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The channel community has seen a number of new partner programs pop up in the past couple of months, as well as significant changes to those that already play a major role in agents' and VARs' businesses.

Level 3 Communications, CenturyLink and Microsoft are just a few of the big names with channel-program news to share. Our slide show gives you the highlights in one tidy package.

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