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Hot Spot Tutorials explore popular technologies and projects that value-added resellers and service providers should be offering their clients. Learn about a technology, why it’s important, how the competitive landscape is developing, how to sell it (benefits and uses), pros and cons to a vendor’s product set, and more.

Blade servers
Blade servers are gaining in popularity among businesses due to their compact size, but they still present integration challenges and aren't always the right choice. Learn the benefits and disadvantages and how to effectively manage and integrate them.
GO TO HOT SPOT TUTORIAL: BLADE SERVERS
Business intelligence consulting services
Business intelligence (BI) consulting services are playing a larger role with organizations today, as the amount of data being accumulated grows. Learn about the best strategic approaches for VARs to take in providing business intelligence consulting services.
GO TO HOT SPOT TUTORIAL: BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTING SERVICES
Database Consolidation Services
This Database Consolidation Services Hot Spot Tutorial provides tips and advice for handling customers' database server sprawl. The tutorial explains how server sprawl happens and what benefits database consolidation can bring; in addition, it includes project evaluation guidance with an eye toward optimization, as well as recommendations for post-consolidation database health.
GO TO HOT SPOT TUTORIAL: DATABASE CONSOLIDATION SERVICES
Server room cooling choices
When working with your customers to bring their server room cooling costs under control, there are a number of factors that can affect your approach, some of which you have influence over and some of which you don't. Find out what the key decisions are, how high-density hardware such as blade servers fit into the equation, and how to work with a customer who is at the whim of their landlord.
GO TO HOT SPOT TUTORIAL: SERVER ROOM COOLING CHOICES
Virtualization projects
Our Virtualization Projects Hot Spot Tutorial lays out everything you need to know about virtualization, with installments devoted to server virtualization, desktop virtualization and application virtualization. We examine how server virtualization fares as a disaster recovery technique and probe its weak spot: security. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of desktop virtualization, and we explore the potential of application virtualization. In addition, you'll find comparative product information and in-depth discussions of the key features of the leading products.
GO TO HOT SPOT TUTORIAL: VIRTUALIZATION PROJECTS
Windows Server 2008 upgrade services
Upgrading your customers' servers to Windows Server 2008 will bring them a number of benefits -- without the pain of past server upgrades. Find out about improvements to the server OS, such as Server Core, Internet Information Services (IIS), 64-bit processing, integration with SQL Server and Visual Studio, virtualization support and security enhancements. In addition, learn where to best focus your energy for Windows Server 2008 upgrade services revenue.
GO TO HOT SPOT TUTORIAL: WINDOWS SERVER 2008 UPGRADE SERVICES
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