One of the most challenging parts of successfully implementing a digital strategy is ensuring the systems behind them are sustainable and future proofed. The key to this is to make sure all your cloud software and hardware choices can work smartly with one another. But how can you tell if a software or hardware choice is going to fit into your portfolio? With the educational world inching ever closer to being on fully cloud hosted solutions, this talk will bring the ideas of synchronising-not-siloing, single points of truth, features galore that are hidden in plain sight, spotting overpromising and embracing the disruptors to the forefront when you plan and implement the objectives for your digital strategy and beyond.