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Protecting Small Business From Cyber Attacks
In 2012, small businesses accounted for 36% of all cyber attacks, reports Venture Beat, a majority of which were mobile cyber attacks. Yet, only 16% of businesses surveyed have a mobility policy (a policy that outlines the security of mobile devices) in place.
Read more...Why Small Businesses Need a Disaster Recovery Plan
According to The Street, FEMA estimates that over 40% of all businesses don’t reopen after a disaster. In addition, 25% of those that do reopen after a disaster fail within a year. These numbers highlight how important it is for small businesses to have a disaster recovery plan.
Read more...Loyalty Generator To Help Brick And Mortar Retailers
Synqera, a technology startup that uses big data to bring a personalized digital experience to the physical retail store, today unveils the Synqera Loyalty Generator, a connected in-store device that helps brick and mortar retailers shorten the path to purchase, combat showrooming and foster customer loyalty.
Read more...Are Paper Invoices Bogging Down Your Business?
When it comes to paying the bills, small and medium-sized businesses can have outsized paperwork burdens, leading to overwhelmed staff, missed discounts, late-payment penalties, clerical errors and invoices that just get lost.
Read more...Online Tools to Determine the Value of a Small Business
According to Fox Small Business, putting an incorrect value on a small business can make it impossible to sell the business, that is why two new online companies have emerged that help small businesses put a value on their business.
Read more...The Cost of an Involuntary IT Manager
A new survey shows that “involuntary IT managers”, non-technical staff members who perform IT duties, average about 6 hours per week on IT related tasks, reports CIO Today. This loss of productivity on their primary business activities can cost a company significantly dollar wise.
Read more...Business Confidence at a Six Month High
April’s National Federation of Independent Business’s optimism index showed a 2.6 point gain for April, reports Bloomberg. April’s optimism number was 92.1, a six month high.
Read more...Small Business Sales Jump
According to Businessweek, the growth in small business sales is due to a large number of baby boomers preparing for retirement. The improving economy means that more small businesses are finding buyers, for the first three months of this year, the number of sales that closed jumped 56 percent from the same time in 2012.
Read more...Health Insurance Premium Rates Remain Largely Steady
A new analysis from HealthPocket, Inc., shows that health insurance premiums have remained steady in the lead up to the implementation of highly anticipated mandatory insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Between February 1 and May 1, 2013, health insurance premiums increased by an average of 1.2 percent per plan.
Read more...Mid-sized Businesses Join The NetSuite Cloud
NetSuite Inc. ( NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced the expansion of the SuiteCloud partner ecosystem, unifying the industry's #1 cloud ERP suite with leading Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions that target growing and mid-sized businesses. The partnerships with Ascentis, CloudPay, Dell Boomi, Insperity, Meta4, NOVAtime, SilkRoad, TransCard and TribeHR, through the SuiteCloud Developer Network, enrich the NetSuite cloud ERP suite with best-of-breed solutions from leading HCM software vendors and cloud integration providers, used by more than 100,000 organizations around the world to manage millions of employees across the full employee lifecycle, from hire to retire.
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