Tuesday, 9 February 2016

000-122 Exam Sample Question

QUESTION NO:10

Which of the following features demonstrate the versatility of Power Systems?

A. Support for RAID-1 thru 5
PCIe Gen 2 expansion drawers
B. Choice of AIX, IBM i and Linux
Ability to run Windows in a WPAR
C. Highly efficient partition virtualization
Virtualized I/O with redundancy
D. Support for LDAP
Support for Oracle applications on PowerLinux

Answer: C

Section: (none)
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Trump And Forget Clinton: IBM Watson Is Running For President


Would we be better off with an algorithmic controlled sir?

If the CEOs of companies can be replaced by computers, why not the President of the United States? That, in fact, is exactly what has been proposed for IBM Watson.

Watson has already made a name for himself, of course, going back to his 2011 victory on Jeopardy. Since then, it has gone on to make medical predictions, critique written text and provide an overview of product performance, among other achievements.

Now a group called the Watson Foundation 2016 - which "has no affiliation with IBM," according to its Web site Watson Presidency - was created to help promote the presidential prospects of cognitive equipment.

Watson was designed to compete with humans by understanding the issue, using the key to analyze large amounts of data and get the best information possible answers, the group says. "This is a task for all political suffer daily, including the chairman, and may be more appropriately and effectively performed by artificial intelligence," said Watson for President.

"Watson capabilities for parallel processing in a given consultation to assess concerns about a variety of measures to evaluate the most beneficial response in all areas," the site says. "Watson can advise on the best options for any decisions based on their impact on the global economy, the environment, education, health care, foreign policy and civil liberties."

Ready to welcome the new lord AI? You can keep your wallet in your pocket for now: The 2016 Watson Foundation accepts donations at this time and does not intend in the foreseeable future.

"IBM has made $ 12 million last year, so that the public contributions are not needed for further investigation of Watson," said the site.

People who want to support Watson are encouraged to donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation instead.

Meanwhile, although it is clearly a blow, the effort also provides some food for thought.

"Just in the same way that humans have facial expressions to convey emotions, the Watson visual change to express their level of trust in a selected response," the Foundation Website notes. "The country will be better if all politicians were so transparent?"

So I vote Watson? Share your views in an ongoing survey on the website of Watson for President.

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

IBM Buys Aperto In Germany To Build Its Digital Imaging Business


Another day, another IBM acquisition. Big Blue announced its intention to buy Aperto, a digital agency based in Berlin. Aperto will become part of the interactive experience of IBM ( "IBM iX") - one of a series of services that IBM was built as part of the new wave of company business. New Aperto literally just days after IBM announced it would buy another digital marketing agency, resources / Ammirati, based in the US

Last week, IBM has also completed the acquisition of the company by its high business time AI data and Watson. As with previous agreements, financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed today.

Aperto gives IBM a loan together with customers for use in Europe and working with digital agency in areas such as website and application development, as well as major projects of the Digital Agenda. The client list includes biggies like the Group of Airbus, VW and Siemens.

It will also give IBM is a way to create another point of contact with large companies that either are already working with IBM on the other computer services or integration projects - or could potentially consider doing it now that they are already working with IBM in front-end projects through Aperto.

As IBM built other commercial partnerships with the likes of Apple, there is no doubt call to provide more experience - and work - about the task of designing and building mobile applications and other digital experiences, which will help fill that need, also.

It is also another step forward for IBM in the development of its business in whole organisms. The company says IBM iX is already the largest in the world digital agency - which is not too much of a surprise given that the fragmentation of the world remains, despite all and large movements of the giant purchasing pub as WPP and Publicis Accenture companies to develop their own tracks in this space.

"IBM iX is a world leader in the design of the experiment, which is becoming an essential part of any business strategy," said Paul Papas, global leader, IBM interactive experience, in a statement. "We are honored to partner with Aperto and look forward to reshape the future of the company and digital innovation with our customers in Germany and beyond. "

It seems that the acquisition is one of the customers, but also current employees.

"We are proud to remain at the forefront of the digital revolution. After 20 years in the industry, we are proud to collaborate with IBM iX, the world's largest digital agency, to continue to do that," said Dirk Buddensiek, CEO, Aperto said in a statement. "Among the talent that sits in the ninth team and the transformation of IBM working in cognitive space, and leadership in cloud, mobile and analysis, this time many doors for our team and customers it will open."

It is not known if Aperto raised any outside funding before sale, which is not too surprising: organizations, unlike many other new businesses tend to generate income from day one and therefore start their business.

According to IBM, the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016, subject to review of the applicable regulations and customary closing conditions.