Hypatia Research Press releases:

Hypatia Research Group AnnouncesLeveraging Social Channels for Customer Service & Support”--17.8% of Executives Cite Greater than 5% Return on Investment

May 15, 2011 – BOSTON, MA Industry analyst and market research firm Hypatia Research Group announces a new primary research study entitled Leveraging Social Channels for Customer Service & Support“which details current trends, organizational challenges, and business case justification. Over 526 respondents with direct accountability for selection or use of social analytics software and services were utilized for this primary research.

Hypatia Research Group Announces “Enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance: Why Management Consultancies Should Provide a Holistic Approach”

April 30, 2012--GalaxyTM Evaluations Illustrate Consultancies That ‘Walk the Walk’--Industry analyst and market research firm Hypatia Research today announces a new primary research study entitled “Enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance: Why Management Consultancies Should Provide a Holistic Approach” detailing current trends, organizational challenges, and business case justification.

Hypatia Research Announces New Vendor Product Capability MatrixTM Reports from “Leveraging
Content to Increase Customer Engagement” Series

March 26, 2012--Independent industry analyst firm Hypatia Research & Advisory announces a new research series. Providing analysis through primary research, the reports showcase current trends, organizational challenges, best practices, and performance metrics utilized by top performing organizations.


Hypatia Research Publishes Two New Studies on "Leveraging Content to Increase Customer Engagement"
March 20, 2012
Industry analyst and primary market research firm Hypatia Research & Advisory has announced availability of two new primary research studies entitled “A Practitioners' Guide to Vendor Strategy & Product Innovations: Leveraging Content to Increase Customer Engagement: Best Practices” and Hypatia’s trademarked Galaxy class report “Leveraging Content to Increase Customer Engagement: Benchmarks & Vendor Galaxy Evaluation.”


Verint Earns Dual CRM Magazine "Service Leader" Awards

March 6, 2012 — Verint® Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNT)
Vovici, a Verint Company, Surges to Lead Position in Enterprise Feedback Management Category
- Industry Analyst Leslie Ament of Hypatia Research tapped to judge


Veteran Industry Analysts at Hypatia Research and Mint Jutras Join Forces
Feb 13, 2012
Strategic Alliance Expands Research Coverage on Front to Back-office Software Technologies

Jan 18, 2012
UK Policy Management Software Company Metacompliance ranks first place for the Data Access & Security category among the Global Governance Risk and Compliance Vendors evaluated by Independent US industry analyst firm Hypatia Research.

Nov 07, 2011
The report “The Coming Convergence of Enterprise GRC: Benchmarks & Vendors Galaxy Ranking” defines DynaFlow as one of the leading GRC Vendors based on Completeness of Vision, and Ability to Execute.

Hypatia Research Announces “Enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance: Software Selection Guide"

October 1, 2011

Vendor Drill-Down Provides 16 Evaluation Points to Consider


Aug 03, 2011
75% of Practitioners Cite eGRC and IT GRC as Important


Hypatia Research Publishes “Benchmarking Social Community Investments: Best Practices for ROI“
May 04, 2011
19% of Companies Expect Social Initiatives to Increase Sales

Hypatia Research Announces Hypatia Go2MarketTM Service
Apr 04, 2011
Provides Companies with Cost-effective Access to Primary Customer & Market Intelligence Research

Mar 23, 2011
Maturity Models, Benchmarks & Best Practices Study Reveals Only 8% of Companies Reach Top Maturity Level

Jan 06, 2011
How Leaders Effectively Measure Business Performance

May 25, 2010
"Agora" The Story of Hypatia Makes it to the Big Screen!

Sep 17, 2009
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and Electronic Health Records Research Evaluates Government Funding Processes, Healthcare Technology Vendors & Service Providers

Jul 16, 2009
SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, July 21st 2009 2:00 p.m. Eastern - 11:00 a.m. Pacific

Jun 22, 2009
Vendors evaluated include: Axciom, D&B, Experian, IMS Health, IRI, and Nielson/Claritas. For information on purchasing or licensing the report, contact mailto:ZGR@HypatiaResearch.com.

Apr 13, 2009
Hypatia LLC's next research study will benchmark the current state of the market, & identify best practices & performance metrics used by successful companies to improve performance and/or profitability via EFM and Customer Insight initiatives.

