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