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C4120-783 was IBM PureFlex Technical Support V2: 75 minutes, 45 questions, 66 percent to pass. The technical half of the PureFlex pair, and why cross-domain troubleshooting on converged systems is the skill that transferred best.
C4120-782 was IBM PureFlex Systems Sales V2: 90 minutes, 50 questions, 66 percent to pass. The retired certification with the most dramatic ending, since the x86 platform it certified was sold to Lenovo within about two years.
C4090-456 was IBM XIV Storage System Technical Solutions V4: 105 minutes, 70 questions, 65 percent to pass. What made XIV architecturally unusual, why its grid design required genuine technical explanation to sell, and how those ideas became mainstream.
C4090-455 was High Volume Storage Fundamentals V3: 105 minutes, 73 questions, 68 percent to pass, the most demanding of IBM's storage exams. Why Fundamentals meant breadth not simplicity, and why the storage fundamentals aged well.
C4090-450 was Midrange Storage Sales V1: 90 minutes, 60 questions, 65 percent to pass. The sales credential in IBM's storage family, what the midrange segment actually meant commercially, and what the qualification discipline is worth now.
C4040-124 was the IBM i branch of IBM's Power Systems sales track: 60 minutes, 44 questions, and a 70 percent passing score, the highest in the family. Why IBM set a higher bar for this branch, and why IBM i expertise is still scarce.
C4040-123 was the AIX and Linux branch of IBM's Power Systems sales track: 60 minutes, 42 questions, 61 percent to pass. Why one exam covered two very different markets, and how the consolidation argument transfers to cloud selling.
C4040-122 was the shared core exam in IBM's Power Systems sales track: 75 minutes, 52 questions, 63 percent to pass, counting toward three credentials. Why Power Systems did not go to Lenovo, and what the consolidation sales argument is worth today.
C2090-303 was IBM InfoSphere DataStage v9.1: 90 minutes, 67 questions, 59 percent to pass, leading to IBM Certified Solution Developer. The only technical exam among its neighbours, and the one whose product still exists today as IBM DataStage.
