IBM and AT&T announced today that they will jointly offer a packaged team collaboration solution. The package will make it easier for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to buy and deploy collaboration software with integrated Internet access capabilities.

"This is a unique offering in the market and positions AT&T and IBM and our business partners to continue to add customer value as IT and IP convergence accelerates," said Ken Bisconti, IBM vice president of Workplace, Portal and Collaboration. 

This week the pioneer in the domain name registration Network Solutions (www.networksolutions.com) introduced its new generation of Web site hosting packages. The new offering will provide solutions for individuals and businesses that want to establish or enhance their Internet visibility. Packages are priced as low as $9.96 per month for an annual plan and include: a domain name registration (free with annual package), generous amounts of storage, monthly data transfer and e-mailboxes. 

In the domain name regulation, ICANN announced the new appointments: Olof Nordling as manager of Policy Development Coordination, Maria Farrell as GNSO Policy Officer and Donna Austin as ccNSO Policy Officer. 

The technology pick of the week is Microsoft's (www.microsoft.com) Microsoft® Partner Channel Builder online tool. It is a key addition to the sales enablement benefits provided to industry partners through the Microsoft Partner Program. 

In the security field, email security provider Postini (www.postini.com), announced that directory harvest attacks (DHAs) by spammer against corporate email reached record levels in February.

According to Postini, the unwanted email has remained virtually unchanged at 88 percent while only 12 percent of all email is legitimate.

"February was the worst month ever for DHAs," said Andrew Lochart, director of product marketing for Postini. "In fact, the five worst days ever recorded by Postini were in February."

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