One of the biggest threats to organizations today is shadow IT—unsanctioned and unknown technologies and applications being employed by maverick users. Shadow IT represents a security risk for your company—the IT department can’t defend and protect technologies and assets it doesn’t know about—and should be eliminated. One of the best defenses against shadow IT is […]
The Growth in Data Center Uses for Shadow IT
Shadow IT is casting a long shadow over IT departments as more organizations react to changing demands from their customers, partners and regulators. Groups and individuals outside of IT are taking matters into their own hands by tapping new cloud-based applications and hosted data centers. Shadow IT involves any purchase of equipment, software or data […]
Stop whining about shadow IT and do something about it
Much has been written about shadow IT at the business unit and employee level where the proliferation of cloud applications has all but eliminated IT’s control over what applications are used in their organization. The explosion of public cloud technologies has caused an identical revolt amongst development teams who no longer want to—or need to—wait […]
Beyond the Darkness of Shadow IT
The concept of consumerization of IT, Bring Your Own Everything (BYOx) and self-service technologies has amplified the amount of ‘Shadow IT’ in development shops. Developers can procure, setup, and start using new components, and developer tools in hours. This is a trend that lurks in the dark. C-suite executives can either ban the trend altogether […]
To Be or Not to Be – Shadow IT
Is it being an innovator, or demonizing business decisions to use other vehicles, and cry foul? Sun Tzu, the famous Chinese strategist and philosopher, once said, “If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.” These words ring true to the quandary that traditional IT organizations find themselves in […]