In a big company, this will have had nothing to do with engineers as they are not employed to do business deals.
A business specialist will have made a deal with Superfish in the name of the company. In all likelihood they won't have an understanding exactly how Superfish works, but they are drawn to the revenue opportunity. They'll have put a request in to the imaging team and then it's job done.
They'll be team at Lenovo now reviewing how they got into this mess and trying to ensure it does not repeat in future.
A business specialist will have made a deal with Superfish in the name of the company. In all likelihood they won't have an understanding exactly how Superfish works, but they are drawn to the revenue opportunity. They'll have put a request in to the imaging team and then it's job done.
They'll be team at Lenovo now reviewing how they got into this mess and trying to ensure it does not repeat in future.