Rackspace's white paper, 'How to Bring Shadow IT into the Light,' addresses the critical issue of uncontrolled technology adoption within enterprises. It highlights how the cloud has empowered non-technical business users to procure solutions independently, creating "Shadow IT" and significant security and compliance risks due to a lack of central IT oversight. The document proposes an 8-step path for CIOs and IT leaders to proactively manage Shadow IT. This process focuses on balancing user innovation with essential IT control, advocating for quantification of shadow IT, educating line-of-business managers on risks, and establishing official, secure cloud service catalogs. Ultimately, the solution helps organizations achieve better data security and compliance while empowering users with

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