ChannelWeb's top five most read

A rundown of last week's most-read stories

1) Avnet chalks up Computacenter supply victory

Annual VMware supply deal worth £14m in UK alone, according to sources

2) Haddow and Di Ventura lead Trustmarque MBO

Management spearhead £43m private equity-backed buyout

3) Enta Technologies winding-up petition dismissed

Distributor hits out at HMRC for not apologising for error over VAT dispute

4) Exclusive: Bidders fume as £300m MoJ contract halted

Government slammed for allowing bidders to rack up huge costs before postponing giant desktop and laptop support contract

5) Reports: IBM swings the axe on hundreds of staff

Workers' alliance and reports suggest more than 1,000 staff have been let go, with UK heads also on the chopping block but IBM yet to respond