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Is your company sitting on client information that could cost you millions in fines because it’s not managed correctly? Do you know if your company will be able to protect customer data in accordance with far-reaching new laws? When the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect 25 May 2018 in the 28 EU member states it will have big repercussions for every business with interests on the continent. Being unprepared is not an option.

Few people embody the vibrancy and potential of Jamaica’s booming tech industry quite like Sheldon Powe, CIO of JMMB and president of Jamaica’s Computer Society. With his passion for technology and innovation combined with a knack for networking and empowerment Sheldon has played a big part in bringing the digital revolution home. The fruitful collaboration between Grove and Sheldon came about because of his starring role in the Jamaican ICT space. Grove has been a supplier to JMMB for cybersecurity and management since 2009 and last year Grove launched the first Innovators Club event alongside Sheldon and the Jamaica Computer Society.

Grove’s partnership with top international cybersecurity experts offers an essential safety net to help clients weather the storms of cyber threats. Predicting the evolution of information technology is even more difficult than predicting the weather. Non-stop innovation and new developments are coming at us at the speed of light. But just as global weather patterns are getting more intense, risk experts agree that the biggest storms that will happen in technology over the next few years will centre on cybersecurity.

A wise woman once said that adaptation is a profound process. It means that you figure out how to thrive in an ever-changing world. In a world driven by vast technological changes, adapting is no longer a matter of choice. Success is now determined by how well you and your company go with the flow of the digital revolution. The buzzwords that are flying around when technology experts make predictions for 2018 would have made little sense not so long ago. Yet these days, even old-school business leaders have to take cognisance of concepts such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technology, Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Cloud.