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Quiz yourself on the latest cloud technology news so far in 2017

A lot has happened in the cloud market over the past six months. New tools and partnerships dominated the headlines -- but how much do you remember? Find out with this quiz.

Kathleen Casey

Assistant Site Editor

The latest cloud technology news has centered around the top cloud providers as they attempt to sweeten their offerings.

The rivalry between Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google heated up in 2017 -- a benefit for enterprises, as prices decrease and new services emerge, including those for cloud monitoring, security and artificial intelligence (AI). To fill any remaining gaps in their services, some providers pursued partnerships and acquisitions to strengthen their offerings. If the past six months tell public cloud users anything, it's that enterprises increasingly face more deployment options.

Take this quiz to test your knowledge of the latest cloud technology news.

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slemmesmi - 6 Jul 2017 3:33 AM

Who cares about IBM in regards of cloud - their hosted storage offering has nothing to do with cloud, other than IBM's own naming thereof.

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