What is one trend that is driving customers to implement Hadoop?
A. the development of SQL databases
B. the shift toward systems of record
C. the proliferation of unstructured data
D. the expansion of structured data
A customer is interested in open source cloud technologies. What should you tell the customer about HPE Hybrid IT solutions?
A. HPE has years of expertise in proprietary cloud technologies, which are a better fit for most customers.
B. HPE recommends open source approaches only for customers who need to integrate with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
C. HPE has extensive partnerships with open source projects such as OpenStack and Cloud Foundry.
D. HPE recommends against open source-based solutions because they tend to lock customers in.
What is a good indication of a sales opportunity for an Aruba Mobile First Network?
A. Developers need to accelerate their development cycles for mobile apps.
B. Clients are asking for services that the business does not currently offer.
C. IT is struggling to keep up with the amount of data that the business is generating.
D. The customer needs to streamline the onboarding process for personal devices.
What is the current impact of big data and Hadoop on enterprise data centers?
A. Hadoop is a new technology, and most enterprises are waiting to implement it until larger companies, such as Google, have demonstrated its effectiveness.
B. Most companies have successfully implemented Hadoop already; you will find the most promising opportunities in moving customers from Hadoop to online transactional databases.
C. Half of enterprise customers have implemented Hadoop, but most still experience issues, partially due to an infrastructure not designed to support big data.
D. Most companies have found that Hadoop is less effective for handling big data; they prefer open-source solutions such as SAP HANA.
How should you discuss digital transformation with your customers?
A. Downplay the importance of digital transformation, since it is a trend that is not as relevant as it was a year ago.
B. Focus on the way public cloud solutions can speed delivery of services and applications.
C. Help them elevate digital transformation from an incubation project to a business imperative.
D. Explain that digital transformation is just a buzzword and that they should focus on the New Economy instead.
Which customer characteristic indicates that the customer could be a target for HPE Hybrid IT solutions?
A. The customer is looking to automate their data center but is not interested in expanding to cloud.
B. The customer needs to control access for both mobile and traditional users.
C. The customer needs to deploy loT devices in a secure manner.
D. The customer is not interested in loT, but does want to support BYOD.
Which of the following is a key trend in the IT industry that is driving the adoption of HPE Edge-to-Cloud Solutions?
A. Increasing use of legacy systems
B. Decreasing demand for data storage
C. Growing use of data analytics and AI
D. Decreasing demand for high-speed network connectivity
You have identified a potential hybrid IT prospect. This customer has already virtualized much of the data center, although a few workloads run on bare metal. The customer also has some cloud services. The customer wants to continue using some public cloud services but bring other services back to the data center.
Which approach should you take with this customer?
A. Approach the customer with a pre-packaged HPE private cloud built on hype re on verged Infrastructure.
B. Avoid wasting more time on this opportunity because the customer is already committed to public cloud.
C. Take a services-led approach to help the customer unify their services in an automated hybrid cloud.
D. Help the customer plan how to update their database applications to better support big data and cloud object storage.
Why should HPE partners understand the advantages that HPE Financial Services offer?
A. By 2019 a majority of companies will be using leasing options.
B. In 2017 a majority of companies moved their services from private cloud to public could.
C. By 2018 a majority of companies will increase their IT budgets by 25%.
D. By 2021 a majority of IT expenditures will be based on pay-as-you-go and pay-per use models.
Which customer issue does an in-memory database address?
A. the need for faster insights from data
B. the need for desktop virtualization
C. the need for flexible storage and compute scaling
D. the need for data virtualization in the cloud