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

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

If speed’s the name of your business-class, all-in-one game, you won’t be disappointed by this system. But that’s all it brings to the table

The deal recently got approval from China, Australia, and the European Commission

The U.S. International Trade Commission will block some products in the patent fight starting next April

Plus, more news on MDM and patent battles

It was a big year for the company, with several high-profile product releases, new leadership in Canada and the death of co-founder Steve Jobs

The networking vendor promises its commitment to the channel remains firm as Tidd tells CDN the company is looking to go in a new direction

Plus, Angry Birds maker prepares for Asian IPO and Red Hat’s potential for 2012