How Do I Get My Arms Around Shadow IT and Eliminate It for Good?

Shadow IT makes up more than one-third of your software stack. While it is a source of overspending, inefficiency, and security risks, the biggest problem is that you don’t even know what apps you’re dealing with. In this episode, Ben Pippenger explains how enterprises can get a handle on shadow IT and keep it from creeping back into their software environment.

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Key Takeaways

• [00:07 - 00:28] We're all spending too much on software, Gartner predicts 25% overspend throughout next few years
• [00:26 - 00:44] Three areas of focus for rationalization, today's focus is Shadow IT
• [00:42 - 01:03] What is Shadow IT?
• [01:21 - 01:47] SaaS notoriously hides expense reports under ambiguous line items that are miscatergorized
• [01:45 - 02:21] Uncover the spend source for each application
• [02:19 - 02:47] After buy-in, put governance in place
• [02:46 - 03:08] Adobe and a dollar threshold filter
• [03:07 - 03:17] Standardize software catalog
• [03:18 - 03:37] Take action to eliminate Shadow IT applications
• [03:36 - 03:55] What to do without enterprise agreements
• [03:55 - 04:18] Don't let Shadow IT creep back in
• [04:18 - 04:52] Reducing Shadow IT reduces overall SaaS cost

SaaSMe Anything is the bi-weekly podcast that brings clarity to the chaos of SaaS, hosted by your resident SaaS expert and Zylo co-founder Ben Pippenger. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn here.