Why Is the Average IT Operations Salary Below 10K? Market Trends and Key Updates
This article reviews the low average IT operations salary in China, highlights IDC's public cloud market report, examines Huawei's GaussDB shutdown, details AI server market shares, announces Debian 10.4 updates, and summarizes major tech industry news including Tencent's earnings, Microsoft‑Oracle's $10 billion cloud contract, and recent security incidents.
IT Operations Average Salary Below 10K?
According to a recruitment site, the average IT operations salary is 9.1K CNY per month, with most professionals earning between 6K‑8K.
IDC Report: China's Public Cloud Market H1 2019
The IDC report shows the market size reached $69.6 billion, with IaaS growth of 60.9% YoY and PaaS growth of 76.3% YoY. Alibaba, Tencent and China Telecom rank top three, together holding 76.3% of the combined IaaS+PaaS market.
Huawei Closes Private Cloud and GaussDB?
Rumors confirmed that Huawei has stopped its private‑cloud service and GaussDB, with the product page now displaying “resource sold out, contact support.”
AI Server Market Share
IDC’s AI infrastructure report (H1 2019) shows a $20.9 billion market, with GPU servers accounting for 96.1% of the share. Market share distribution: Inspur 51.1%, Huawei 18.4%, Sugon 4.9%, Baode & Anqing 3.9%, H3C 3.6%, Dell 3.2%, Lenovo 3.1%.
Debian 10.4 Released
Debian 10.4, the fourth stable update of Debian 10, includes kernel 4.19.0‑9, an upgraded ClamAV, a LibreOffice OpenGL fix, removal of NCBI‑Blast support, the latest NVIDIA graphics driver, and broad security updates covering Firefox, Python and Chromium.
Kernel upgraded to 4.19.0‑9
ClamAV updated
LibreOffice OpenGL issue fixed
NCBI‑Blast support disabled
Latest NVIDIA graphics driver
Security updates from Firefox to Python to Chromium
Tencent Q1 Revenue
Tencent reported first‑quarter revenue of ¥1,080.65 billion (US$152.5 billion), up 26% YoY, with net profit up 29% and cash reserves of ¥2,205.84 billion.
Microsoft & Oracle Win $10 B US‑DoD Cloud Contract
Microsoft and Oracle jointly secured a $10 billion cloud contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, defeating Amazon after a covert collaboration that began in April 2018.
Inspur Wins >¥200 Million AI Server Deal with China Mobile
Inspur was selected to supply 600 AI servers (model NF5468M5) worth over ¥200 million for China Mobile’s large‑scale AI procurement.
Kingsoft Cloud Raises $5.1 B in Nasdaq IPO
Kingsoft Cloud listed on Nasdaq (ticker KC) at $17 per share, raising $5.1 billion to fund infrastructure expansion, AI, big data, cloud and IoT research and development.
Tencent Cloud Wins Shenzhou Secure Cloud Platform Bid
Tencent Cloud ranked first for the Shenzhou secure cloud platform project, followed by H3C and QingCloud.
GitHub Launches Codespaces Online IDE
GitHub introduced Codespaces, an online IDE integrated into the web interface, allowing developers to code without leaving the browser.
GitHub Account Breach Exposes 500 GB Private Data
A hacker known as Shiny Hunters accessed a Microsoft GitHub account, stole 500 GB of private repositories, and considered selling the data before releasing it publicly.
Bitmain License Snatch Incident
About 60 men seized the business license of Beijing Bitmain from a government clerk during a change of legal representative.
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