ChannelWeb's top five most read

A rundown of last week's most-read stories

1) Capita IT services staff prepare to strike amid pay row

Unite union claims outsourcing giant's pay structure is 'paltry' and urges it to renegotiate

2) Security channel sceptical about Cisco's Sourcefire buy

Channel concerned that security specialists will not fit in with Cisco's ‘stack it high, sell it cheap' mentality

3) Major contract wins spark optimism in IT services market

Some $7.2bn of new contracts signed in first five months of 2013, claims Ovum

4) UK channel PC sales boom but stock headaches may lie ahead

Channel sell-through figures grow 13.5 per cent in Q2 but hints of pan-Europe inventory pile-up trouble rear their head

5) Check Point UK boss Terry Greer-King to depart

Former 2e2 man heads for pastures new after three years in the country hot seat