The Digital Battle — Best in Breed or Integrated Suite?

<p><strong> </strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Innovation is consistently driving new tools to the market, but which ones are the best fit for your company? Or would an integrated suite be the right answer? In the latest digital battle, Thom Singer and Craig Brown are joined by Digital Enterprise Society Trustee Mark Pendergast for their most agreeable battle so far.  Together Craig and Mark dive deep into best in breed and integrated suite tools, the benefits of each, and how to determine which one is the best fit for an organization. After going the rounds, they reveal that there is in fact a bottom line that can help you determine which direction your company needs to go first and why. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</span></p> <p><strong>Defining best in breed and integrated suites </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The best in breed strategy allows companies to select the best tools for each function they perform. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Best in breed highlights the productivity of engineers and enhances their ability to work effectively and make good decisions rather than focusing on data sharing with the entire organization.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Integrated suites offer an overall system but don’t always offer the best quality that gets the job done. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Integrated suites focus on ensuring that information flows as seamlessly as possible throughout the entire organization. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The vision here is that if data is integrated well, information will flow from tool to tool more quickly and efficiently. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Do companies have to choose one or the oth