Ah, just imagine the Cisco sales rep. He's with your CIO in a skybox at the big game. Salmon fillets sizzle in olive oil as he pulls down his sleeve... He's done talking to your CIO about their Rolex watches, and now it's time for business.

"You see," he says "Thats exactly how an Open Source solution on white label hardware will end up costing your company AT LEAST 25% more! Once you've got a few UCS chassis installed, you start to see how things work because you don't even install servers or switches anymore! There's not even a choice. It's just blades and fabric interconnects. Imagine all the time you'll save worrying about compatibility, proof of concepts, the support costs, training..."