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Editor ’ s note ello and welcome to

H the latest edition of Intelligent SME . tech . This month ’ s cover story features Colin Field , CEO , Saffron Building Society , a UK-based organisation which has been in operation for more than 170 years . He spoke to Intelligent SME . tech about how technology has enabled the business to scale rapidly and reach its members in new ways . He discusses the business ’ future growth plans , as well as how the business aims to offer ‘ more than money ’ to its customer base . You can read his insights from page 44 .

Meanwhile , we take a closer look at the digital skills gap in this month ’ s Editor ’ s Question . Experts from Qlik , Spinks and Techrobotix FZCO talk us through the importance of digital skills for SMEs today and offer insight into how the challenge of ensuring all employees are equipped with these can be addressed .
This month ’ s Feature 2 showcases a success story , highlighting how notfor-profit fraud prevention membership organisation Cifas has used data science technology and intelligence tools from Mango Solutions , to discover hidden patterns that are almost impossible for human beings to detect . Read more from page 41 .
Digital Transformation has been a key theme in each edition this year so far – and March is no different . As a core business objective for so many small and medium-sized organisations , digitalisation takes centre stage in this month ’ s Scaling Up . Experts from DH2i , StorCentric and PDI Software offer their insights into the technologies that SMEs should consider to enable their digitalisation goals for the year ahead .
But while this digitalisation has many advantages , it has also posed some new challenges – particularly around data security for schools and educational instititutions . Irfahn Khimji , Chief Systems Engineer at Tripwire , tells us what these new challenges are and provides advice for teams with limited resources on how they can create a simple but effective data security strategy . Find out more from page 37 .
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 . com
Jess Abell , Director of Strategic Content , Lynchpin Media
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