Rogue IT (or Shadow IT) has been a bogeyman in IT circles for years, but new research from the nonprofit Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) suggests that business units increasingly find it important to keep IT in the loop, even as their power to purchase their own IT solutions is growing.
“The complete side-stepping of IT has gone down,” says Seth Robinson, senior director, technology analysis, CompTIA. “It certainly appears that businesses have learned their lessons, based either on missteps they have made themselves or on information gathered from others.”
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