Where I work there's a massive uptick in outsourcing both inside the USA and outside. It makes no sense to me that many companies with "secure" data outsource that same data to countries such as Communist China, India, and other non-friendly countries.
Two weeks ago - the president of Monster.com was on NE Business TV bragging about the number of hi tech jobs being posted on monster.com. He said he had never seen it so high but the companies wanted to avoid calling attention to the level of hiring. He said there were a lot positions in sales and marketing - which meant the executives were expecting a boom in demand.