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Jobs Still Stay in the USA

mikedatl 17th Apr 2009

I work on a daily basis with service providers of all shapes and sizes
from the very largest to the very smallest and just counting up the
number of them that are in the US versus EMEA and APAC the vast
majority (70%) are here in the US right now for cloud. Not sure why
you think all the jobs head overseas if they go to cloud.

I think the point you need to realize is that the LOBs are going around
IT right now to get to the cloud. On a daily basis more and more LOBs
are hearing "no" from their IT shops and just grab a credit card and
head out to Amazon or Terremark or Savvis, etc. The data is already in
the cloud or heading that direction. IT has a great opportunity to align
themselves with the LOBs and offer private cloud to address some of
the security concerns you talk about. It's an opportunity though and if
you pass it up it's not going to stop the migration or the movement of
that data. Personally I say carpe diem. Try and open your mind and
help the business units with what they want instead of spouting off
the FUD floating around the cloud. Maybe it's time to look into the
mirror to see what's "part-of-the-problem".