SHADOW IT are IT (information technology) projects (like cloud services) that are managed outside of, and without the knowledge of, the IT department. The Manila Times (TMT): Why is shadow IT a critical issue for many enterprises? Dinesh Varadharajan (DVa): Shadow IT creeps into organizations as business users look for agile technology to meet their needs without the consent of their IT teams. The ability to use a platform for prototyping and generating a workflow or even an entire application for production encourages dialogue between the IT team and business users. This is the kind of collaboration necessary to combat the problem of shadow IT.

Source: Manila Times March 20, 2022 00:49 UTC