ChannelWeb's top five most read

A rundown of last week's most-read stories

1) Avnet swoops on Magirus

European distribution mega-merger

2) Fallen Norbain yanked from administration

KPMG flogs UK assets of physical security distributor to Newbury Investments and touts remaining overseas operations

3) Avnet proposes Leeds closure in cost-cutting restructure

Distributor pledges to minimise staff impact during 30-day consultation, while co-sales chief Paul Cook stands down

4) Arrow ECS reveals cloud ambitions

Distributor launches ArrowSphere platform in EMEA after 18 months' careful observation of the mushrooming cloud market

5) Ingram Micro grabs mobility giant BrightPoint

Distributor fast-tracks ambitions to grow in mobility space with $840m acquisition