Automation and offshoring COULD spell endgame for many sysadmins.

IT positions previously thought safe are now under threat due to advances that will allow servers to be based in the U.S. and the admin overseas.

Outsourcing Sysadmins isn't going to work, mainly that there are many situations where you do need someone at the physical computer, as well as to add or replace hardware. In certain areas, including government contracting, they wouldn't trust someone to outsource a secure network, so as long there are government contractors, there will be the need for physical sysadmins to admin contractors secure and unsecured networks. Even for other companies it is still necessary to have a sysadmin actually physically working with the machines. It most likely will cost more to outsource them in the end than to just hire one to work on the machines. This article is just describing "a flash in the pan"...

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