best article I have seen on U.S. Was Warned Office of Personnel Management Hack

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/06/us/chinese-hackers-may-be-behind-anthem-premera-attacks.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

This thing is turning political... It was the lack of access controls that were never put in place and not reviewed on any type of schedule.

CRN Article: Dell Enterprise President: Cisco ACI Is 'Vaporware'; Decries High Price, Lock-In

Dell Enterprise President: Cisco ACI Is 'Vaporware'; Decries High Price, Lock-In

SonicWall video: how to configure client DPI-SSL

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid3160175175001?bckey=AQ~~%2cAAAAuIVrAck~%2ckrN9qiM0opZqQE3XzcCdJTaTkX0YQjM5&bctid=3668049100001

Making NFV a Reality: Practical Considerations for an Open Future

ASM vs. UCS

http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/Dell_ASM_simplify_deployment_0415.pdf

There is UCS Manager and Director...

Director uses service templates for getting set up and running. Building your own wizard for the service templates with the Cisco solution requires in-depth knowledge of Cisco UCS service profiles, hardware components, and add-in components necessary to perform bare-metal deployments.

Dell Networking Positioning

We need to look at the solution from an application, data, or workload perspective.

The differentiators are really
1. Choice of Operating System that we offer – this list is growing
2. Feature rich OS9 including VLT, VRF, OA
3. End-to-end Dell story including Server / Storage

If we need to deliver a large workload through the network, we can do it. 

need to reformat a couple of computers around the house

ZDnet links for archive
1. http://www.zdnet.com/article/seven-perfectly-legal-ways-to-get-windows-7-cheap-or-even-free/
above link has below links...
2. http://www.zdnet.com/article/finally-some-answers-to-windows-7-upgrade-questions/

3. http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-prepares-windows-anytime-upgrade-v2/

OK so after doing some shopping and for considerations of time. The upgrade process direct from M$ is less than $100. The system restore disk that I need to create with golden image will be worth $98 for Windows 7 Pro.

steps for setting up pc:
1. http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN127699/EN
I personally don't recommend McAfee for personal use. There is lighter and free scan tools available for consumer PCs. I recommend McAfee and other enterprise AV subscription solutions for enterprise though.

2. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2108245/the-right-way-to-set-up-a-new-pc.html

next:
set up computer for remote desktop windows 7

Going to need to buy windows 8.1 for upcoming gaming pc for oculus...
Also need to nut up for Server 2008 for small 5 pc network. :(

best link so far:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html 

BSN BCF underlay for NSX-v

I am saving this link here to watch later:

http://www.bigswitch.com/videos/demo-big-cloud-fabric-support-for-vmware-nsx 


also check out:
http://labs.bigswitch.com/users/login