－－从IBM亮丽的报表说起

在经济危机影响日益扩大的当下, IBM带给我们一丝阳光！公司第４季度净收入超出预期，增加１２％。同时前几日宣布，在美国中部州（Lowa)增加招聘１３００雇员！看来服务业将成为危机中的热点。

本文以电子商务为例，电子商务是利用现代化互联网技术和电子商务的理念，将传统的服务行业“搬”到互联网上，简称为“电子服务”。众多经济学者认为，发展现代电子服务业将是引领社会经济走出金融危机的重要手段。
专家指出，面对金融危机，服务业的发展不可能沿袭过去的模式，一些新兴的手段必须引入到服务业的发展中来，其中电子商务是最重要的手段。调研机构IDC中国研究院日前发布白皮书显示，即使受金融危机影响，电子商务服务业未来5年仍将处于高速增长周期，并将带来大量的就业机会。如此众多的网民，通过网络表达出的生活服务需求，必将形成一个巨大的市场。而挖掘这一市场，只能通过电子商务的手段。
可是，这种无产出培育至少三年
服务行业的网络平台要成熟起来，至少还需要三到五年时间“无收入”运作，同时每年至少保证必要的投入，才能保证整个平台的有效运作。这段大投入、无产出的时间周期给进入生活服务领域的企业提出了近乎苛刻的要求。
分析认为，在当前的经济环境下，百姓希望能获取更多实用生活信息，降低生活成本，而商家也期望能更敏锐地把握百姓生活消费的走势，两者需求对接。

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The Dubuque facility in a 10-story office building once occupied by now-defunct retailer Roshek's Department Store, will create jobs for high-tech workers at a time when many technology companies are cutting staff.

Workers will provide security services and remote support to IBM customers, helping to maintain computers and software systems primarily located in the United States, IBM said late on Wednesday.

International Business Machines Corp said it plans to employ several hundred people in the facility by the end of this year, following renovations to the top eight floors of the building that it will occupy to make it more energy efficient.

By the end of next year, as many as 1,300 IBM employees will work in the building built in the 1930s, IBM said.

On Tuesday, IBM announced plans to work with Michigan State University to build a software development center in East Lansing, Michigan, that will create up to 1,500 jobs over the next five years.