shadow it: is unauthorized software the biggest threat to your business?
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Is unauthorized software the biggest threat to your business?
Here are four ways shadow apps can derail collaboration.
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Shadow IT can disrupt communication.
“I never know which messaging app my team is using.”
A sales team can’t message a marketing team about an internal report if the two teams use incompatible collaboration apps.
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90% of organizations say employees are using consumer apps for work...
of the time without IT approval.
Source: IDG, “Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise Study 2014”3
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Shadow IT can restrict access.
“I can’t find the report on our server and it’s due now.”
If the marketing team stores its work on a server unapproved by IT, the sales team may not be able to access it.
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employees at Fortune 1000 companies stores enterprise data on unapproved cloud-based platforms.
Source: IBM Security Cloud Survey, July 20155
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Shadow IT can interfere with secure collaboration.“I didn’t know sharing the report with my ownapp would be a problem.”
Employees who collaborate through unapproved cloud apps may put your organization’s intellectual property at risk.
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The average North American organization is running
56 high-risk cloud apps right now.
Source: eWeek7
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Shadow IT can add costs.
“Every team uses a different app—trying to collaborate can take so much time and energy.”
When your teams use Shadow IT to collaborate, they can lose productivity and raise security risk.
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of software andhardware investments are not approved or supported by IT.
Source: Computerworld9
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When you provide teams with effective collaboration software, you can
• improve communication• promote effective teamwork• increase security• lower costs• increase employee retention
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Give your employees effective collaboration tools, and they won’t compromise your organization with Shadow IT.
The right collaboration solution can help you build your business.
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