The CRN.com News Quiz -- October 2010
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 October, as reported on CRN. See how well you score!
It's the slatest! Whose new business-oriented tablet PC, the Slate 500, running Windows 7, was released this month?
Asus
Dell
HP
Lenovo
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That's a big apple. Who won a five year, $50 million dollar contract to move much of New York city's IT infrastrucure to the cloud?
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ACS/Xerox
Deloitte
Microsoft
SAIC
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Apple reaches out to the enterprise, again. Who is Apple partnering with to provide support for businesses users of iPads and iPhones?
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Accenture
Dimension Data
Sapient
Unisys
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Cloud storage developer Cleversafe recieved an investment from what unusual organization?
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The CIA
The Rolling Stones
The Vatican
Yale University
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Who's planning on spending "hundreds of millions" on a campaign to showcase their products as high-end, not commodity, devices?
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Acer
Dell
Samsung
Toshiba
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This Oak Trail is more than a foliage walk. Intel's new processor family is aimed at what platform?
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Consumer electronics
Data Centers
Implantable medical devices
Tablet PCs
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They'll make it up in volume. Who is offering businesses a free instance of their cloud services infrastructure for a year?
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Amazon
Google
IBM
Rackspace
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This is as bad as when Black Sabbath broke up. Lotus Notes creator Ray Ozzie is stepping down as chief software architect of what company?
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Apple
Google
IBM
Microsoft
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Which TV manufacturer is coming out with a line of sets featuring Google's Google TV software, with Android app support?
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Hitachi
Sony
Sharp
Vizio
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Make up your mind. What company announced it was in talks with an investor to go private a second time, having already gone public twice?
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Fortinet
Juniper
Netgear
Seagate
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For more on the stories in this quiz, see the following articles:
HP Unveils Slate 500 Tablet For Business Users
Microsoft, New York City Strike Software-Cloud Computing Deal
Apple Targeting Business, Government Markets With Unisys Help
Storage Developer Cleversafe Gets Investment From CIA Venture Arm
Dell To Spend 'Hundreds Of Millions' In Consumer Ad Campaign
Intel Preparing Oak Trail Processors For Tablets
Amazon Unveils Free Cloud Services Amid Falling Margins
Microsoft Partners: It Was Time For Ozzie To Go