Accenture/Avanade, Bulletproof, winners at Microsoft’s global Partner of the Year Awards

Nancy Briglio will replace Shannon O’Connor as IBM Canada’s channel chief

The ‘iPhone Plus’ is thinner, with a 4.3in Retina display, 10-megapixel camera, projector, and A6 chip

The SSDs with faster connectivity aim to make data centres faster and improve scalability

Samsung’s and Apple’s unit sales grew, while Nokia, RIM and HTC struggled

New offerings will make it easier for customers to develop mobile apps, and consolidate cloud and data centre infrastructure, the company says

IT departments have to stay ahead of the curve to deal with rogues bringing in the iPad

The Series 9 is a tantalizing machine that fills the niche of the 15-inch Ultrabook, but Samsung can do a better job on the input devices

Plus, RIM’s biggest challenge and updates to a social network for the channel

A closed-door briefing left at least one partner unimpressed on the eve of the conference’s official opening

The move signals a more collegial tone in the PaaS market

The chips reportedly run hotter by as much as 20 or 30 degrees Celsius