A company has invested in virtualization for all their non-mission critical applications and many
mission critical applications. The company now wants to convert their virtualized silos that are still
owned by each line-of business into a true VDC.
What is an important business outcome from this?

What is IT’s approach to addressing performance issues during the IT-as-a-Service phase of the
Cloud Maturity Model?

A company has finished the design for their VDC. They realize that they should also include a few
design considerations to prepare them for cloud.
What is a key business reason for the company to build a cloud-based service?

An organization seeks to solve a business problem by licensing software from a supplier. The
supplier contract stipulates that the software will only be supported if it runs on server platforms
also provided by that supplier.
What is this an example of?

An application is used by nearly all the employees in an organization to place and track orders,
provide customer support, maintain and report on financials, and track product defects.
The application was written by the organization’s IT Department 10 years ago. The IT staff actively
maintains it and adds features on a regular basis.
What is this an example of?

An application is designed with reusable modules that can be called by other applications as
needed.
What is this an example of?

Which application virtualization architectures usually require the use of a packager to prepare the
application for deployment?

An organization uses Linux desktops, laptops, and servers for their primary infrastructure. The
company has a business need to run a mission critical application that is only available for the
Microsoft Windows operating system. This application and associated data need to be available to
10-12 users.

Which solution would best meet their needs, and why?

Which represents the contractual agreement between the service provider and the business?

What are elements of governance?