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Intelligent SME . tech . On the front cover of this month ’ s edition , we feature a UK-based company called Civo , which is a cloud-native service provider powered by Kubernetes . Due to expansion , the company needed a scalable operating platform and an accompanying storage vendor . It chose StorageOS , software-defined , cloud native storage for Kubernetes . Today , Civo has two super-clusters with more on the way this year . They both run Kubernetes as the base layer and StorageOS within that , providing persistent volumes . Andy Jeffries , CTO and Founder at Civo , explains what StorageOS brings to the table .

Our feature on page 41 focuses on how to take your business from start-up to scale-up . Simon Philips , CEO and founder of ScaleUp Capital , offers eight simple steps on how to manage growth and how to shape the packaging , pricing , delivery and sale of the product or service so that the revenues are recurring by nature .

The legal framework around the use of e-signatures in the UAE is the subject matter for our Expert Voice section . Biancka Gracias , Partner and Head of Start-up and SME Division at ICLO and Hassan Saeed Abaragh , Managing Partner and Head of Arbitration , AI , Robotics and Blockchain at ICLO explain the legal framework surrounding the use of electronic signatures .

Our Scaling Up section is about how Loans2Go has cemented itself in the FinTech industry with the help of infrastructure and database modernisation from Node4 . A database and IT infrastructure modernisation project helped Loans2Go move from a high street operation to an almost entirely online business . The personal loans company chose a suite of solutions from Node4 to address the challenges of its legacy infrastructure , which includes full monitoring and 24 / 7 proactive management of the critical Microsoft SQL environments . James Godbold , CIO at Loans2Go , tells Intelligent SME . tech more about the project .

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 rebecca @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk

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