What is one imperative for IT in order to support today's new generation of apps and data?

Question

Options

• AIT must extend change management lifecycles to reduce risk.
• BIT must be able to scale quickly and seamlessly.
• CIT must expand the data center footprint.
• DIT must deploy IoT devices that support next-gen analytic workloads.

• B
  9% (2)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  87% (20)

Explanation

Heads up: The marked correct answer (D) appears to be incorrect. Option B is the widely accepted correct answer for this type of question, and I'd be doing you a disservice by explaining D as correct.

Why B is correct: The core imperative for modern IT is the ability to scale quickly and seamlessly. New-generation apps (cloud-native, microservices, AI/ML workloads) have unpredictable, spiky resource demands - IT infrastructure must elastically expand and contract to meet them without manual intervention or service disruption.

Why the other options are wrong:

• A is backwards - extending change management cycles slows agility and is the opposite of what modern app velocity requires.
• C expanding physical data center footprint is an outdated, CapEx-heavy approach; modern IT moves workloads off physical infrastructure toward cloud and hybrid models.
• D is too narrow - deploying IoT devices is a specific use case, not a foundational IT imperative. IoT may generate data, but it doesn't describe how IT supports apps broadly.

Memory tip: Think "new gen apps = cloud-native = elastic." The keyword chain is new generation → unpredictable load → must scale fast. If an answer sounds like "do more of the old thing" (bigger data center, longer cycles), it's a distractor.

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