1) IBM exec charged in $20m insider trading case

Robert Moffat, head of Big Blue's $19bn systems and technology group, put on leave following arrest last week

2) VMware and Citrix square off in results showdown

Virtualisation heavyweights share honours in Q3 but both are outshone by F5

3) Bell exits Italian distribution market

Distributor places "loss making" Milan-based subsidiary into voluntary liquidation as it focuses on growth

4) Channel firms make fast growth tech list

The channel was well-represented in Deloitte's table to the UK's fastest growing technology firms

5) Tiltman to exit C2000

Distributor bids farewell to long-serving credit director