ChannelWeb's top five most read

A rundown of last week's most-read stories

1) 2e2 collapse

CRN charted all the twists and turns in the sad - and increasingly farcical - demise of the VAR giant

2e2 suitor: There is nothing left to buy

Adminstrator asks 2e2 clients for £1m to keep datacentres on

Report: Daisy abandons 2e2 talks

627 more staff to go at 2e2

O2 saves 107 jobs with 2e2 joint venture purchase

2) Which vendors are failing their resellers?

One reseller is threatening to move hundreds of customers elsewhere due to frustration with vendor attitudes. As CRN's Vendor Report nears publication we give you a teaser into the findings

3) Dell seals MBO with private equity and $2bn Microsoft loan

Eponymous leader takes vendor private again in $24.4bn deal, subject to 45-day window for competing offers

4) Storm Technologies confirms small number of job cuts

VAR says modest headcount reductions were necessary after sales plateaued last year

5) Analyst brands Microsoft Surface 'a non-event'

Canalys tells software giant to drop Windows RT pricing by 60 per cent or watch Apple disappear further into the distance