leverage its existing engineering data warehouse with Spotfire’s interactive analytics solution…
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Politics and the Internet: The Big Loser is the Internet
Forget the hype about MySpace, YouTube, and Internet campaigning. Few people use them for political information, and even…
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Benchmarking: Service-Oriented Architecture
Despite all the hype, fewer than half of enterprises have really adopted service-oriented architecture (SOA). Why? A Nucleus…
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Profiles in content management – Digitech Systems
Digitech Systems PaperVision Enterprise and ImageSilo content management solutions have enabled organizations to increase productivity, streamline document management…
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ADP subscription versus purchase comparison tool
This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of ADP versus a software purchase. It…
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ROI Case Study: DigiTech Systems ImageSilo
2008 ROI Award Winner ROI: 813%, Payback: 2 months Bigelow Tea replaced its paper-based content storage system and…
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Iona helps you scale your SOA
Many companies struggle to get ROI on their SOA investments because broad SOA adoption relies on costly infrastructure…
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ROI Case Study: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell
A global insurance company deployed a virtualization solution on IBM mainframes running z/VM version 5.2 and SUSE Linux…
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SAP and Oracle: Who’s Ready for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses?
Who’s delivering the greatest value to the SMB market? An in-depth analysis of 56 customers showed significant differences…
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Comverse ROI financial modeling tool
This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Comverse. It is designed to help…
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Microsoft Visual Studio Team System ROI modeling tool
This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. It…
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Research Note: Maximizing ROI from ERP
From acquisitions to SOA and analytics, ERP is evolving to provide multiple options for both large and small…
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Evaluating wikis for the enterprise
Businesses are looking to wikis as an alternative to traditional collaboration tools to encourage greater collaboration, foster better…
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ROI Case Study: Cartesis
Sandy Spring Bank used Cartesis to streamline its planning, line of business reporting, and budgeting processes to increase…
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Cartesis Enables Cargill to Improve Global Visibility
Performance management solutions can do more than accelerate time to close. Cargill used Cartesis to standardize and streamline…
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Oracle Application Integration Architecture
Oracle’s Application Integration Architecture, Process Integration Packs, and Industry Reference Models leverage Oracle’s application and industry expertise and…
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Guidebook: Siebel CRM On Demand
Oracle’s Siebel CRM On Demand has leveraged its history and experience in CRM to provide customers with deeper…
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Software AG acquires webMethods
Software AG’s acquisition of webMethods significantly expands its product offering, which will now include technologies for business process…
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Guidebook: Content Management
The growing volume of enterprise content and silos of information are fueling user frustration and information overload. At…
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Oracle Acquires Hyperion
As consolidation continues in the Business Intelligence (BI) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) application markets, Oracle strikes again…
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ROI Case Study: SAVO Sales Asset Manager
ADP Major Accounts Services replaced its homegrown repository of sales collateral with Savo’s on-demand Sales Assistant Manager (SAM)….
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Spam, the repeat offender
In a survey of more than 800 users, Nucleus finds spam continues to be a growing problem. Despite…
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ROI Case Study: VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
IRMC used VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to virtualize its call center operations and support multiple call centers from…
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ROI Case Study: Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
EDS used Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to support a more efficient global development strategy, realigning its internal…
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ROI Case Study: Kronos Workforce Activities
By deploying Kronos Workforce Activities at one of its facilities, NFI was able to improve productivity, redeploy clerical…
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ROI Case Study: Cardscan for CRM
A key manufacturing subsidiary of a Fortune 200 company integrated and deployed Cardscan for CRM to support data…
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Lies, damn, lies, and average ROI
“Average ROI” reports may satisfy the lazy and cumulative ROI (cROI) may impress the foolish, but only a…
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Digitech Systems announces Message Manager
Digitech Systems’s PaperVision Message Manager enables companies to manage e-mail content like any other content – in Digitech’s…
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Emergin Event Management Solution ROI modeling tool
This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Emergin Event Management. It is designed…
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Vignette Announces Digital Services Hub
In a consolidating marketplace, developing new and innovative solution components is a way to deliver greater ROI. Vignette…
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ROI Case Study: ExpenseWatch.com
Copart deployed Expensewatch.com travel and entertainment, AP workflow, and purchasing modules to automate, track, and monitor the management…
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A closer look at InvisibleCRM
InvisibleCRM synchronizes Salesforce.com with Windows desktop applications to automatically update, store, and transfer customer information between the desktop…
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Air Force Uses Cognos To Manage Personnel and Improve Productivity
Companies that have not extended business intelligence and performance management to their human resources department should consider doing…
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Benchmarking: On Demand
On-demand solution adoption is growing: a Nucleus survey finds 51 percent of organizations are using some on-demand solutions…
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ROI Case Study: Microsoft Visual Studio Team
A social networking Web site used Microsoft Visual Studio Team to improve the productivity of its developers and…
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Benchmarking Study: Who Reads Blogs?
Although blogging may seem like an attractive opportunity to express opinions, promote products, and share ideas with the…
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Research Note: webMethods 7.0
By adding functionality in the areas of metadata, governance, BPM, and BAM to Fabric, webMethods is offering customers…
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A closer look at SatuitCRM
Satuit’s CRM solution for financial services enables firms to reduce costs, improve sales and marketing productivity, manage large…