A recent news article about Bangalore-based IT major Infosys releasing about 9,000 employees in the past one year drew my attention. The number sounded significant at a time when layoffs at several media companies were something that I was hearing loudly. But, on closer look, the report revealed details of these 9,000 being up-skilled from their lower-end jobs, which were being automated. The head of HR at Infosys clarified that these employees were now working on more advanced projects. Shorter product life cycle makes for faster redundancies. Once Google and other open source software started offering word processing and spreadsheets for free, sale of Microsoft Office took a beating.