![<p>An information technology room in 2001, in Hurst, Texas, and right, a SAP server room in 2012, in Walldorf, Germany. SAP allows companies to use cloud computing to track sales and inventory without needing to hire IT employees. </p>](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_301249955_H3_0_BYMHPVWNEMCZ_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
<p>An information technology room in 2001, in Hurst, Texas, and right, a SAP server room in 2012, in Walldorf, Germany. SAP allows companies to use cloud computing to track sales and inventory without needing to hire IT employees. </p>
January 24, 2013
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January 24, 2013 8 p.m.
Recession, technology kill jobs
NEW YORK - Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries the world over.
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