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

Symantec will pay US$695 million for MessageLabs, a security vendor that filters out spam and malicious Web traffic

TELUS will be the first to bring the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm to Canada

Plus, a new concept pillow called i-sleep and how to make VOIP calls from the iPhone and iPod Touch

Organizations need to focus on better quality leads, instead of operational efficiencies, survey reveals

Plus, IBM’s Bluehouse social networking and collaboration service and HP’s soon-to-be-released new smartphone

New product is a poor man’s NAS

The software lets users make voice calls over WiFi

VCs are less likely to put money in without generating quick returns

Upgrade builds reusable business processes and include them in the governance framework

A new research study shows increased risk of counterfeit IT products in the channel