MSPs discuss missed payments, admin privileges, and more on Reddit this week

Big Blue Canada will be hiring a cloud channel chief for the market

Many solution providers are awaiting the corporate tax cuts

New models are powered by the next generation of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors

VMware’s new Cloud Foundry beta service suffered downtime over the course of two days last week

RIM refreshes the Bold smartphone and unveils the Blackberry 7 OS and a couple of key apps for the Playbook

Google’s bid will set the minimum price for an auction of the patent portfolio scheduled for June 20

IDC analyst Rosalie Nelson ponders how today’s market leaders will sustain their business models

Acer did an OK job with touch features, but replacing the laptop’s lower deck with a full-size touchscreen a poor trade-off

Plus, D-Link shares its Q1 earnings and cloud use cases

New promo gives partners a change to get core networking products for free

Computer maker also develops a new branding and marketing campaign

API mapping tool offers porting assistance in moving apps from iOS to Microsoft’s mobile platform

The judge says SAP doesn’t have to pay until its post-trial motions have been heard

Company’s postmortem and apology wins praise for transparency