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Intelligent SME. tech is an Intelligent Global Media publication for professionals with an interest in global SME news and events.
EDITOR’ S NOTE
H ello and a warm welcome to the 65th edition of Intelligent SME. tech. Within these pages, you will find news from around our regions, alongside features and whitepapers, with a core focus on technology for SMEs.
On this month’ s front cover, we feature Adam Balmer, IT Manager from PROCare, a leading UK manufacturer of accessible wet rooms, bathrooms and adaptive kitchens. It has significantly expanded its operational capacity and warehouse efficiency after implementing Forterro’ s ERP and WMS solution, Orderwise. PROCare has gained the accuracy, speed and control needed to support its expanding national footprint. Balmer discusses how the solution has improved business operations. Turn to page 14 to read more.
Our expert column is from Alix Pressley, Director of Strategic Content at Intelligent Global Media. She talks about the preparedness gap in the cybersecurity industry that is now prevailing and how a more urgent response is needed. Turn to page 18 to read more.
Experiencing a cyberattack is a costly experience for businesses and one which many SMEs would find it hard to withstand. Too many SME leaders hold the dangerous misconception that they are too small or obscure to be targeted aggressively by cybercriminals. They believe that their existing defences are sufficient. Farooq Khan, VP of Software Security at Netgear Business, explores why this is a high-risk perspective. Turn to page 35.
We also have an Intelligent Technology section dedicated to all the latest technology developments affecting SMEs and a page called Project Round-Up which features news from across our regions.
I hope you enjoy the magazine and if you’ d like to contribute to any future issues, please contact me by emailing rebecca. miles @ intelligentglobalmedia. com
Rebecca Miles Managing Editor
As European start-ups race to commercialise Artificial Intelligence innovation, many are discovering that scaling from prototype to production is less about models and more about resilient, unified infrastructure. Suraj Patel, VP of Ventures, Corporate Development and Start-ups, MongoDB, tells us that infrastructure fragmentation and mounting‘ infrastructure debt’ are becoming the real barriers to AI scale in Europe and why treating data architecture as a strategic foundation is critical for long-term competitiveness. Turn to page 24 to read more.
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