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Partner News Podcast: 2008 IT channel year in review

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Big news was not hard to come by in the IT channel in 2008. Infra-Comm, a former Cisco Systems partner, won a groundbreaking channel conflict lawsuit against the networking giant. Microsoft unveiled its software plus services strategy, marking a fundamental shift in the way partners will deliver software to customers. And despite a recession, Oracle decided it would be a good time to raise its prices by 20%.

In this final podcast of 2008, the SearchITChannel.com staff discusses the top IT channel stories of the year and looks forward to 2009.

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  • Top 10 IT channel news stories of 2008, part 1
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  • Top 10 IT channel news stories of 2008, part 2
    Get the rest of the year's top IT channel news stories, including Apple's and Linux's gains on Microsoft.
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