NetFlash: Offshore use on the rise but savings lag

NetFlash: Offshore use on the rise but savings lag
07/21/05

In this issue:

* Offshore use on the rise but savings lag
* Microsoft to acquire FrontBridge for e-mail security
* Security firm details unpatched Oracle flaws
* Perna steps down as info manager at IBM
* IBM to unveil network-attached storage arrays
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Jeff Caruso

Do you think offshore outsourcing can cut your IT costs in half?
You're dreaming. A survey of 5,000 execs shows that savings
aren't nearly that high.
Offshore use on the rise but savings lag
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3572>

Microsoft to acquire FrontBridge for e-mail security

First Sybari Software, now FrontBridge. Microsoft is building a
business for e-mail security through acquisitions, and at least
one analyst is indicating there may be one more.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3573>

Security firm details unpatched Oracle flaws

A German security firm has published details of six security
vulnerabilities in Oracle's software, three of them high-risk,
that it says were not fixed in an Oracle security update earlier
this month.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3574>

Perna steps down as info manager at IBM

The head of IBM's Information Management software unit, which
makes and sells the high-profile DB2 database line of products,
is bowing out next month.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3575>

IBM to unveil network-attached storage arrays

IBM is expected to announce next week the first of its
re-branded network-attached storage appliances.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3576>

Today on Layer 8, where we say "R.I.P. Scotty":

Feds complete biggest international spam bust ever; Google heads
to space; can you win an AIM Fight?; and movie disses tablet
computing; all this today and more at your home for
not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Future-proof your network
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3420>

2. Appliances replace DNS, DHCP software
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3421>

3. Microsoft sues Google, former employee over hiring
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3577>

4. The ROI of VoIP
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3178>

5. Investors target systems management
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3578>

Today's most forwarded story:

Investors target systems management
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash3578>
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To contact: Jeff Caruso

Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World.
He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing,
and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs
newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him
at <mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>
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analysis and product test reviews for practical how-to advice on
subjects ranging from patch management and spyware to promises
and risks of automated security services.
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