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Best of Breed

The company or investment in a sector that represents the lowest risk or the possibility of the greatest gain for the holder. The best of breed is a good quality investment, at least compared with those most similar to it.
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CloudBlades enables one-click, high-performance delivery of the above infrastructure services from the cloud, using best-of-breed providers in each category.
United States : Cloudgenix Launches Cloudblades Platform To Enable The Cloud-delivered Branch
"I haven't purchased a best-of-breed stereo for my car since I was in college," Klappich says.
2018 ERP UPDATE: Are the mega-suite vendors taking over supply chain management? With 58% of shippers committed to their enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, the key players are casting an even bigger shadow on the supply chain management space
The bigger best-of-breed WMS vendors also offer labor management system (LMS), yard management system (YMS), and transportation management system (TMS) solutions.
Advanced WMS meets mid-market; ERP vendors who focus on the SME market seek to rival Tier 1 WMS vendors on deeper warehouse management functionality, while playing "suite card" on e-commerce and ERP foundation
Make the most of your investments with a plan that emphasizes the best: best-of-breed solutions coupled with comprehensive integrations that seamlessly tie together the technologies you value across your organization.
Technology adoption: bests-of-breed or bust
Six months ago, I received a call from a pathologist telling me that his healthcare system was going to consider upgrading its AP LIS and, if I wanted our Best-of-Breed Anatomic Pathology LIS system to be considered, I should contact its IT department.
Information technology: impacting pathology in the future ... or not?
Frankly, taking the alternative approach and buying a huge collection of best-of-breed vendors in one organization simply doesn't make economic or technical sense anymore.
Best of breed or a suite solution?
Chuck Podesta, senior vice president: and CIO at the 562-bed Fletcher Allen Healthcare in Burlington, Vt., has faced what many CIOs might consider a potential "nightmare" scenario: he's ripped out a popular best-of-breed emergency department (ED) information system and installed the ED IS module from his core clinical EMR vendor (the Verona, Wis.-based Epic Systems Corp.).
Urgent care CIOs struggle with the ED systems integration issue: will standalone systems stand a chance under the pressures of meaningful use data collection and reporting requirements? CIOs are of two minds
Summary: Web Gateway Security Solution Runs on Riverbed Services Platform, Combining Best-of-Breed WAN Optimization and Web 2.0 Security on Single Appliance
Mcafee and Riverbed Expand Partnership to Provide Integrated Security and WAN Optimizatin in One Appliance
Riverbed Technology, a leading IT performance company, has launched a comprehensive, best-of-breed secure Web gateway and WAN optimisation solution for organisations with remote offices.
Riverbed unveils new Web gateway solution
"Especially when considering best-of-breed products, people tend to look at the technology first and then have to do a lot of backtracking," said Bill Nagel, an analyst for Forrester Research in Amsterdam.
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As for vendor solutions, respondents to the Celent survey show an inclination for best-of-breed solutions.
Pressure cooker: insurers balance growing the business and increasing profitability with controlling costs
Summary: New Best-of-Breed Solution Streamlines Deployment of Remote and Branch Office Security
Riverbed Partners with Check Point to Deliver Virtualized Solutions Integrating Security and WAN Optimization

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