Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a leading global consulting firm, announced the completion of its acquisition of WisdomNet, a Denver-based talent management solution and consulting firm.

The acquisition will help us meet our clients’ increasing need for talent management services – a demand likely to grow as labor markets continue to tighten,” said Paul Platten, global practice director of Watson Wyatt’s human capital group.

WisdomNet has built a reputation for innovative and appropriate solutions and an unparalleled level of expertise. Its software products include I-TMS™ for talent management and Workforce Impact™ for leading-edge workforce planning.

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Mr. Gary Lee is having a contest which gives away a free iphone! Mr. Gary Lee’s blog is about internet marketing and I am sure the iphone giveaway will be a huge success.

Mr. Gary also has another site free online coupon and he has golf equipment for sale too.

To participate, you must link all the above URL’s and hope to win the contest. Incase you have Page Rank 4 and above your site will fetch you 2 votes instead of one. This post therefore allots me only 1 ticket (as my Page Rank is 3) …

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Search engine leviathan Google has continued its invasion of the IT channel by grabbing security vendor Postini in a cool $635m deal.

The all-cash agreement is expected to close in the third quarter, after which Postini, which specialises in message security, archiving, encryption and policy enforcement services, will become a fully-owned subsidiary of Google. The deal comes just days after Google signed a distribution agreement with channel giant Ingram Micro around its Mini and Search Appliance products (CRN, 2 July).

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I stumbled into this really interesting video which talks about what it is like to work for Google and also employee experiences during their interviews. So if you are interested to working for Google then check this video out!

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