Feb 01, 2009
BOSTON, MA – – Hypatia Research, LLC released a new study entitled “Business Intelligence: Connectivity Options & Evaluation Criteria” outlining best practices and selection criteria for SaaS-based business intelligence solutions.

Customer & Market Intelligence Research

Accelerating Performance by Calculating ResultsTM
We are unique in the world of industry analyst firms in that we do not charge technology vendors for analyst access. However, we do deliver high impact customer intelligence research & advisory services that reduce cycle-time & influence customer management, product strategy and channel development goals.

Our research focuses on how successful companies leverage enabling technologies such as; CRM, BI/Text Analytics, Web Analytics, Marketing Automation, Social Media, Information/Data Management, Governance, Integration & Quality as well as the business processes, performance metrics and best practices that result in measurable results.

Since 2001, clients have relied on our industry insight, expertise and independent research for guidance in assessing various technology and service options. Our results-driven approach ensures that your organization utilizes primary quantitative research and qualitative voice of the customer insights to support strategic and tactical decisions.


Our Clients

Include emerging businesses and billion dollar multi-national enterprises. In "calculating results" we deliver data-driven insights, market analysis, vendor evaluations, and customer intelligence that is designed to support our clients' business decisions.
  • Business leaders turn to us for information on vendors, service providers and best practices that will accelerate their growth.
  • Vendors and service providers value our research-driven thought leadership, independent analysis and business case return on investment assessments.
  • Clients turn to us for market intelligence and consulting services that reduce cycle-time and influence customer management, product strategy, channel development and market adoption strategies.
Market Intelligence Research Value
Each of our research projects are designed to address critical business issues, guide product or go2market strategies or enhance customer analysis and management practices across ALL of your organization's stakeholders--Prospects, Clients, Partners, or Investors.

A key strength is our understanding of the unique challenges companies face in developing credible thought leadership, customer management, market education, sales tool and communication programs that provide tangible return on investment.

Online pricing is only available to end-users of enabling technologies and excludes vendors evaluated in our research. Vendors interested in licensing our research may contact us at: store.hypatiaresearch.com or research@hypatiaresearch.com.

Usage & Permission Policy for Hypatia's Research:

Policy for quote, reprint, distribution, publication, permissions and licensing: Professional media journalists [excluding freelance bloggers] may quote up to 1% of any Hypatia research study with proper citation and attribution. This typically adds up to less than 200 words for major research studies.

Software vendors and providers of management consulting or professional services and/or technology solutions may link to [but not distribute or utilize for promotional purposes] Hypatia's executive summaries or major research and case studies published online with prior written consent from Hypatia's management.

Permission for all other types of publication, distribution or sharing of any and all information and/or research published by Hypatia Research Group [such as slideshare postings, blogging, reprint, translation etc...] must be licensed in advance. This includes, but is not limited to use in press releases, collateral, presentations, webinars, seminars, trade shows, and/or whitepapers used for promotion, awareness building, or business development initiatives.

Team Hypatia

Vice President, Research & Client Advisory

Leslie Ament is a Customer Intelligence Management thought-leader and analyst who focuses on how organizations capture, manage, analyze and apply actionable customer insight to improve customer management techniques, reduce operating expenses and to accelerate corporate growth.  Her coverage areas include: CRM, Web Analytics, Business Intelligence, Media Intelligence/Search/Text Analytics, Marketing Automation and Customer Data Management/Data Quality.


Previously, Ament served on management teams and lead global marketing and market research groups at Demantra, Inc. (acquired by Oracle), Arthur D. Little Management Consulting, Harte-Hanks, Banta Corporation, International Thomson Publishing (Chapman & Hall, UK) and Carnegie Hall, Inc. She is a member of the American Marketing Association, Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Customer Relationship Management Association, DataShaping Certified Analytic Professional, Arthur D. Little Alumni Association, Software Industry Information Association and a Board Member of the Product Management Association.

Ament completed her doctorate Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign and her Master's and Bachelor's degrees at the Indiana University-Bloomington. Her passions are international travel, spicy food, classical music, jazz, and Chicago-style rhythm & blues.

