As your favorite author is sick for probably the whole week, you might enjoy this news of another advantage of outsourcing meanwhile:

"CenterBeam's ongoing audit of computers and networks under its management shows the company successfully prevented the Sasser worm from disrupting the business operations of any of its customers.

Centerbeam is one of many companies that a business can turn to, to manage their entire technology infrastructure.

Companies have the constant choice and juggle of "do I manage my own technology, hire someone else to do it, or use a blend of both"?

"Sasser is just the latest battle in the ongoing war against viruses, worms and hackers," said Kevin Francis, CenterBeam president and chief executive officer. "Today, CenterBeam is declaring victory. The war goes on and our defense against an ever escalating onslaught of threats will continue so our customers are always protected."Read on here.