Learning About Cockroach Technology, Shadow IT

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I was reading a recent Wall Street Journal blog from the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium that caught my attention. Participants were apparently expressing their frustration with cloud computing software vendors who sell directly to business users.

CIOs at the conference said they would prefer that vendors use traditional IT channels, which would reduce duplicate purchases and make data collection easier. It was the first time that I was exposed to the terms "cockroach technology" and "shadow IT," though it seems reasonable to believe that such lingo will become more commonplace in the workforce at cloud computing becomes increasingly pervasive.

The blog, by WSJ editor Michael Hickens, can be found here.