Solving shadow IT problems with hybrid cloud

Grazed from CloudComputingIntelligence.  Author: Ian Finlay.

The business challenges of shadow IT have emerged from the darkness and are now firmly in the spotlight. With PwC estimating that shadow IT accounts for between 15 and 30% of IT spending outside of the IT enterprise budget, it not only presents a real blind spot for enterprises, but has a significant impact upon both the security and integrity of company information, and customer confidence.

IT departments no longer have control over all IT solutions implemented within the organisation. With many trying to lock down their infrastructures to prevent shadow IT the balance has been tipped too far. By bringing it out of the shadows and into plain sight, enterprise IT Directors will be able to regain control and ensure their entire infrastructure – wherever it is – is transparent and compliant…

The rise of shadow IT

In its simplest sense, shadow IT has been facilitated by the availability of public cloud services and the potential employees have to independently consume cloud infrastructure, business applications and utility software, either via a free trial or their credit card…

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