That's common practice with mid sized companies and above, though: - find something that can probably give some competitive advantage or please shareholders -

That's common practice with mid sized companies and above, though: - find something that can probably give some competitive advantage or please shareholders - Identify it as "not part of our core business" - Pay a third party company to do it even if it would be cheaper to things in house. If something goes wrong and the shareholders ask questions, the CEO can blame them instead of their own IT department and reassure them they're "focusing on what generates most value for the company".