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Cloud hires would be a boon to Massachusetts

By Michael B. Farrell

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 06, 2012

As companies migrate away from building their own expensive data networks in favor of running software “in the cloud,’’ or on the Internet, many of the jobs they create will be the kind of highly skilled positions that built the Massachusetts technology sector. Job growth will come from technology companies recruiting software engineers and other skilled positions as they develop new cloud products and services. Both start-ups and a number of established companies are hiring to meet the trend.

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