High Marks for Niku 6 in New SPEX Report; Receives ''Excellent'' or ''Outstanding'' Ratings in All Categories.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2002 Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKU), the leading provider of Services Relationship Management (SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. ) software, today announced that its premier enterprise software application, Niku 6, has received "excellent" or "outstanding" ratings in all categories of a recently completed evaluation by SPEX SPEX Special Licensing Examination Medtalk An examination administered to ±1500 physicians/yr who seek relicensure and/or want to practice in a different state yrs after initial licensure . A division of META Group, SPEX is the leading authority for enterprise and Web-based software technology evaluations, evaluating hundreds of software vendors and applications annually in numerous categories. The new SPEX report evaluates Niku 6 in the categories of functionality, usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. , technology, market strength, and overall performance. Wholly objective evaluations, SPEX reports analyze an·a·lyze v. 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. To separate a chemical substance into its constituent elements to determine their nature or proportions. 3. both the strengths and limitations of software products. "Today's economy forces organizations to operate more efficiently with scarcer resources and to understand the timing and balance of new initiatives," said Ted Tzirimis, SPEX senior research analyst. "The continued expansion of functionality within project portfolio management solutions is aimed at enabling any type of organization to manage an entire portfolio of projects, while reducing risk and maximizing profits." "We are pleased that SPEX has confirmed the value of Niku 6," said Rene RENE Recycling Network Europe RENE Rocket Engine Nozzle Ejector Pharisien, Niku vice president of marketing. "We designed Niku 6 to be the first integrated enterprise software application that enables large companies to manage knowledge workers across the enterprise, unifying, clarifying, and automating their work." To read the complete SPEX report, go to http://www.niku.com, click on "Analyst Reports" in the right-hand right-hand adj. 1. Of, relating to, or located on the right. 2. Relating to, designed for, or done with the right hand. 3. Most helpful or reliable: my right-hand assistant. column, then choose "SPEX." About Niku Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKU) develops enterprise application software for Services Relationship Management (SRM), software that automates mid-office services -- IT, R&D, consulting, marketing, and more -- by integrating portfolio, project, resource, financial, collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. , and knowledge management in one Web-native application. For more information contact info@niku.com, call 877/846-6458 (NIKU), or visit www.niku.com. About SPEX SPEX is the leading authority for enterprise and Web-based software technology evaluations. A division of META Group (Nasdaq:METG METG Military Effects Test Group ), SPEX provides comprehensive enterprise software product evaluations to help global companies quickly select critical business applications and IT solutions. SPEX, in combination with META Group's METAspectrum(SM) -- which provides IT professionals with a view into critical market success factors and vendor positioning -- delivers comprehensive evaluations of both technology markets and vendor product offerings. SPEX evaluations can be customized using WebCompass A Web search tool developed by Quarterdeck that ran under Windows, polled Web search engines, and summarized the results. Symantec acquired Quarterdeck in 1999. -- an online model that contains detailed questions, analyses, and positioning graphs illustrating functional depth in critical areas -- to meet users' specific requirements. Additional information on META Group's SPEX offerings can be found at www.checkspex.com. For more information about METAspectrum, visit www.metagroup.com/metaspectrum. SPEX evaluations and results are the sole property of META Group, Inc. and are Copyright (c) 2002 META Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to use the results requires prior written approval from META Group, and should not be deemed an endorsement of any company or product. |
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