IBM DB2 BLU/Cloud Sales Mastery v1 v6.0 (M2090-744)

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Which aspect of BLU Acceleration best differentiates it from other competitors with some form columnar database support?

  • A. Extreme performance
  • B. Available as a cloud offering
  • C. Load and go simplicity
  • D. Parallel Vector Processing


Answer : D

Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_DB2

Which of the following summarizes the BLU Acceleration value prop?

  • A. Fast, Inexpensive, Compatible
  • B. Fast, Simple. Agile
  • C. Simple. Reliable, Inexpensive
  • D. Agile, Inexpensive, Complete


Answer : B

Reference:
http://www.ibmbluhub.com/why-blu-acceleration/

Which two examples show that Amazon RedShift lacks DB2 BLU's usability features?

  • A. Compression algorithms must be picked manually
  • B. Workload management divides resources manually and does not dynamically adjust memory allocation to meet workload requirements
  • C. Query execution plans must be specified manually
  • D. Data skipping must be specified manually


Answer : B,D

Which of the underlying technologies give BLU Acceleration its greatest competitive advantage over alternative solutions?

  • A. In-memory, columnar technology
  • B. Actionable compression
  • C. CPU acceleration
  • D. Data Skipping


Answer : D

When talking to a client, what is the Leading benefit of Hadoop/Big Insights?

  • A. To analyze unstructured and structured data
  • B. To store only structured data
  • C. Use it as landing zone for structured, unstructured, and semi structured data
  • D. To analyze external data


Answer : C

Reference:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ba-augment-data-warehouse2/index.html

Managed Service offerings provide:

  • A. IBM management of comprehensive performance SLAs
  • B. User customization of the server and software stack
  • C. IBM management of provisioning, upgrades, backups, and availability
  • D. Free access to dedicated servers or clusters


Answer : A

Reference:
https://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/iss/pdf/gtd00763-usen-01.pdf

Which are the best two entry points for BLU Acceleration?

  • A. Cognos BIcustomers
  • B. SAP BW customers
  • C. DB2 for z/OS customers
  • D. Oracle ERP customers


Answer : B,C

DB2 BLU powers two different cloud offerings. These are:

  • A. 1) BLU Acceleration for Cloud 2)AnImage offering including Cognos
  • B. 1)BLU Insight 2)AManaged Service offering including Cognos
  • C. 1) BLU Analytics Acceleration 2)AManaged Service offering that does not include Cognos
  • D. 1)DB2 BLU Cloud Edition 2)AnImage offering that does not include Cognos


Answer : D

Which best describes the Oracle environments that we should prioritize for Oracle takeout opportunities?

  • A. All Oracle environments are equally simple to go after with our Oracle application compatibility layer
  • B. The ideal environments are those where the Oracle Application Suite is being used by the client
  • C. SAP, Cognos and environments with home grown applications will generally be the easiest to go after
  • D. We only target take-out with SAP environments


Answer : C

What type of "as-a-Service" delivery is BlueMix?

  • A. Infrastructure-as-a-Service
  • B. Platform-as-a-Service
  • C. Software-as-a-Service


Answer : B

Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluemix

Which best describes the approach that should be used when working on a Cognos and
BLU opportunity where Oracle or SQL Server exists today?

  • A. Try and introduce BLU into the environment as a Cognos Workload Accelerator, leveraging BLU for Cloud or the 90-day free trial
  • B. Use the Oracle application compatibility layer for Oracle and do not focus on SQLServer since we don't have the equivalent
  • C. Work to displace the Oracle or SQLServer environment as this has the largest revenue opportunity
  • D. We are not targeting these environments. We are only targeting existing Cognos and DB2 environments


Answer : A

Reference:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/linux-unix-windows/db2-blu-acceleration/

Which are the two key differences between the SoftLayer and Amazon public clouds?

  • A. SoftLayer provides only bare metal servers, while Amazon provides both virtual and bare metal
  • B. SoftLayer provides bare metal and virtual servers, while Amazon provides only virtual
  • C. SoftLayer does not charge for network transfer between SoftLayer datacenters, while Amazon charges for bandwidth between AWS datacenters
  • D. SoftLayer charges for network transfer between SoftLayer datacenters, while Amazon does not charge for bandwidth between AWS datacenters


Answer : B

Which is the most accurate statement about why BLU is a better alternative solution to
HANA?

  • A. BLU is less expensive than HANA. but is the same technology
  • B. BLU is the only solution in the industry which leverages both in-memory technology as well as deep hardware exploitation such as SIMD
  • C. BLU provides a less expensive solution which works with all SAP applications regardless of whether there are analytics or reporting running in the system
  • D. BLU provides a less expensive, mature and more flexible columnar implementation than HANA so that the client will not need to change their skills or hardware infrastructure


Answer : B

There is a customer currently running Cognos on top of SQL Server. Despite going to
Cognos 10.2,the customer continues to experience performance challenges. Which is the best initial course of action?

  • A. Look for another entry point. DB2 does not have SQL Server compatibility
  • B. Propose BLU Acceleration as a Cognos accelerator to speed up existing reports using a BLU for Cloud
  • C. Propose an enterprise wide SQL Server takeout with an aggressive IULA
  • D. Propose PDOA since SQL Server can't run on Power


Answer : B

Reference:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/linux-unix-windows/db2-blu-acceleration/

What type of "as-a-Service" delivery is SoftLayer?

  • A. Infrastructure-as-a-Service
  • B. Platform-as-a-Service
  • C. Software-as-a-Service


Answer : A

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