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Whole Foods Believes in Small Business

According to Entrepreneur, Whole Foods Market wants small businesses to succeed, which is why it offers small business loans to its suppliers. Whole Foods offers its North American suppliers low interest loans. To date they have made $18 million in low-interest loans to 235 suppliers. Read more...

Small Business Optimism Rose in December

Small business optimism rose in December, reports Fox Business. According to the National Federation of Independent Businesses small-business optimism index, small business optimism rose to 95.2 in December. This is up from 94.8 in November. Read more...

Business-Centric Computing Solutions for Point of Sale and Small Data Centers

Fujitsu delivers Business-Centric Data Center solutions that address business needs faced every day by big data centers but also by millions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and branch offices worldwide. Three refreshed members of the FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY® family of industry-standard systems are part of a complementary ICT architecture that SMEs can use to run their business - whether in the data center, back office of a busy medical practice, or in the showroom. New DDR4 memory technology enables even more computing power and reduced energy consumption. Read more...

Backup is the Most Popular Cloud Storage Task for Nearly 40% of Small Businesses

Nearly 40% of small businesses in the US adopt cloud storage for file backup, according to new survey data from Clutch, a leading source of business ratings and reviews. The findings suggest that the small and medium business (SMB) market sees the Cloud as a better way to store data. Read more...

Veterans Make Up Large Potion of Small Business Onwers

According to the Star Tribune, veterans make up a significant portion of small business owners;  nearly one in 10 small businesses in this country are veteran-owned. To that end, the U.S. Small Business Administration has increased its resources available for veterans who own or are interested in owning their own business. Read more...

Small Business Job Growth Slows

Small business job growth slowed in December, reports Accounting Today. The Paychex Small Business Job Index dropped 0.05 percent from November to December. December’s index was 100.37. This is an overall drop of 0.19 percent from 2014. Read more...

Lending Slows for Small Business

Signs point to an economic slowdown in the coming months, reports Reuters. The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index dipped to 127.4 in November, which is down from 129.9 reading in October. It is the lowest the index has dropped since February of 2015. Read more...

Small Businesses Bullish For 2016

 Yelp Inc.  released its first annual Small Business Pulse Survey, finding that 85% of American small businesses active on Yelp expect their revenues to grow in 2016, estimating an increase of 26% growth in the year ahead. Read more...

Two Portable Projectors

Epson America, Inc. has introduced the EX5250 Pro and the EX5240 portable projectors designed to meet the needs of small- to medium-sized businesses. Read more...

Streamlined Network Security Deployment for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

Kerio Technologies has released Kerio Control 9.0, making it easier than ever to deploy network security hardware appliances with zero-touch provisioning, and simplifying management of multiple appliances with the ability to share common definitions. The new release also extends two-step verification to MyKerio, strengthening the security of the cloud-based centralized web management console. Read more...

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