Tech Web has this story on how United Messaging is taking advantage of the <A HREF="http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990503S0006">outsourcing</A> trend. United's approach will be to use the messaging software of its partners -- Lotus, Microsoft, Netscape, and Sun Microsystems -- and host the applications on servers in the data centers of Exodus Communications and SunGard NetWork Solutions.