When the ransomware attack WannaCry hit, it shook the world and brought a number of established institutions to their knees. If you watched the news unfold thinking, ‘That’ll never happen to my business’, you probably aren’t alone.

 But you’re also probably wrong.

Like the Gold Rush of the 1800s, organizations are moving their applications en masse to the new promise land of the cloud in hopes of finding IT simplicity, cost reductions and increased mobility for their disparate users.

Few things are harder than growing a business.

On the one hand, you’re trying to scale your processes, bring in new talent and serve your customers in more sustainable ways.

On the other, you’re trying to hang on to the agility and culture that made your small business so special in the first place. It’s a tough balance to find.

One month into 2018, a number of rising technology trends are growing increasingly apparent for Business IT. Here are some of the key technology trends that will be affecting businesses in the upcoming year:

1. Growing importance of cyber security

2. Cloud becoming mainstream

3. 5G and Mobile Capabilities

Most business leaders recognize the need to create a disaster recovery plan, but it rarely ever gets prioritized until it’s too late. With virtualization, DR planning has become much more feasible and affordable, allowing smaller and midmarket organizations the opportunity to have the same kinds of failsafe backup and recovery plans as their larger competitors. The growing trend towards utilizing cloud technologies in disaster recovery definitely has its advantages, but there are a number of things to consider before implementing a cloud-based strategy.