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Small Business (SMB) stories

How much a cryptomalware attack could cost your business

SMBs face up to £99k hit from a single cryptomalware attack, with operational halt and data loss key culprits, warns Kaspersky Lab.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 5th Sep 2016

Cybersecurity

Avaya's new solution looks to help combat cybercrime

The main challenge for small and midsize businesses is to keep up with the growing and ever-changing cybersecurity threats.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Sep 2016

Serko

New partnership creates next gen corporate online booking tool

Sabre and Serko team up to develop next generation of Sabre Online, combining cloud-based booking platform and end-to-end offering.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 30th Aug 2016

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Global study finds IT maturity lacking amongst SMBs

There is a very close correlation between an IT department's maturity level and its effectiveness, which can cost organisations money & resources.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Aug 2016

Storage

Hands-on Review: QNAP TVS-882 - a solution for SMBs

Data is becoming more and more important every day, and is crucial for businesses both large and small - QNAP has the solution for SMBs.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Jun 2016

Public Cloud

Businesses warned about invoice fraud

Businesses at risk of invoice fraud due to increase in email fraud, lack of automated invoice software, warns Concur.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Jun 2016

Unified Communications

Rod Drury on major US banking announcement for Xero

We recently announced an integration with Wells Fargo, a bank serving more than three million small businesses and one in three households in the USA.

By Rod Drury • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Jun 2016

Converged Infrastructure

Lenovo focuses on SMB sector with new data center offering

Lenovo tailors data center tech for SMBs, enhancing their IT infrastructure with the Converged HX Series for cost-effective solutions.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 25th May 2016

Converged Infrastructure

Nutanix brings on new ANZ channel director, ups SMB focus

Nutanix appoints new channel director for Australia and New Zealand to expand SMB presence and manage partnerships.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 12th May 2016

Storage

Hands-on Review: QNAP TVS-EC1580MU-SAS-RP Network Attached Storage

With this NAS, you can save, load and share files seamlessly over the company LAN. Lost USB keys and business downtime will be a thing of the past.

By Patrick Pilcher • 4 min read • Wed, 11th May 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Small Business (SMB) stories

Facebook

Facebook wooing SMBs with new shop and services sections

Social media giant Facebook is continuing its efforts to get inside small businesses with the roll out of two new sections on its Pages feature.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Aug 2016

Fintech

Reckon and Prospa offer customers exciting new loan platform

Prospa and Reckon have teamed up to offer customers an online business loan platform, providing greater flexibility and access to working capital.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 26th Jul 2016

Small Business

Threat or opportunity? Digital disruption divides SME sector

Australia's SMEs are split on digital disruption: 25% see it as an opportunity, while 29% perceive it as a threat, signalling a need for better understanding.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Jul 2016

Small Business

Kiwi survey finds skilled staff crucial to small business growth

Small business confidence is up & growth expectations are rising, but the clincher may end up being a lack of skilled staff, according to ANZ survey.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Jul 2016

Fintech

Reckon forms tactical partnership with PayPal

Reckon's new tie-up with PayPal opens a realm of swift payment solutions for SMEs, easing cash flow woes with a 'pay now' feature.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Jul 2016

Fintech

Reckon ups accounting ante with strategic match up

Reckon has partnered with OzForex to offer customers better-than-bank rates on international payments and 24/7 customer service.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Jul 2016

Health Technologies

Kiwi company finalist in global Talent Unleashed awards

A Kiwi social enterprise creating affordable healthcare solutions for those in need is in the spotlight as a APAC finalist in the startup awards.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 21st Jun 2016

Government

Govt reacts to small business group recommendations

The Government commits to easing small business operations in response to the Small Business Development Group's recommendations, including tax simplification.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Jun 2016