Decisions at large enterprises is large driven by compliance considerations. I once asked why we were picking a specific Microsoft product when it was inferior to the alternative and the answer i got was "The Microsoft platform is approved". So because we had some random Microsoft product we have already paved the way for the dump truck in the future. That's the magic of Microsoft.

To be completely clear, I don't blame the guy. The approval process sucks, so if you get to bypass that, it's a huge win for your own sanity.