Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Cloud To Create 14 Million Jobs? Not So Much

Posted by Soulskill on from the buzzwords-don't-get-silver-linings dept.

jfruh writes "Did you hear about the study from Microsoft and IDC (PDF), declaring that adoption of cloud technologies would create 14 million jobs? Well, don't believe the hype. The study posts that, once small and medium business can use cloud products to just eliminate their IT department, they'll use those savings to hire people for their core business. It's a dubious proposition, and one that wouldn't be good news for IT workers even if things do play out that way."

1 of 264 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sounds good by dave420 · · Score: 3, Informative

    But it already demonstrably is progress. The thought of being able to run hundreds of virtual machines for pennies each an hour was unthinkable 10 years ago. Not to mention practically-unlimited storage for next to nothing, with edge locations around the world. The cloud has clearly changed the way many businesses and people use computers and the internet in general. I find it strange you've not noticed that.