Re: Capex to opex in a world of low interest rates
"I don't see why anyone who isn't forced to would do it."
I used to work at an IT consultancy where the IT director was Wined & Dined at least once a week by some traveling salesman.
Every so often our hardware and software portfolio was changed and in less than a year the preferred backup software we sold to customers were rotated between Tivoli, BExec, Veeam and Avamar (can't remember the order), and the same with hardware: IBM, Netapp, HPE and EMC.
No obvious reason was given, he just praised (to us) how the new ones brought more income and were somohow better than the old stuff. A world class bullshitter, adept at talking himself out of every sticky situation whenever he was questioned by the not-very-technical bosses.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
