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One such example is that of MayStreet , a specialist in packet capture , historical market data and market-access software for capital markets . The New York based company maintains massive volumes of capital markets intelligence data on internal server storage in its main data centre .

When its on-premises storage was approaching capacity , CTO Michael Lehr sought alternative solutions to keep pace with rapid data growth and was ultimately seeking a cloud storage service to avoid infrastructure costs and administrative hassles .

The company opted for Wasabi ’ s hot cloud storage for its affordability , efficiency and durability . We spoke to MayStreet ’ s SVP of Engineering , Brian Goldberg , to find out more about the implementation and how it has enabled the business to scale .

We ’ re also focusing on cloud in this month ’ s Editor ’ s Question – exploring how SMEs can implement an efficient cloud management strategy . Industry experts from Oracle , Cisco and Bitglass offer their views from page 21 .

And as SMEs accelerate their Digital Transformation strategies , it ’ s important to have a clear vision for what ’ s ahead so that resources can be used as efficiently as possible . In our first feature this month , two industry experts offer their advice on how SMEs should be building their Digital Transformation plans in order to enable secure and scalable operations .

Many employees are still working from home which means organisations need to be acutely aware of any limitations of existing network security architectures . Michael Wood , CMO at Versa Networks , tells us how Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ) is transforming SMEs ’ network security and what businesses can do to adopt SASE in our Predictive Intelligence feature .

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 Phillips Head of Intelligent SME . tech

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