Thousands, many close to retirement age. Think a company like UPS/Fedex that isn't at its core a tech company but with tech datacenters for logistics and billions in revenue.
If serious, consider offering an early retirement package and see who bites.
Thousands? I really find that hard to believe.
Indeed. TBH the post reads like advertising for the alleged savings of going "cloud" vs on-premise.
Im not sure why I was down-voted. Even if you close data centers and move to the cloud, you still need personnel to manage the infrastructure.