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The article focuses on the issue on the security of personal cloud services. It mentions that the entire business units have got around information technology (IT) and bought cloud services on their own-unbestknownst to IT, a process called shadow IT. According to the survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2012, 47 percent of IT managers stated that half of their corporate IT spending was for shadow IT services.

In this article, the author focuses on the management of consumer file sharing process in the U.S. business enterprises. He states that using consumer-optimized cloud computing services including the Dropbox, the Google Drive and the SkyDrive in workplaces by employees have impacted the sharing process. It also mentions that bring your own device (BYOD) trend has also increased in companies.