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========================================================= Sponsored by IBM Can an integrated voice, data and video network boost productivity, cut costs and simplify management? See how mid-sized businesses are benefiting from Voice Over Internet Protocol in a complimentary report and case study. Plus, find out about an IBM Network Readiness Assessment. Visit IBM. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1284-17-38-11627-142335-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Theresa Carey: Can Procurement App Thwart Insurance Kickbacks? 1. News: Microsoft Updates Navision 2. News: Oracle to Integrate with SWIFTNet 3. News: Worldwide Phishing Attacks May Stem from Few Sources 4. Analysis: Don't let "Creativity Crisis" Drain U.S. Work Force 5. News: Software Licensing Moving Toward Subscription, Utility Models Visit the Finance Industry Center. http://www.eweek.com/category2/0,1738,1478350,00.asp ========================================================= Theresa Carey ========================================================= Can Procurement App Thwart Insurance Kickbacks? A Web-based application from BenefitPoint brings transparency to insurance brokers' process of evaluating contract options. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says today's system "rigs bids, stifles competition and cheats customers." Will this new app help keep insurance companies honest? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1284-17-38-11627-142338-1 ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Updates Navision This latest version of Navision, geared toward SMBs, has a new user interface that is modeled, not surprisingly, on the company's widely disseminated Outlook 2003 e-mail package. Check out the updates in version 4.0 here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1284-17-38-11627-142341-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Oracle to Integrate with SWIFTNet Oracle has announced its intention to enhance the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Application Server to be compatible with SWIFT, the industry-owned cooperative providing secure, standardized messaging services and interface software to 7,650 financial institutions in more than 200 countries. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1284-17-38-11627-142344-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Worldwide Phishing Attacks May Stem from Few Sources Research from an e-mail security provider suggests that a handful of people are responsible for the vast majority of the phishing attacks on the Internet and the perpetrators are using a rotating series of zombie networks to launch them. Get the latest news on this problem. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1284-17-38-11627-142347-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Analysis: Don't let "Creativity Crisis" Drain U.S. Work Force Rather than splitting over issues such as outsourcing, the tech community needs to show the government that its policies are out of step with global economic realities. eWEEK.com's Government Industry Center Editor Chris Nolan takes a look at these hot-button issues. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1284-17-38-11627-142350-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Software Licensing Moving Toward Subscription, Utility Models A software-industry panel gathered at the SoftSummit conference concluded that subscription and utility models will increasingly replace the traditional perpetual license. 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