While the components of a product demonstration will vary depending upon the requirements of the prospective customer, a best practice for all successful product demonstrations is to:
A. Cover as many features as possible in order to impress the prospect.
B. Lead with a description of the product architecture.
C. Start by describing all input data before showing the solution.
D. Focus on 2-5 key features and summarize their benefits.
How do Operations Researchers benefit from the OPL modeling capabilities offered by I6M CPLEX Optimization Studio?
A. IMPROVE MODEL PERFORMANCE
B. PROCESS BIG DATA.
C. DEVELOP MODELS VERY RAPIDLY.
D. REDUCE MEMORY FOOTPRINT
A prospect is considering potential implementations of decision optimization and business intelligence. Which best describes the relationship between these two technologies?
A. Business Intelligence provides valuable insight into data that complements Decision Optimization.
B. Decision Optimization requires implementation of Business Intelligence.
C. C. Business Intelligence and Decision Optimization serve the same purpose. There is no value in implementing both
D. Business Intelligence and Decision Optimization are completely distinct and not suitable for integration.
A large paper manufacturer makes standard and specialty papers. The production process makes batches of long rolls of paper Individual customer orders can be accommodated by cutting the rolls into segments of varying widths. They have requested that IBM develop an optimization solution that improves their operational efficiency. Which is an appropriate goal to be optimized in this situation?
A. Reduce scrap loss.
B. Verify all customer orders.
C. Estimate set-up times between orders.
D. Design a color pattern for each roll processed.
A customer wants to deploy an optimization based solution in a scalable and high availability (HA) deployment environment that provides failover and load balancing capabilities. Which application server can be used for deploying Decision Optimization Center server components to provide an HA environment?
A. WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
B. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
C. Oracle WebLogic Server
D. WebSphere Application Server
Which differentiates IBM Decision Optimization solutions against packaged solutions?
A. The upfront cost is often significantly lower compared to packaged solutions.
B. They are easier and faster to install and get up and running.
C. They offer unique competitive advantage with no custom development required.
D. They can evolve in the future to address changes in business requirements.
A cruise company wants to develop a web based application for recommending cruise packages based on preferences selected by its customers. An optimization model developed for generating cruise recommendations needs to be populated by data passed from web front end in the form of a JSON document. Which IBM Decision Optimization feature is well suited for running the optimization model in the deployment environment?
A. Decision Optimization Center CPLEX Server
B. Decision Optimization Center Data Server
C. CPLEX Enterprise Server
D. OPL Java API with custom REST service
Which financial industry use case is a good candidate for an IBM Decision Optimization solution?
A. Determining risk tolerance of an investor
B. Determining expected return of a portfolio
C. Determining risk level of a portfolio
D. Determining portfolio composition to balance return and risk
A customer is interested in having a single environment for running their predictive and decision optimization models. The predictive model, developed as an SPSS stream,
A. Decision Optimization Center Data Server
B. Decision Optimization Center Solution Accelerator
C. WebSphere Application Server
D. Decision Optimization Center Client
The sales team has presented a detailed proposal to a company in the chemical industry for a production planning application. The customer expresses interest but is concerned about IBM's ability to deliver an application addressing very complex requirements. An appropriate next step for the technical seller would be:
A. Offer to arrange reference call(s) with previous customers with similar challenges.
B. Suggest engaging IBM Global Business Services (GBS).
C. Discuss finance options from IBM Global Finance (IGF).
D. Offer a fixed price contract
