Organizations experience positive return from technology adoptions

Nucleus Research, a leading global provider of IT research and advisory services, today revealed the winners of the fourth annual Technology ROI Awards.

The awards recognized ten end-user companies whose skillful deployment of IT solutions has produced a positive, bottom-line financial return on investment (ROI). Award recipients were honored with a unique handcrafted ROI Awards boomerang as an acknowledgement of their ability to deliver significant value to their organization.

Out of a field of more than 130 applicants, the following end-user winners and associated technology vendors were chosen:

• deCarta – InvisibleCRM
• ZoomInfo – Salesforce.com
• Nikon – RightNow
• Barrick Gold – Ketera
• TransUnion – Janeeva
• Citizens Memorial – Perceptive
• American Airlines – SPSS
• Copart – Expensewatch.com
• G&T Conveyor – Kronos
• Vulcan Materials Company – Digitech

"The organizations we’ve honored today all demonstrated a definitive understanding of the critical relationship between IT strategy and business goals," said Ian Campbell, CEO of Nucleus Research. "Each company is being recognized for its skill in returning value on its technology investment."

To determine this year’s winners, Nucleus Research analysts worked closely with a panel of independent CIOs to evaluate each organization’s technological response to a business requirement. Nucleus Research then implemented its proven methodology for measuring ROI for IT deployments. Based on the results of thousands of ROI assessments worldwide, the methodology verifies the costs and benefits of technology implementations and creates a metric representing the project's ROI over a three-year period.

Eligible projects must have been installed and in operation for at least one year from the date of submission.

More information about the winners can be found at http://roiawards.com.

About Nucleus Research

Nucleus Research is a global provider of IT research and advisory services that provides CFOs, CIOs and their staffs with the real-world information they need to maximize the business returns from their technology investments, including successfully executing their IT deployments and determining the business value of their initiatives. Nucleus Research is the only technology research firm that is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). For more information, visit www.NucleusResearch.com.