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	With flexibility and integration expertise at a premium, customers are becoming comfortable with outsourcing core enterprise functions -- and changing outsourcers' and service vendors' approaches.		Special Report Articles   • Turning to services   • Outside interests   Related TechIndex   • TechIndex: E-business Solutions & Strategies

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• Outsourcing grows up    It's time to start thinking differently about software by subscription    • Building for keeps    Outtask created its own applications and kept money other ASPs were paying to third parties   • Packaging services    Services-oriented architectures ease the transition from xSP to ISV   • Hired hands key to top-notch security    Outsourcing security is gaining greater acceptance, especially in niche roles such as VPNs and training   • Banking on outsourcing    Financial services chief technologists are spending millions to outsource their companies' noncore functions in an effort to gain a competitive edge and focus on what they do best

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