The CRN.com News Quiz -- August 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 August, as reported on CRN. See how well you score!

I bid a billion dollars... plus one cent! Which two companies are sparring to acquire storage virtualization vendor 3Par?

Cisco and IBM
HP and Dell
Intel and AMD
Oracle and EMC

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Free usually works. How many calls did Google report completing in a 24 hour span, right after launching a free phone call service through GMail?

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10,000
100,000
1 million
10 million

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Uncertainty doesn't work. Who announced that concerns the company may be acquired are hurting sales?

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Lexmark
Netgear
Novell
Seagate

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Who released the Aero smart phone and Streak tablet device this month, both running Google's Android OS?

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Cicso
Dell
Motorola
Nokia

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It was the deal of the month! Intel bought what security software company for more than $7 billion?

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Kaspersky
McAfee
Sophos
Trend Micro

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Startup company Smooth-Stone announced an impressive $48 million in funding, from investors including ARM and Texas Instruments. What do they plan to make?

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Cloud management tools
Networking hardware
Server processors
Social network applications

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Another intellictual property lawsuit? Yeah...? Who is Oracle accusing of infringing on Java patents?

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Google
IBM
Microsoft
Novell

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Who teased their upcoming "Galaxy" tablet computer with a brief video and new website this month?

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Acer
Asus
HTC
Samsung

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VAR 500 company Shared Technologies, a unified communications and managed services specialist, was just bought by what distributor?

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Arrow Electronics
D&H
Ingram
Tech Data

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We won't even ask about Mark Hurd. But can you identify HP's new Interim CEO?

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EVP Vyomesh Joshi
CFO Cathie Lesjak
EVP Ann M. Livermore
CIO Randy Mott

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

HP Raises Stakes Again, Increases 3Par Offer to $30 A Share

Google Reaches 1 Million Calls On New Gmail VoIP Service

Uncertainty Over Novell's Future Takes Toll On Sales

Dell's Aero Smartphone Released With AT&T Support

McAfee: Intel Deal Won't Alter Channel Focus

Chip Makers, Investors Gang Up On Intel, Invest $48M In CPU Startup

Oracle Lawsuit Charges Google With Infringing Java Patents And Copyrights

Samsung Wets Appetites With Galaxy Tab Teaser Video, Web Site

Arrow Buys VAR500 Company To Enter UC Space

HP CEO Hurd Resigns Following Sexual Harassment Investigation