Article: IT and services and BPO contract sizes fall 47% in Q2 2005; Average deal size has now declined for four consecutive quarters.

M2 PRESSWIRE-18 July 2005-DATAMONITOR: IT and services and BPO contract sizes fall 47% in Q2 2005; Average deal size has now declined for four consecutive quarters(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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London - New research by independent market analysts Datamonitor (DTM.L), and leading outsourcing advisory firm Everest Group has found that the average size of IT and BPO services contracts almost halved in the second quarter of 2005. Based on figures from Datamonitor's "IT Services Contracts Tracker," the average size of contracts announced by IT and BPO services vendors in the second quarter of 2005 fell to $56m compared to $106m in the year ago period. ...

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