ChannelWeb's top five most read
A rundown of the top five most-read stories on ChannelWeb last week
1) Welsh council in datacentre funding probe
Torfaen County Borough Council asked to cover £400,000 funding black hole at local datacentre facility
2) Who says bromance is dead? The channel's biggest love-ins
To (belatedly) celebrate St Valentine's day, we remember the IT world's sweetest couples
3) HP's Worldwide Partner Conference
The vendor's annual partners summit saw a bullish Meg Whitman claim she "loves the channel", a slew of cloud announcements, and the launch of a $50,000 bonus for partners who collaborate
4) iPad 3 launch rumours doing the rounds
According to several news sites, the latest tablet from Apple is due on 7 March
5) Microsoft VARs irate at "knee-jerk" licensing price shift
Software giants plans could speed up UK business failure and piracy rates, warn onlookers