Empty space? See the empty desk
Where the 4 on-site IT bods used to sit.
Except now they only need 3.
Behold GRAEF-USA's mostly empty rack; latency sucks, and getting files from the cloud generally means multiple round trip delays if large files are needed in remote offices and shared by project teams. But Panzura says it has cloud storage gateway tech that solves this problem and cites GRAEF-USA and a 2-site, $250K saving as …
If you don't keep your skills current and deliver improvements to the business, then your surplus to requirement. That person who managed the old storage is probably out the door, but I bet the person who found the shiny is in for a promotion and bonus!
This is no different to the 1980's when everybody in the car industry thought they were going to lose their to robots.. which never materialised. But those who evolved and accepted the change ended up thriving..
For anybody stuck in this position, I highly recommend reading this -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/0091816971
Or "I Moved Your Cheese" (the Darrel Bristow-Bovey book, not the many others by the same name)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moved-Your-Cheese-Darrel-Bristow-Bovey/dp/1843301652/
A better self help book than "Who Moved My Cheese" (not difficult) and actually rather funny, unlike the second AC's suggestion.