The CRN.com News Quiz -- March 2012

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 March, as reported on CRN. See how well you score!

"We'll be back," they promise. Who discontinued their Venue smartphones, their last mobile offerings in the US (at least for now)?

Dell
LG
Motorola
Sony Ericcson

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What retailer is on the lookout for telecom and cable resellers to augment its small business maintenance and repair services?

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Amazon
Best Buy
Home Depot
Target

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Who (with some help from U.S. Marshalls) siezed botnet servers in Illinois and Pennsylvania involved with banking hacks?

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Kaspersky
Microsoft
Symantec
Trend Micro

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Eight is great! When will Windows 8 will be released, according to a Bloomberg report?

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Summer 2012
October 2012
December 2012
Spring 2013

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Randy Cochran, long-time channel chief of what vendor, announced his sudden departure this month, for "other opportunities"?

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AMD
FalconStor
IBM
Symantec

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When good VARs go bad: Who has agreed to pay New York City $500 million due to a 'trouble-plagued' payroll automation project?

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Cap Gemini
Cognizant
Computer Sciences Corp
SAIC

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A Microsoft/IDC study found cloud computing will create how many jobs worldwide by 2015?

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3 million
10 million
14 million
24 million

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It was the deal of the month - Dell agreed to buy what network security vendor?

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Avaya
Enterasys
Fortinet
SonicWall

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Whose cloud service experienced a worldwide outage at the very end of February that affected customers for up to a day?

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EDS
Hostway
Microsoft
Rackspace

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Reports of the channel's demise are exaggerated. Forrester Research has determined that what percent of large vendors's revenue goes through the channel?

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20%
40%
60%
80%

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For more on the stories in this quiz, see the following articles:

Dell Discontinues U.S. Smartphones, Plans On New Mobile Devices This Year

Best Buy Seeks Small Business Channel Partners

Microsoft Takes Down Botnets Of Online Banking Thieves

Report: Windows 8 Coming In October

Partners Cautious On New Symantec Channel Chief

SAIC To Pay $500 Million In New York CityTime Fraud Scandal

Report: Cloud Computing To Create 14 Million Jobs By 2015

Dell Inks Deal For SonicWall

Microsoft Azure Cloud Service Hit With Worldwide Outage

Forrester: Tech Vendors Benefit From Channel, But Can Do More