Tom Pettibone, founder and managing partner of IT consulting firm Transition Partners, says rates for IT contractors have dipped 10-to-15% compared with 2008. ???Cost reduction is top of mind for everyone right now,??? says Pettibone, the former CIO at New York Life, PhilipMorris, BMW, and other companies, ???and suppliers also recognize that these are unique times.??? In short, this is one more a