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The company chose NetSuite ’ s ERP software for everything from finance to logistics to sales and forecasting , having concluded that cloud-based systems would be easiest to integrate across multiple countries . It can now deal instantly with hundreds of healthcare manufacturers and medical products that require careful tracking and classifications to adhere to stringent regulatory requirements .

Abdulrahman Ramadan , Vice President – Commercial , Zahrawi Group , tells Intelligent SME . tech more about the implementation from page 44 .

According to Vaultree , data breaches are anticipated to cost an estimated US $ 6 trillion in damage to the global economy by the end of 2021 , with attacks growing in intensity due to increased vulnerabilities in cloud , mobile devices and the vast amount of existing breached data .

With that in mind , we asked three industry experts how SMEs can best manage and adhere to data protection regulations in our Editor ’ s Question this month . You can read insights from Boomi , PBT Group and StorCentric from page 21 .

Meanwhile , the cyberskills gap is well reported and new research from IONOS Cloud has highlighted that more than 40 % of IT decision makers surveyed admit to their business having such a gap . Intelligent SME . tech finds out more about the research and hears from Peter Prahl , SVP International and Digital Cloud , IONOS , about how it impacts SMEs , in this month ’ s Tech Trends from page 14 .

We also have insights from Susan Toft , founder of The Laundry Lady , who highlights how she uses automation software , ActiveCampaign , to streamline the hiring process . You can read her insights from page 64 .

We also have a round-up of all the latest SME news from across our regions , while our ‘ intelligent ’ brands section looks at what ’ s new in sales and marketing , finance , HR and customer experience .

I hope you enjoy the magazine and if you ’ d like to contribute to any future issues please do not hesitate to contact me by emailing jess @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk

Jess Abell , Director of Strategic Content , Lynchpin Media

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