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Number 19: This was a big year for Acer sales, and with a distribution agreement with ingram next year promises to be even betterrn

Number 18: In business just over a year, BenQ Canada beats Samsung as the market leader in Panel displays in Q3 2004rn

Number 17: Tech Data Canada managed to stay afloat during tough times but said it won’t see the double digits of its heydays.rn

Number 15: New PC Recycling and P.O.S businesses were the highlights of Murray Wright’s challenging yearrn

Number 14: Big Numbers at the channel conference and an innovative SMB strategy marked Intel’s 10th year in the channelrn

Number 11: A guy named Snow is executing a brush fire strategy

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Number 9: With soaring income, sales to the U.S. government and a foothold in Europe, Softchoice is becoming many buyers’ top choice

Number 1: Last year he was number three on our list for buying a competitor. This year Jim Estill tops the chart for being acquired by Synnex Canada, vaulting him into the distributors’s big leaguern

Number 6: This year Alan Schweitzer appointed a new president of the RAM Group following the death of his brother. The former court stenographer has come a long wayrn

Number 3: Taking time off to be with his family after shepherding the Microsoft Partners Conference here is a just reward. But Clegg will be backrn

The president of a Canadian laptop maker has some no-nonsense words for resellers:rn Stop waiting for customers to walk into your office

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This month’s second annual Microsoft Canada Partner Impact Awards drew more than 300 entries from resellers across the country

Supercom is making some strategic bets on Asus and little-known Synology for its reseller base.rn

Chipmaker says system builders have to do a better job of identifying their customers, and offers a tool to help them do the jobrn

Synnex Canada Ltd. is looking to grow its components business by five per cent in 2005 with last month’s opening of a new warehouse location, said company CEO Jim Estill.rn