Channelweb's top five

1. Fowle set to leave Fujitsu
UK channel head will take up a new role at Microsoft as Alison Dodd leaves to pursue other opportunities

2. Computacenter on a roll as profit mushrooms
Corporate VAR giant saw turnover decrease slightly, but profit skyrocketed for the first half of 2009

3. One in four resellers are loss making, Plimsoll claims
Analyst predicts a slew of failures in the coming months as firms that have delayed the inevitable are caught out

4. Novell shakes up UK distribution with Avnet signing
Software vendor admits to 'rationalising' its distributor partners as it shifts to focus on quality over quantity

5. Cisco crowns BT first UK Security Master
Telecoms behemoth becomes first UK partner to gain high-end security badge and also grabs UC accreditation

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