ChannelWeb's top five most read

A rundown of last week's most-read stories

1) Sources - Imtech offloads UK IBM arm to CSI

Imtech understood to have exited from IBM business just five years after acquiring Real Solutions

2) Dell to pay direct sales staff for working with partners

Named accounts and new 20 per cent reward for collaborating with partners part of sweeping changes Dell is making to channel strategy

3) Meet CRN's top channel tweeters

A rundown of the 20 most entertaining channel Twitter users of 2013

4) Trustmarque grabs Opin Systems

Growing York-based VAR adds a second Scottish office to its stable

5) Analyst: Apple-Microsoft merger due within 10 years

US analyst claims rivals will have no choice but to join forces to take on Android, Google and Facebook