Ten-year deal valued at about $2 billion Auto-parts maker Visteon is handing over its IT operations to IBM in a 10-year deal valued at about $2 billion, Visteon said in a statement Wednesday.Under the agreement, IBM of Armonk, N.Y., will deliver a wide range of IT services on a global basis, including mainframe support, data centers, help desks, application development, and maintenance, data network management and disaster recovery, Visteon of Dearborn, Mich., said.Visteon will continue to set its own IT strategy and pay IBM only for the services it uses, freeing it from large investments. Outsourcing will improve the quality of IT services and increase speed to market at Visteon, while coupling IT expenditure to actual usage, Visteon said in the statement.Visteon was spun off from Ford Motor in 2000 and recorded revenue of $18.4 billion last year. The company employs nearly 77,000 people in 25 countries. Software Development