英特尔大裁员说明科技最艰难时代到来
| 2016-04-27 21:30
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Intel’s announcement on Tuesday about cutting 12,000 jobs is just one more example of an increasingly tough 12-month period for tech sector employees. Over the past year, the computer industry has slashed 72,333 jobs, according to job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
During the first three months of 2016, tech companies sliced 17,002 jobs. That’s up a whopping 148% compared to the first three months of 2015, according to the company’s calculations.
One word: Yikes.
VMwareand EMCare slimming down as they prepare for their impending acquisition by Dell, which has also been cutting costs.
And both HP Inc. (the PC-and-printer company) and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise(the data center-and-cloud company) continued the job cutting that their parent company started several years ago. Microsoft announced planned layoffs of 7,800 staff last July 2015.
IBMis also in what seems to be a semi-permanent job-cutting mode (although as its spokespeople continually remind us, IBM is also hiring.)
已有几十年历史的科技公司正面临着一项特别的挑战，原因是公司采购软硬件的方式已经和以往不同。传统IT服务供应商已经不能再指望每隔几年就会准时出现一次软硬件大规模升级，进而从中获利。 部分原因在于越来越多的企业（和个人）软件销售采用了订阅模式，以单个用户为对象，以月为时间单位。同时，这些软件都安装并运行在软件供应商的服务器上，比如Salesforce.com、NetSuite或者Workday。 此外，越来越多的公司开始自行开发软件，而且可能把这些软件放在Amazon Web Services或微软Azure等公共云上运行。上述两种情况都意味着软件购买方的数据中心对新硬件的需求不再那么旺盛，也不再那么频繁。 此外，还得说说开源软件。使用Linux、OpenStack或其他类似软件的公司不用支付商业专属软件时代随处可见的高额授权费。正是出于这个原因，甲骨文、微软和IBM等公司才会一边应付传统业务销售额的下降，一边争相迈进这个新时代。 随着智能手机和平板电脑的使用者越来越多及其应用范围越来越广，PC市场陷入了长期滑坡状态，这给英特尔带来了冲击。虽然全球绝大多数PC和笔记本电脑都使用英特尔芯片，但在手机和平板电脑等领域，英特尔并没有占据类似的主导位置。 正如Challenger, Gray & Christmas首席执行官约翰•查林杰在一份声明中总结的那样：“我们一直都需要科技，但我们怎样跟科技互动，以及何时何地与之互动正在迅速地发生改变。”（财富中文网） 译者：Charlie  |