Ten companies excel with IT implementations that reap stellar returns

Wellesley, MA—June 24, 2008—Nucleus Research, a leading global provider of IT research and advisory services, today announced the winners of the fifth annual Technology ROI Awards. The class of 2008 represents a diverse group of organizations, all demonstrating this year’s most successful IT deployments matched with exceptional return on investment.

Nucleus Research carefully assessed the costs and business benefits of technology implementations for each applicant to quantify each project’s ROI over a three-year period. The awards honor the top ten IT implementations, showing tremendous value per dollar spent, with ROI ranging from 386% up to 8,732%.

"ROI is like forensics – it’s an exact science and the numbers don’t lie. Our winners represent the very best in the industry, with compelling IT implementations that quickly realized multiple returns on investment," said Ian Campbell, CEO of Nucleus Research. "They’ve all clearly demonstrated what we call the ‘Boomerang Effect’ – a positive, bottom-line ROI for technology that has successfully met and exceeded defined business goals."

Out of a field of more than 200 applicants, the following end-user winners and associated technology vendors were chosen:

• American Lung Association for its deployment of Sage Software’s MIP fund accounting application
• BaySystems for its deployment of ACT! by Sage Software
• Bigelow Tea for its deployment of Digitech Systems ImageSilo
• Colorado Department of Revenue for its deployment of RightNow Technologies
• DirecTV for its use of Antenna Software AMPower Sales mobile applications and Oracle’s CRM On Demand
• IBM for its deployment of the SAS Business Intelligence solution
• NASA for its deployment of Vignette Portal
• Ryder Integrated Logistics for its deployment of Salesforce.com
• Shop.org for its use of Mall Network’s Web store services
• Truckee Meadows Community College for its deployment of SPSS Predictive Analytics software

To be eligible for consideration, applicants must have annual corporate revenue of at least $50 million and be headquartered in the United States. Eligible projects also must have been installed and in operation for at least one year from the date of submission. Award recipients are honored with a unique handcrafted ROI Awards boomerang as an acknowledgement of their ability to deliver significant value to their organization.

More information about the winners can be found at www.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 .