Senior Vice President 
Zvi Ruder's role encompasses operations, content licensing, partnerships and consulting for Hypatia. His areas of expertise include: information services, digital media, acquisitions and licensing for all types of journal, book, reference and research products for leading Scientific, Technical & Medical [STM] publishers as well for the Life Science and Biotech industries.

Dr. Ruder has held executive and senior management roles with leading global organizations as Decision Resources, Inc., Academic Press, [acquired by Elsevier], Springer Science & Business Media, American Institute of Physics, and Kluwer Academic Publishers. His professional memberships in scientific associations consist of: the American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Association of Professional and Scholarly Publishers. Moreover, Dr. Ruder was the recipient of the prestigious Bi-National Science Foundation Fellowship and the Rotschild post-doctoral fellowship.

He attended both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ben-Gurion University, Israel and holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in engineering. In his spare time, Zvi enjoys fine wine, science fiction and travel. A member of the American Vexillogical Society, he is also a serious collector of books relating to political symbolism.


Senior Director, Corporate Accounts & Hypatia G2M Enterprise Licensing
Emma Leeming joins Hypatia with 10 years of experience in Scientific, Technical & Medical [STM] publishing, including acquisitions and licensing for journal, book, reference and research products. She has held positions at Current Science, Academic Press [acquired by Elsevier], Kluwer Academic Publishers, and Springer Science and Business.
 
Emma holds a PhD in Biochemistry, from the University of Cambridge, U.K., and a BSc Honours in Chemistry. Emma spends as much time as possible exploring the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest with her husband and children. She also volunteers as a member of the Board of Directors for the French Immersion School of Washington.

Jo

       Global Director, Client Services & Business Development

Joe Azzolino joins Hypatia Research, LLC with over 20 years of technology expertise at companies such as  Inforonics, Gemini Professional Services &

GenRad. Previous management roles have ranged from head of  professional services to Director of Global Business Development. Joe holds a BS

degree in Management of Information Services (MIS) from Northeastern University. In his spare time,  Joe enjoys family cruises to exotic locations and

travel in general.

Global Director, Client Account Services & Business Development - Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions

Lisa Lincoln joins Hypatia Research with over 20 years of technology and solutions expertise in the network integration and services field.  She has worked with a broad range of companies in a number of vertical markets including manufacturing, retail and the legal industry. 

Lisa holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.  Her spare time is often spent in the kitchen, in the garden or buried in a good book.

Contributing Senior Research Fellow
Cindy
Jutras is a widely recognized expert in analyzing the impact of enterprise applications on business performance. Utilizing over 35 years of corporate experience and specific expertise in manufacturing, supply chain and business performance management, Cindy has spent the past 5 years benchmarking the performance of software solutions in the context of the business benefits of technology.

Prior to contributing to Hypatia, Cindy was Vice President, Research Fellow and Group Director for the Aberdeen Group where she conducted survey-based research on ERP, suite-based enterprise applications and business performance management. During her tenure with Aberdeen she directly managed a variety of research practices including Enterprise Applications and ERP, Manufacturing, and Product Innovation.

Cindy has traveled the world speaking at executive conferences on her original supply chain concept, Virtually Vertical Manufacturing. She is the author of the book ERP Optimization as well as numerous magazine articles and has published hundreds of benchmarks and other research reports.

Cindy holds a Masters of Applied Science from Boston University and graduated summa cum laude with a BA from Merrimack College in mathematics, with concentration in physics and computer science.

Senior Analyst, Enterprise Information Management & Data Quality
Starting in 1987, Howard Baldwin has covered the impact of technology on business writing about everything from PCs and Macintoshes to games and mainframes, and the chips that run them. With extensive expertise at leading industry publications as: Electronic Business, Electronics Design Chain, ZDNet Tech, M-Business, Line56, PC Computing, Corporate Computing, UnixWorld, Open Systems Today, Macworld, CIO, and Upside, Baldwin's work as executive editor, senior editor, columnist and author has significantly influenced and educated business leaders for over two decades.

Howard is co-author of
Business Intelligence: Connectivity Options & Evaluation Criteria for Software-as-a-Service and theThe Coming Convergence of Enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance
”.

