SME stories

More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, SMEs remain under enormous pressure and are increasingly looking to technology for ways to control costs and manage cash flow.>>

Past business pressures are returning to small and medium sized enterprises as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic begin to subside.>>

As SMEs adapt to what has been a strange and challenging year, they continue to explore new technology solutions that provide new ways of working, new patterns of demand and help to combat ongoing risk of disruption.>>

The experience of COVID-19, the ease of doing business, and the risk of falling behind others in their industry has driven an increased uptake of digital tools by New Zealand SMEs.>>

vcita is a software platform for small business management that has a strong value proposition around helping micropreneurs to get paid for their services.>>

For SMEs, knowing and understanding customers through data-led insights is essential to retaining customers and nurturing relationships.">>

SmartEncrypt has been developed to complement businesses existing security and business continuity strategies and provide smaller to medium enterprises the levels of digital protection typically reserved for big business.>>

Support for employees working remotely is the top technology strategy to accomplishing operational and growth goals in 2021.>>

According to a new report from Cynet, these SMEs are resorting to outsourcing some aspects of their threat mitigation in order to safeguard IT assets, as a result of the heightened risk of serious breaches.>>

For SMEs, access to cloud and edge computing to reduce infrastructure costs and empower printing at home is now more critical than ever.>>

"The adoption of digital tools is no longer a nice to have, but a critical business decision for SMEs.">>

The microsite has been launched across most of Mastercard's Asia Pacific websites with information and resources on how to digitalise and run businesses more efficiently.>>

“Today we start delivering on the Government’s vision for New Zealand small businesses to be the most digitally-enabled in the world.">>

Ricky Kapur warns that despite digital transformation every business is at risk - no matter how large or small they are.>>

Many SMEs are on a knife-edge right now and the smallest thing will put them out of business for good. Even a small cyber attack can be cataclysmic, writes Wontok head of technology Mick Esber.>>

Modern fintech services reportedly better serve micro, small to medium enterprises (MSMEs) across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) when compared to traditional banking solutions.>>

When faced with significant challenges almost half of Australia's rural-based small business leaders are starting, or intend to start, side hustles to support household income.>>

“With more SMEs and other organisations looking to adopt application whitelisting as a primary cyber defence mechanism, we plan to significantly expand Airlock Digital's partner network.">>

The current global Covid-19 crisis has meant businesses have needed to find new ways to communicate with their clients and customers. >>

The grants would allow for businesses to quickly adapt to the new normal of remote working -  offering products online, providing services virtually and offering take-away and delivery of goods.>>

Malwarebytes launches Malwarebytes Nebula, a new cloud platform with specific enterprise features but designed for small to medium businesses.>>

"The launch of our dedicated server solution reinforces our commitment in challenging the market, providing customers with exceptional hosted solutions to suit their needs.”>>

"Money management and cash flow are always one of the biggest concerns for small business owners. When you're working up to seven days a week managing sales, people, marketing and regulations, then fast, simple access to finance is crucial.">>

“Banking relationships are critical to SMEs and we look forward to working with Westpac to help serve their customers.”>>