We are seeing traditional IT services players morphing into Cloud / Managed Services providers. This sector is buoyant, they are busy transitioning new clients of all sizes onto their cloud / platform.
So if you think it through the need for on premise IT teams is being reduced – yes the IT industry marketing machine will have you believe that cloud releases internal IT to focus and solve the bigger core issues of the business; but don’t believe the hype, the reality is that it leads to lower on premise staff numbers.