Apollo Global Management acquires Tech Data for $5.4 billion

Distributor tries to brand its cloud professional services offering

Managed IT and colocation services provider has more than 330 customers

Google will launch an online app store to accompany the OS, and will initially target laptop users

Vendor will take a $1B accounting charge to cover the cost of restructuring

Nation-wide provider delivers another excellent year

Plus, Samsung’s N150 netbook and tips for starting an MSP business

Service business restructuring will automate services, consolidate data centres

Linux or Mac OS preferred — but no word on Google Chrome OSrnrn

A demonstration targeting companies including Apple and Foxconn provides a noisy start to the Taiwanese trade show

Kodak continues to shine with photos prints and low ink costs, but this unit’s plain-paper output is a bit on the light side

Plus, Asus has a new Eee Tablet device and Nokia’s N900 handset