An IT Manager at a global logistics company is tasked with implementing a unified communication platform for teams spread across North America, Europe, and Asia. The primary challenge is ensuring regulatory compliance with data sovereignty laws like GDPR in Europe. Which strategy best addresses this challenge while maintaining a seamless user experience?
A financial services firm is evaluating a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) partner for its customer support operations. As the IT Manager, you are responsible for the technical due diligence. Which of the following are the MOST critical security certifications to verify in the potential partner to ensure protection of sensitive customer financial data? (Select TWO)
An IT Manager is designing a new data center network to support a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster and standard enterprise applications. The key requirements are extremely low latency for the HPC traffic and logical segmentation from the enterprise traffic. Which network topology should be implemented?
A company is developing its corporate IT strategy. The executive board has prioritized 'improving customer experience' as the number one business goal for the next two years. As the IT Manager, which of the following IT initiatives provides the MOST direct strategic alignment with this goal?
True or False: In the context of enterprise architecture, the Zachman Framework is primarily a prescriptive methodology that dictates the specific steps for creating an architecture.
An IT manager is creating a business case for a digital transformation initiative that involves migrating legacy applications to a cloud-native, microservices architecture. The CFO is skeptical and has requested a detailed financial justification. Which financial metric is MOST comprehensive for this purpose?
A manufacturing company relies on a legacy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that is becoming increasingly unstable and difficult to maintain. The system experiences frequent, unpredictable outages that halt production. The IT manager has determined that the root cause is database corruption due to outdated hardware. This situation is an example of which type of risk?
During a project review meeting for a new software deployment, a key business stakeholder expresses frustration that the project is delivering features that are not what they envisioned. The development team states they have been following the requirements document precisely. Which project management process MOST likely failed?
The IT department of a hospital needs to select a data storage solution for its new Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), which will store millions of high-resolution medical images. The primary requirements are high availability, long-term durability, and compliance with HIPAA. Which database technology is most appropriate for the core image storage?
An IT manager is overseeing the adoption of a DevOps culture. A key goal is to shorten the software release cycle. Which of the following practices is MOST foundational to achieving this goal in a DevOps model?