In the book publishing industry, Baldwin co-authored Teach Yourself Macintosh in 24 Hours (with Anita Epler; Hayden Books, 1999) and edited Mac OS X for Unix (by Matisse Enzer, Peachpit Press, 2002). He is also the author of Quip City (Robert D. Reed Publishers, 2004) Howard lives with his wife, a physician, and their three cats in the Silicon Valley.
Senior Analyst: Storage & Information Management
Sonia Lelii has covered Information Management, Storage & Security for over 15 years--as an analyst and as an award-winning journalist.  Her keen insights and bottom-line approach to assessing the business benefits of technology usage continues to influence scores of senior executives.

Lelii's previous roles include: Research Analyst, Information Management & Security, Harte-Hanks/Aberdeen Group, Analyst at The 451 Group, Senior Technology Columnist at VAR Business/CMP Media and Senior Writer/Editor at eWeek, PCWeek/Ziff Davis Media. Lelii holds a degree in Journalism from Temple University and likes to chill with her husband and three canines on weekends.

Senior Analyst, Front-Office Technologies & Healthcare Sector
Sue Hildreth has been writing for the computer industry since 1986, starting as a new products editor for Cahners Business Computer Systems magazine.  Subsequent roles have included executive editor of for ebizQ, an on-line publication covering e-business integration trends, staff editor for Computer Publishing Group's WebServer Online and Server/Workstation Expert magazines, and editor of Software Success, a business newsletter for software executives.  Known for her focus on clean structure, strong content, and clear, readable copy, Hildreth s work has appeared in numerous industry publications such as Computerworld, Processor, SearchSecurity.com, SearchCRM.com, SearchSMB.com, InformIT.com, and Dice.com.

Sue is co-author of several recent studies:  Business Intelligence in Healthcare industries: Vendor Selection Guide”, “What Healthcare Professionals

Should Know About ARRA & Electronic Health Records:Technology & Government and  Benchmarking Social Community Investments & ROI: Best

Practices & Vendor Evaluation Guide.”

Hildreth's coverage areas will encompass enterprise software trends and technologies with specific emphasis on CRM, Mobile Solutions, Enterprise Search, e-mail security, identity and access management, remote access for mobile employees, enterprise content management, and the business benefits of Web 2.0.

She holds a B.A. in journalism, Phi Kappa Phi from the University of Iowa, and resides in Waltham, MA with her husband, daughter, three cats and a small herd of guinea pigs. In her spare time she enjoys reading medieval history.

Senior Analyst: Business Intelligence & Analytics
Louis Olds has significant expertise in business intelligence, analytics and enterprise software. Prior to joining Hypatia, Olds was VP at KXEN a provider of data mining tools, VP at PeopleSoft [acquired by Oracle], and Senior Analyst at First Nationwide Bank and TMAC. As an independent consultant, Olds focused on helping clients define strategic requirements, understand competitive threats and opportunities, survey the market for compatible technologies and provide guidance for solution features and architecture.

Moreover, Olds is experienced in on-demand pricing analytics solutions specific to CPG/Retail industries as well as applications for natural language search and text analytics. He holds a B.S. Chemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Director, Research Operations
Gill Press joins Team Hypatia with over 15 years experience in product marketing, market research and competitive intelligence for EMC Corporation, Digital Equipment and Research Corporation. Press is known for his leverage of market intelligence to help clients create strong value propositions, enhance thought leadership and streamline new business development initiatives.

A native of Israel, Gill holds an MBA from Northeastern University with a concentration in Finance & Marketing.

Research Analyst & Editor
Mim Bonn comes to Hypatia with decades of experience in synthesizing and communicating the business value derived from use of technology products, solutions and managed service offerings.  From educating end-users to influencing executive decision-makers, Bonn's aptitude for transforming complex subject matter into clear business value is second to none. Areas of expertise include: technology, healthcare, and solutions for end-user productivity.

An alumna of Digital Equipment Corporation, Mim holds a BA in Philosophy and English from Clark University. In her spare time, Mim enjoys painting, zydeco and road trips.

Hypatia of Alexandria (circa. 370-415 AD), invented several scientific devices--the astrolabe, planesphere, and hydroscope (hydrometer). These instruments were used to calculate the distance between planets, the position of visible stars at any time of the year, and the gravity of liquids respectively. Hypatia was the first woman to make substantial contributions to the development of mathematics, astronomy & philosophy.

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