The IT landscape today feels like the Wild West as IT managers play &cops and robbers& to chase down and neutralize an ever increasing number of problems.
Technologists are mired in an array of high-tech challenges—balancing security with accessibility, integrating legacy and new technologies, and understanding data, to name a few—while under pressure to constantly innovate.
But with the speed of technology and business today, what happens when IT teams fall behind The answer &Shadow IT.&TechTarget defines shadow IT as &hardware or software within an enterprise that is not supported by the organization central IT department.& The concept emerged more than a decade ago as companies began to acquire more technology (as well as foreign, unsanctioned software) to power their business.
IT admins moved quickly to rein in unknown products, and for a time, largely re-established control.