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Find everything your small business needs regarding Security, Networking, Broadband, Hardware, Software, and Wireless and Mobile technology at: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=85522 _______________________________________________________________ Network World's IBM News Alert IBM offers companies monthly security report, 10/25/04 IBM Monday introduced a security service that offers a concise, monthly global-network threat report designed to help organizations assess security needs and vulnerabilities from a business perspective. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1025ibmoffer.html?nl> IBM enhances storage software, 10/25/04 IBM this week beefed up its storage virtualization and automation software. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1025ibmstor.html?nl> IBM enhances compliance suite, 10/25/04 IBM's approach to compliance is platform-based: Instead of providing point products to address specific legislative requirements, Big Blue offers a suite of tools that work together to handle the auditing, reporting and security requirements of ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/102504ibm.html?nl> Outsourcing meets automation, 10/25/04 Utility computing is creating unprecedented flexibility in the services outsourcers can offer to enterprise customers. <http://www.nwfusion.com/supp/2004/ndc6/1025outsourcing.html?nl> IBM to offer slimmed-down blade chassis for SMBs, 10/22/04 IBM next month will begin selling a new slimmed-down version of its BladeCenter server chassis aimed at enticing small and midsized businesses into blade computing. The company is also set Friday to begin selling five new reference architectures for ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1022ibmtoof.html?nl> IBM Norway trades services for hefty contract, 10/22/04 IBM is selling its outsourcing business for local governments and small and midsized businesses in Norway, calling it part of an overall strategy to focus on larger outsourcing customers and consolidate its operations in Europe. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1022ibmnorwa.html?nl> Servers Newsletter: IBM blends servers with storage, 10/21/04 IBM last week announced storage arrays that use technology from its mainframe, mid-range and blade server systems. <http://www.nwfusion.com/nlibmnewsalert768> NEC announces speedy supercomputer, 10/20/04 Less than a month after IBM claimed the world's fastest computer crown from NEC, the Japanese company is trying to win it back with a new supercomputer that will be available from December, it said Wednesday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1020necannou.html?nl> Liberty Alliance holdout IBM ends resistance, joins, 10/20/04 IBM has become the latest company to join the Liberty Alliance, a global consortium aimed at developing standards for managing user identities. IBM joins Oracle and Intel as a backer of the effort, which Sun leads. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1020liberty.html?nl> Weblog: United front, 10/20/04 IBM and Cisco both seem to realize that they can't do it all on their own. By all, I mean connect, secure, provision and manage... <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/management/006552.html?nl> (c) _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Contact Online News Editor Jeff Caruso at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Veritas IDC White Paper, Distributed Applications Performance Management Performance management of distributed applications continues to grow in complexity, keeping pace with this constantly changing environment is a challenge for IT and performance management software vendors alike. 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