Consulting and integration revenue was the weakest part of services, down 17% on the year.

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Federal purchases of software and IT consulting and systems integration are likely to experience 5% to 7% decreases, as projects get cancelled or delayed and agencies shift from on-premise licensed software deployments to SaaS offerings with lower initial costs.

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