IT services deals decline 20% in second quarter

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	IT services deals decline 20% in second quarter The number of new IT and business process outsourcing contracts worldwide dropped by 20 percent to 411 in the second quarter from 516 in the same quarter a year ago, with average contract values also sliding, according to research firm Everest Group. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Become a Cloud expert at AWS re: Invent Amazon Web Services invites you to AWS re:Invent, our first global customer and partner conference. Hear how companies are migrating their IT applications to the Cloud. Learn best practices for managing security, monitoring your resources, optimizing performance, and cutting costs. Get your questions answered by AWS experts to help you get started. Register today for AWS re: Invent, the largest gathering ever of the AWS community. In this Issue Google hit with fine, bad press for tracking users The Grill: Ramon Baez on outsourcing challenges at Kimberly-Clark. Bart Perkins: The value of skeptics (of the right kind) Motorola Mobility workers wary of Google Thornton May: Futuring should be job No. 1 for IT Facebook data center strives for extreme power usage effectiveness WEBCAST: VCE Boosting Asset Utilization of Vblock Customers This webcast will highlight detailed results from a recent IDC study, sponsored by VCE, of five organizations that have implemented Vblock Systems, and seen dramatic cost savings, vast improvement in deployment times, and reduction in downtime. Learn more. Google hit with fine, bad press for tracking users Google must pay a historic fine to settle U.S. charges that it violated privacy laws when it used cookies to track Safari users. But it could be bad press, more than the FTC penalty, that spurs the company to change its ways. Read More The Grill: Ramon Baez on outsourcing challenges at Kimberly-Clark. Ramon Baez, who was recently named global CIO at HP, reflects on five years' of successes and challenges in his previous role as CIO at Kimberly-Clark. Read More Bart Perkins: The value of skeptics (of the right kind) Their endless questioning can be painful at times, but a loyal skeptic can help keep your project on track. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed VDI Performance: Conquer the Challenges, Reap the Benefits The centralization and management of branch environments through desktop virtualization as an ideal way to simplify global management and reduce costs, while ensuring better levels of security and compliance. However, remote office virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments often prove difficult to implement for a number of reasons. Learn more. Motorola Mobility workers wary of Google Google's plan to cut 20% of the workforce at Motorola Mobility has reignited internal fears that the Internet giant acquired the mobile device maker primarily for its 17,000 patents. Read More Thornton May: Futuring should be job No. 1 for IT Futuring is not what you do when you are finished with the imagined real work of operations. Read More Facebook data center strives for extreme power usage effectiveness Facebook opened up its data center in Prineville, Oregon for a quick reporter tour, showcasing what's new and what's been updated about the environmentally friendly facility. Overwhelmingly, what matters to Facebook is its Power Usage Effectiveness. Read More
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