The CRN.com Year-End News Quiz For 2010
Which two companies vollied cloud customer wins back and forth all year, including the cities of New York and Los Angeles, Dow Chemical, and the USDA and GSA agencies?
Amazon and Rackspace
EMC and IBM
Microsft and Google
VMWare and HP
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webOS has been an also-ran in the tablet/smartphone world. Who's trying to turn that around with an upcoming tablet product?
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Acer
Asus
HP
Motorola
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Which former Microsoft exec unsuccessfully sued much of technology's A-list (Apple, Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc.) for patent infrigement?
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Paul Allen
Stephen Elop
Ray Ozzie
Nathan Mhryvold
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Don't copy that floppy! According to a US District Court, who owes Oracle $1.3 billion for software illegally downloaded by one of its' subsidiaries?
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EMC
IBM
SAP
VMWare
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According to the CRN Test Center, what is the overall technology Product of the Year?
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Apple's iPad
Intel's Core i5 proecssor
ION's SR-71 SpeedServer
Ubuntu version 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
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High Five! The Kinect motion sensing and control software is launching in a game platform, but could be extended to health care, education, security and other verticals. Who developed it?
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AMD
Intel
Microsoft
Panasonic
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Can you hear me now? Yes, your honor... Who's on the hook for $52 million to customers and $25 million to Uncle Sam for overbilling end users for 'phantom' data usage?
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AT&T
Sprint
T-Mobile
Verizon
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Acquisitions, Part One: Which of these pairs is not a correct buyer/buyee, in deals announced or completed in 2010?
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Attachmate/Novell
Dell/Compellent
IBM/Tandberg
Symantec/Verisign
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Acquisitions, Part Two: Which of these pairs is not a correct buyer/buyee pair of 2010?
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HP/3Par
Intel/McAfee
Microsoft/Dimension Data
Symantec/PGP
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See you soon! What is Cius, coming in March 2011, that has Cisco's channel partners so excited?
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Android-based tablet
Cisco's network IOS upgrade
Cloud server architecture
Next generation telepresence product
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For more on the stories in this quiz, see the following articles:
Microsoft Scores With USDA In Cloud Computing Conflict With Google
Google Beats Microsoft In GSA Federal Cloud E-Mail Fight
L.A. Sticks With Google Cloud Computing Despite Delays
Take That Google: Microsoft Hypes High-Profile Cloud Computing Customer Wins
HP Buys Palm, Weaves webOS Into Mobile Plans
Judge Dismisses Paul Allen Patent Lawsuit Against Apple, Google
Jury: SAP Owes Oracle $1.3 Billion For Copyright Infringement
Overall Product Of The Year: ION SR-71 SpeedServer