Reddit discusses franchised MSP blunders, network performance tools, and returning to the office

Plus, Yahoo’s future in Asia and Microsoft’s future at CES

The company had several big news stories in 2011, including the beta launch of Windows 8 and the acquisition of Skype

This year, the distributor announced several cloud initiatives and partnered with new vendors

After 100 years, the company is still making headlines, this year around the cloud and with several acquisitions

Plus, leadership changes at Rackspace and a new Facebook feature

A hand-picked selection of the technology company mergers and acquisitions that mattered this year, from IBM and Oracle to Microsoft, HP, Salesforce.com and more

At a live CDN debate this month, two solution providers discussed how the channel can tackle the challenges of selling to the market

Still, sales of Oracle’s specialized hardware-software appliances grew rapidly in the quarter, according to CEO Larry Ellison

Following trail of Zynga, Groupon, sector already is far ahead in volume for Q4, according to PwC’s study

In a restructuring of the vendor’s partner organization, John Cammalleri gives up the channel chief role with channel responsibility now residing within the business units

A gorgeous screen, business-class security, and Android 4 push this smartphone to a new level. Too bad about the several flaws

This year, Onx broke out of its Canadian shell and earned several partner awards

Vendor moves on from the data centre to push desktop virtualization

With a download count larger than Windows 7 beta’s, Microsoft’s Windows 8 preview is being used by just a fourth as many people

The company wants the channel here to take advantage of the now bilingual Partner Marketing Central