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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Business Threads: Component process management
Traditional process management applications are monolithic in nature but a big change may be on the horizon. Business…
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Groove Networks: Is peer-to-peer business ready?
Today, peer-to-peer is more marketing hype looking for a problem to solve than a real solution that provides…
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Managing Risk and Flexibility: A look at payback period
The payback period of an application is an important indicator of risk. The shorter the payback, the less…
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Maximizing ROI from data mining
Data mining can help organizations to uncover patterns and trends in their customer, product, or other data, to…
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Maximizing Potential Return on Investment
Breadth and repeatability are the key points to remember when deploying or upgrading an application. Help a lot…
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Lotus announces new pricing bundles for Domino
New product bundles represent significant cost savings for some Lotus customers, but may not be the best value…
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The strengths and weaknesses of TCO
TCO provides an understanding of future costs that may not be apparent when an item is initially purchased….
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The Evolution of CRM
Managing static processes and information is only the first step in an effective CRM strategy. Companies should look…
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ROI Case Study: Microsoft Exchange 2000
Investment in Windows, careful planning, and teamwork between J.D. Edwards’s Exchange 2000 and Windows 2000 support teams were…
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Knowledge management update: a look at Autonomy
To assure the success of a knowledge management initiative, focus the tools that increase the productivity of the…
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Microsoft Exchange ROI report
Exchange 2000 is not a revolutionary new groupware solution; rather, it is targeted at fixing the reliability and…
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Microsoft Exchange ROI modeling tool
This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Microsoft Exchange Server. It is designed…
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Case Profile: Collaboration
In a distributed organization such as a franchise, the communication and collaborative problem solving between members can be…
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Siebel Announces eBusiness 2000 MidMarket Edition
Siebel’s eBusiness Mid-Market Edition is a comprehensive package that brings the organizational and structural power of Siebel’s software…
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PeopleSoft announces PeopleSoft 8
PeopleSoft’s announcement mirrors the announcements of many other vendors considering E-enabling of traditional enterprise applications. Although this is…
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Centrinity announces unified messaging platform
Unified messaging can enable organizations to improve competitiveness, reduce sales cycles, and increase customer satisfaction by coordinating communication…
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Documentum Announces GMPharma
Documentum’s partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers provides a prepackaged content and document management solution for pharmaceutical companies. Potential users will…
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Centrinity FirstClass ROI report
First-time groupware purchasers will find significant business vbenefits in FirstClass support for tactical and strategic collaboration, information organization,…
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Centrinity FirstClass ROI modeling tool
This financial modeling tool has been developed to evaluate the value of Centrinity FirstClass. It is designed to…
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Microsoft announces pricing for Exchange 2000
For Exchange 2000, Microsoft retains its server and client license (CAL) pricing model with slight increases in both…
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Open Text and KPMQuest provide Livelink ASP solution
Users can considerably reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) by utilizing Livelink ASP services. Additional benefits can be…
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Benefit case study: Blue Ridge cuts inventory levels by 31% for a distributor
By deploying Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning, this North America–based foodservice distributor replaced slow, historically driven ERP- and…
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The state of the Source-to-Pay market in 2026
As economic volatility, inflationary pressure, and geopolitical risk continue to reshape global operations, procurement has emerged as a…
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Power BI improves analyst productivity by 27 percent
Power BI functions as a last-mile analytics layer, connecting enterprise data platforms to business users who need to…
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Accelerating time to value in warehouse management with Savant Software WMS
Nucleus found that while the long-term ROI of modern warehouse management systems is well understood, deployment speed and…
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Benefit case study: Blue Ridge cuts inventory levels by 31% for a distributor
By deploying Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning, this North America–based foodservice distributor replaced slow, historically driven ERP- and…
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The state of the Source-to-Pay market in 2026
As economic volatility, inflationary pressure, and geopolitical risk continue to reshape global operations, procurement has emerged as a…
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Power BI improves analyst productivity by 27 percent
Power BI functions as a last-mile analytics layer, connecting enterprise data platforms to business users who need to…
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Accelerating time to value in warehouse management with Savant Software WMS
Nucleus found that while the long-term ROI of modern warehouse management systems is well understood, deployment speed and…