The Channelweb.com News Quiz -- November 2009
I'll raise you 3(Com)! This vendor upped the stakes in its competiton with Cisco by acquiring networking vendor 3Com.
Dell
HP
Juniper
SMC
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They're happy together. These two arch-rivals settled their legal disputes this month and agreed to another five years of technology cross-licensing.
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AT&T and Verizon
Intel and AMD
SAP and Salesforce
SCO and Novell
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Which company has a present for holiday travelers -- free wi-fi at 47 major airports?
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Apple
Cisco
Google
Palm
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Who's holding up the Oracle-Sun deal, citing concerns about competition in the database market?
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Administration officials
European Union regulators
Federal courts
Sun's Board of Directors
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Up and Atom! Intel's netbook processors helped boost the chipmaker to what percentage of total worldwide microprocessor sales?
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51%
61%
71%
81%
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Maybe these are the droids you're looking for. Which manufacturer launched the Droid smartphone this month, featuring Google's Android operating system?
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Ericsson
LG
Motorola
Nokia
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The 'Fusion' Project aims to combine CPU and graphics processing functions on to a single chip, due to arrive in 2011. Who is hard at work on it?
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AMD
IBM
Intel
Nvidia
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Remember IPOs? This network security vendor went public this month, raising more than $150 million.
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Fortinet
Raritan
SonicWall
Verisign
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said this month that Windows 7 has what rate of sales compared to "any other OS we've ever launched"?
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"Comparable"
"Stronger"
"Twice"
"Four Times"
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By aquiring videoconferencing vendor LifeSize, this consumer peripherals manufacturer is launching a major initiative in both enterprise products and the channel.
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Canon
Kensington
Kingston
Logitech
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For more on the stories in this quiz, see the following articles:
HP Takes Gloves Off In Fight With Cisco With Plan To Acquire 3Com
Intel-AMD Antitrust Settlement Good For The Channel, Say Partners
Happy Holidays: Google Offers Free WiFi At 47 Airports
European Commission Issues 'Objections' To Oracle-Sun Deal
Intel Atom Drove Record Increase For Q3 Microprocessor Shipments: IDC
Is The Motorola Droid About To Out-Apple Apple?
AMD Roadmap Targets 2011 For Fusion
Fortinet IPO Closes Strong First Day