The VR headset market returned to growth in 3Q18 after four consecutive quarters of decline and now makes up 97% of the combined market.

Spark Lab has launched a new tool that it hopes will help New Zealand’s small businesses understand their cybersecurity risks.

We’ve all seen it: our offices are changing from the traditional four walls - to no walls. A need to reduce real estate costs is a key driver, as is enabling a more diverse and agile workforce.

“There has been no evidence of wrongdoing by Huawei presented and we strongly reject the notion that our business threatens New Zealand in any way."

"New tech roles are highly paid generating new wealth for regional New Zealand and research has found that for every new tech role created 4.9 other support roles are created in a community."

The Inspector-General has given the GCSB its compliance tick of approval for the fourth year in a row.

“Mould and mildew are the new asbestos. But unlike asbestos, detecting the presence – or conditions that encourage growth – of mould and mildew is nearly impossible."

While it’s easy to become absorbed by the day-to-day running of the business, an SMB’s success depends on the ability to step back.

AWS DeepRacer puts reinforcement to the test - see what other machine learning services AWS now offers.

So you want to build a stronger business. It’s one of the goals that everyone in your workplace should strive for.

The New Zealand and Australian governments are working on a joint approach to create trans-Tasman standards to e-invoicing that’ll make it easier for businesses in both countries work with each other and across the globe

SMBs would rather spend time on the business than on tedious admin work, so you need solutions that are convenient, simple to understand and use, and are supplied by professionals you can trust.

The company’s Public Sector Partner Program grew almost 40% this year, with more than 800 partners now on board.

These trends should keep marketers, customer experience leaders, social media professionals and executives awake at night.

The report explores changes in the threat landscape over the past year, uncovering trends and how they are expected to impact cybersecurity in 2019.

Dell is asking all of its Dell.com customers to change their passwords after it detected ‘unauthorised activity’ on its network earlier this month.

“In one case, the attacker gained access and tracked the business’s emails for at least six months. They gathered extensive knowledge of the business’s billing cycles."

"Exponential IT must be a way of life, not just an endpoint."

When employees do their holiday shopping on company resources, security teams have a challenge with the surge in browsing and online transactions.

The two have signed a mahi tahi Memorandum of Understanding for Spark to continue providing digital support for the promotion of te reo Māori.

“Our growth is an indication of the strength of the small business economy across Australia and New Zealand,” says Xero’s managing director of Australia and Asia, Trent Innes.

Hamilton-based software firm Company-X has landed a spot on Deloitte Technology’s Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2018 ranking - for the second year in a row.

10 million workers leave it up to employers to choose their Super fund for them – and the majority of employers are just as passive and unengaged at putting that fund to work.

Aider, an AI powered digital business assistant created specifically for small business, has been in beta phase in Australasia for several months.

Now customers and marketplace sellers have the ability to use a private marketplace, as well as a dedicated marketplace for containers.

Many business owners think AI, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles are 'overhyped'.

"A good employer will ensure they provide suitable training and development for their top candidates, not just from a technical perspective but also from a soft skill perspective."

Security needs to move away from the traditional approach of chasing after arbitrary forms of malware.

“Marketing and sales are critical to the successful growth of any business, but especially for those in the tech industry.”

The ASQA has accredited Blockchain Collective’s Advanced Diploma of Applied Blockchain consisting of eight modules - six core and two electives.

Quora’s 100 million users are the latest targets in a major data breach, but at least the company has moved quickly to contain it.

Job management company simPRO has rolled out a new VoIP phone solution for New Zealand trade service businesses.

“This is just the beginning. Through 5G, we are creating truly immersive and revolutionary smartphones that will unlock a whole new user experience."

Not every business in your market needs to be a competitor.

“You see a lot in the media about the threats facing yellow-eyed penguins in New Zealand, but those reports are mainly based on penguins from the mainland."

Philips has a dream of completely interconnected healthcare system that offers the right information at the right time, as health knows no bounds so why should healthcare?

Too many small businesses will try to keep a sinking ship afloat when really they should be closing up shop.

Another bidder has entered the bidding arena as the potential sale of Trade Me kicks up a notch.

DanaBot is a Trojan written in the Delphi programming language that includes banking site web injections and stealer functions.

“With more and more aspects of our lives taking place online it’s critical the government takes a lead to ensure New Zealanders have control of how and who uses their identity information,” says Minister Woods.

Earlier this week, a Commerce Commission report stated that telecommunications had the most complaints of any industry - the TCF isn’t convinced.

“Paying the attackers and then keeping quiet about it afterwards was not, in our view, an appropriate response to the cyber attack."

A Wellington conservation tech company has come up with a way of using Bluetooth to help capture pests like rats and stoats.

Women are more likely to run larger SMBs, but they’re also more worried, more stressed, and less likely to use an insurance broker for their business than male SMB owners.