> That depends on how the incentive structures for your corporate purchase department are set up Sure, but that seems orthogonal to the pros and cons of having

> That depends on how the incentive structures for your corporate purchase department are set up Sure, but that seems orthogonal to the pros and cons of having more layers of oversight (busybodies, to use your term) on infra spend. Badly run companies are badly run, and I don't think having the increased flexibility that comes from cloud providers changes that.