ChannelWeb's top five most read

A rundown of last week's most-read stories

1) Softcat: MD-in-waiting won't make us "ugly"

Ex-Computacenter bigwig Colin Brown set to take Softcat's reins as Martin Hellawell eyes chairman role

2) HP services boss out as vendor braces for $10bn Q3 charges

Vendor to lose $8bn on goodwill impairment on services unit as John Visentin bids farewell

3) Hammer and EntaTech join £100m distie club

UK players reach nine-figure top lines in recently filed results, but margins differ wildly

4) Avnet sales fall blamed on weak June

Distributor pins hopes on Magirus acquisition to provide future growth

5) Birbeck stands down as Equanet chief

CRN understands he is set to take over top spot at Dixons Retail-owned PIXmania