The Channelweb.com News Quiz -- September 2009
How well do you know the IT channel? In this quiz, we ask 10 questions regarding the business and technology issues that solution providers encountered in September, as reported on Channelweb. See how well you score!
Meow! Who referred to the Linux kernel as 'huge and bloated' in a public roundtable discussion this month?
Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Linux creator Linus Torvalds
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
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M&A Number One: Which business product vendor is gobbling up Affiliated Computer Services, No. 23 on the VAR500, in a $6 billion deal?
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Kodak
Panasonic
Toshiba
Xerox
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That took eighteen months? HP announced that 'HP Enterprise Services' is the new name for the integrator it acquired in May 2008. What was it previously called?
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Accenture
Bearingpoint
Cap Gemini
EDS
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M&A Number Two: Dell announced plans to buy which VAR500 company (No. 51 on this year's list), to become Dell's enterprise services unit?
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Convergys
Deloitte
Keane
Perot Systems
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We're sunnier than Sun! Oracle placed an ad in The Wall Street Journal this month to make what promise to partners?
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Investment in the MySQL database
More Sparc and Solaris spending
Ongoing commitment to Java
Support for the NetBeans development tool
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They feel lucky! In Google's first distribution deal with a hardware manufacturer, who agreed to install Chrome as their PC's primary Web browser?
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Acer
Asus
Samsung
Sony
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M&A Number Three: Web analytics provider Omniture will be acquired by which software company?
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Adobe
Google
Microsoft
Yahoo
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The Opera Web browser, upgraded to version 10 this month, has a loyal following and unique strengths over slow connections. Where is Opera's home town?
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Helsinki, Finland
Oslo, Norway
Stockholm, Sweden
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Cisco's 'Smart Grid Ecosystem' partnership, announced this month, aims to bring IP-based standards to which industry?
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Cloud computing
Electrical power
Geographic Information Systems
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education
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As Microsoft approaches its retail store launch, which of the following has it been accused of doing?
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Renting locations near Apple stores
Snatching up Apple's retail consultants
Recruiting Apple store employees
All of the above
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For more on the stories in this quiz, see the following articles:
Torvalds Calls Linux Kernel 'Huge And Bloated'
Xerox To Buy Business Process Outsourcing Solution Provider ACS
EDS Gets New Name: HP Enterprise Services
Dell To Acquire Perot Systems For $3.9 Billion
Oracle Ad Refutes Sun Hardware Fears
Adobe To Acquire Omniture For $1.8 Billion
Google: Sony Picks Chrome For Vaio PCs
New Opera 10 Browser Hits The High Notes