Analyst company joins forces with leading ROI advisory firm to deliver ROI expertise to European Market

Ovum, the leading European analyst and consulting company, and Nucleus Research, a global provider of ROI-focused research and advisory services, today announced an exclusive alliance to deliver ROI advisory and consulting services to new and existing clients in Europe.

With this new service offering, Ovum and Nucleus can offer enterprises and service providers a unique, complete perspective on the entire technology landscape. The Ovum/Nucleus offering provides expert analysis ranging from market and technology trends, to vendor product offerings, to actual ROI data on real-world technology deployments. With these tools at their disposal, enterprise IT departments and service providers can make safer, better decisions across the entire technology lifecycle, from procurement, to deployment, maintenance, upgrade and disposal.

"Nucleus Research brings a truly unique capability to Ovum clients – independent, unbiased and certified ROI information for vendors and users on real-world case-studies," says Ovum Director of Software and IT Services Fiona Glennon. "This will serve as a valuable extension to Ovum's core services and provide us with a significant competitive advantage in the European market."

"This alliance will help to accelerate Nucleus Research's expansion in Europe and, we believe, establish a new standard for the range of services demanded by end-user organizations," says Nucleus Research CEO Ian Campbell. "Companies today need to complement their strategic technology advisory services with hard-hitting, standards-based ROI analysis of technologies and technology deployments. Nucleus and Ovum will be the only entity that can provide this full continuum of advisory services to the European market."

About Ovum

Ovum, the analyst and consulting company, is the largest European headquartered advisor on telecoms, software and IT services. Resolutely independent, Ovum advises large corporates, IT and software vendors, IT service providers, telecoms operators, regulators, service providers and equipment suppliers. It analyses the commercial impact of technology and market changes and has a real strength in advising on the developments where telecoms, software and IT services interact. Ovum takes a global perspective on leading-edge developments from its offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Its experts spot the short-term issues that will have an immediate impact on markets and organizations and advise on the longer-term 'visionary' aspects which form the basis of strategic planning. More information on Ovum, its customers and its independence is available at www.ovum.com

About Nucleus Research

Nucleus Research is a global consulting and advisory company that provides CFOs, CIOs and their staffs with the real-world information they need to maximize the business returns from their technology investments. Its analysts blend financial analysis and case-based investigations with comprehensive technology expertise to deliver factual return-on-investment (ROI) data to organizations worldwide. The company uses an uncompromising set of processes and tools to evaluate the financial return on IT assets and is the only firm to gain certification by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. Nucleus Research has analyst experts across the entire enterprise software and hardware space and provides clients with ongoing advice to help with both short-term technology decisions and long-term strategic plans. For more information visit: NucleusResearch.com.