IT Shadow IT (Embrace or Squash)

摘要

Shadow IT is used to describe IT systems and applications built and used inside departments without explicit organizational approval. It is also used to describe solutions specified and deployed by departments other than the IT department. Shadow IT has been garnering press these days as departments or services within organizations are looking for ways to develop solutions without the adhering to the normal development paradigm. This can be good in bringing innovation but also bad in safeguards put in place for new applications are bypassed, even for prototypes.