http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us Copyright 2006-2008, SOA Systems Inc. http://www.soamag.com/I18/0508-3.asp Born from the IT backlogs of every organization, shadow IT can drive innovation and effectiveness without hindering larger IT evolution. While organizations wrestle to centralize their applications, the reality is shadow IT is not going away. As such, it is most effective to ensure the sustainability of shadow IT instead of attempting to avoid it. To be sustainable, this innovation at the edge must take advantage of central SOA environments and, when the time comes, seamlessly scale into a service-oriented enterprise and become an active part of it. However, for this to be achievable, edge applications must have certain capabilities and satisfy certain conditions. (First published in The SOA Magazine XVIII, May 2008.) SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-prosado.asp#When:16.05.08