Why will a Chief Information Officer be interested in the benefit of the Technology Independent Machine Interface (TIMI) on IBM i?

• A. TIMI allows the organization to more easily migrate software from non-IBM platforms to IBM i
• B. TIMI enables the transfer of IBM Licensed Program Products from older to newer hardware.
• C. TIMI includes a web-based, intuitive interface that increases user productivity.
• D. TIMI allows observable programs compiled under older versions of IBM ito run on new releases and newer hardware.

A POWER7 customer running IBM i 7.1 acquired another company. The acquired company uses a POWER4 model 825 running IBM i V5R4 with a small set of home-grown RPGIII applications.
The customer has determined that the POWER7 system can accommodate the new workload1 but is concerned with the migration effort to move those applications from such an old system.
Which of the following statements will ease the customer concern?

• A. IBM i 7.1 with VIO Server can host an IBM i LPAR running 5.4 so no migration will be required
• B. Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) is included with IBM i V7.1 to transform each V5R4 RPG object the first time it is referenced.
• C. Rational Development Studio for i provides migration tools to modernize legacy RPG programs automatically.
• D. IBM i allows observable programs to move from one release and one processor family to another without recompilation

What is the advantage of purchasing a Solution Edition featuring Independent Software Vendor (ISV) software running on IBM i, compared to the ISV software running on non-IBM platforms?

• A. Support for ISV software running on IBM i is included in the initial cost of the Solution Edition.
• B. IBM International Pricing Agreements mean that global ISVs offer a lower pricing model for their software when running on Power Systems servers.
• C. Solution Editions include IBM Software Maintenance at no charge for the first 3 years.
• D. Solution Editions featuring ISV software offer lower total cost of ownership (TOO) and lower total cost of acquisition (TOA) than competitors.

A prospective customer is considering a Power Systems solution with IBM i and PowerVM.
Other possible solutions being proposed to this customer are:
-x86 with Linux, Oracle, and VMware -x86 with Windows, SQL Server, and VMware
How does the acquisition cost and TOO of the Power Systems solution compare with the x86
solutions?

• A. Acquisition costs are similar for all solutions, but the software maintenance costs for database and VMware raise the 3 year TOO of the x86 solutions
• B. The acquisition and 3 year operational costs are lower than the Windows solution, and the Oracle maintenance fees result in a higher 3 year TOO compared to Power.
• C. With POWER7, the acquisition cost is lower than for both Windows and Linux offerings resulting in a lower 3-year TOO.
• D. Acquisition costs are slightly higher for the Power Systems solution, but the significantly reduced operational costs result in a lower TOO over 3 years.

A Power 720 customer running IBM i recently failed an internal security is audit. The customer asked for a solution that will enable them to better track who accesses, or attempts to access, certain confidential files.
Which of the following recommendations is most appropriate?

• A. IBM i continuously logs information of all system security activities in time-stamped history logs.
• B. Tivoli Security Management suite for IBM i provides a centralized security management and access control tool set.
• C. IBM i can provide tracking for all users, activity tracking for specific objects, and for specific users.
• D. IBM has earned ISO 27001 Certification and now has controls to safeguard consumer data in both public and private clouds.