Cloud Computing: Shadow IT is in your enterprise – 7 steps to control it
August 5, 2014
Grazed from TechPageOne. Author: Scott Koegler.
Enterprise employees understand how to use external consumer resources available as cloud or software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms, and they often take advantage of the simplicity of these services without consulting IT. But using systems without company approval, a practice known as “shadow IT,” can eventually become liabilities for businesses in terms of management, costs and security.
Organizations that help executives address IT-related challenges, such as the MIT Center for Information Systems Research, caution against leaving shadow IT unchecked. “Local innovation is great,” says Jeanne Ross, director at the center, “but only if IT has gained control of shared infrastructure and common enterprise systems. Otherwise, shadow IT can spell disaster.” To understand the practice and risks of shadow IT, and to help you learn how to corral it to meet employee needs, take these seven steps:…
1) Gain a complete understanding of shadow IT
Shadow IT is pervasive because it’s almost impossible to resist. When consumer services, such as the popular document storage platform Dropbox, offer the ability to store and share project materials online quickly and inexpensively, employees use them without hesitation and without approval…
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