Innovative information technology (IT) applications and services offered in the cloud, easily accessible via the Internet, either for free or on a flexible pay-per-use basis are increasing rapidly. Employees can use them on organizational and/or personal laptops, tablets, and smartphones to work more efficiently from home or when travelling, or to collaborate conveniently across distance and time zones. While these benefits may fuel today’s digital transformation, they also attract end users or lines of business to turn to such IT offerings on demand without having the organization’s approval to act (e.g., Györy et al.
2012; Urbach and Ahlemann
2016). This trend boosts
shadow IT which is
hardware, software, or services built, introduced, and/or used for the job without explicit approval or even knowledge of the organization. Recent studies show that 80% of end users and 90% of functional managers deploy shadow IT and opt, for example, to quickly, although unofficially, upload a file to Dropbox or Google Drive instead of applying for an official remote VPN link (Segal
2016). Shadow IT is thus used to boost job and business performance (e.g., Haag et al.
2015). …
WI – WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK – ist das Kommunikations-, Präsentations- und Diskussionsforum für alle Wirtschaftsinformatiker im deutschsprachigen Raum. Über 30 Herausgeber garantieren das hohe redaktionelle Niveau und den praktischen Nutzen für den Leser.
BISE (Business & Information Systems Engineering) is an international scholarly and double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes scientific research on the effective and efficient design and utilization of information systems by individuals, groups, enterprises, and society for the improvement of social welfare.
Texte auf dem Stand der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, für Praktiker verständlich aufbereitet. Diese Idee ist die Basis von „Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management“ kurz WuM. So soll der Wissenstransfer von Universität zu Unternehmen gefördert werden.
