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Didier Rombaut

Didier Rombaut – pronounced D.D.A – is a media strategist for Cisco Data Center Solutions Marketing group, in charge with his team of social media, advertising and video production.

Passionate about innovations, he fully supports the idea that " You can't build the data center of tomorrow using the technology of yesterday”

In his 4th year with Cisco, Didier worked previously at Sun Microsystems both in Europe and in US and has an extensive background in marketing and high tech.

Didier is also an avid runner and a climber.

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November 14, 2013

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Cisco ACI : The (Almost) Complete List of Social Media Assets

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Wow ! The Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)  Launch was one of these amazing events which can only rejoice a social media leader...

November 1, 2013

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Summary What Moving to the Cloud Means for Healthcare Organizations

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A lot of our data center customers are in the healthcare industry –  This topic is close to my heart, as I used to work in this field several years ago. Healthcare organization are facing specific challenges  in moving to the cloud, that Cisco and partners address carefully. IT innovation and integration in healthcare is […]

July 10, 2013

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Data Protection Solutions for the Vblock System

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Today , I met Chandra Jacobs, Product Marketing  at EMC to talk about her experience at Cisco Live 2013 in Florida  and the solutions she presented. Chandra – Can you introduce yourself ? I love creative and challenging projects in the emerging technology product space. I have a background in technology, innovation, and product development, […]

June 13, 2013

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Ease of Troubleshooting : Meet Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director

7 min read

End of April, Cisco introduced  the next generation Storage Network innovations with the new MDS 9710 Multilayer Director and new MDS 9250i Multiservice Switch (see Berna Devrim’s  blog ) . These solutions have been presented to the Storage Tech Field Day  (see blogs and videos below) , as well on the Cisco booth at different events  (ie EMC World) generating a […]

May 13, 2013

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The Swisscom Story: “Cisco Services Always Listened to Us”

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By Adrian Flückiger, Head of Cloud Infrastructure Services – Corporate Business, Swisscom   At Swisscom, we’ve encountered a challenge that should...

May 7, 2013

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Change is the only constant in data center infrastructure

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By: VCE CTO Trey Layton at EMC World 2013     (@treylayton) Greek philosopher, Heraclitus said “change is the only constant in life.” And without question, change is the lifeblood to our industry and like any transition, albeit from VHS to digital, from board games to mobile apps, or even dare I say it, Tom […]

May 9, 2013

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Cbeyond: Taking Our SMB Cloud Offering to the Next Level

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By Chris Ortbals, Senior Vice President, Product Management , Cbeyond Inc.   At the company’s inception in 1999, Cbeyond saw the potential...

March 28, 2013

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Accelerate Your Cloud Strategy : Cisco at Cloud Connect 2013

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Whether you are amongst those building their own private cloud or amongst  those leveraging the solutions of cloud providers, you want to attend Cloud Connect Santa Clara next week. Cisco has been very active over the past years to accelerate the emergence of the cloud computing model. Padmasree Warrior, Cisco CTO and Lew Tucker Cisco […]

February 26, 2013

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Cisco and Intel Extend Relationship into Big Data

Today Paul Perez, Vice President and CTO of Cisco’s Data Center Group joined on stage downtown San Francisco Boyd A. Davis, Intel Architecture Group Vice President and GM, Data Center Software Division  to announce a proposed  extension of the alliance between Cisco and Intel into Big Data . Over the past months, our readers had […]

January 28, 2013

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Cisco Live Europe London Excel Centre Jan 28-Feb 1 : What You Make Possible

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Cisco Live Europe returns to London this year more precisely at the ICC Excel Conference Centre. By focusing on “What You Make Possible”, attendees are invited to hear customer testimonials and see Cisco’s innovation solutions that showcase what is possible when partnering with Cisco.   As usual the event is divided between a series of […]

December 14, 2012

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Cisco Validated Designs for Cloud -Part 4-Virtualized Multiservice Data Center 3.0

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Over the past weeks, Tom Nallen introduced the concept and benefits of the Cisco Validated Design , then Laszlo Bojtos,  illustrated this concept with the Cloud Service Assurance for Virtualized Multi-Services Data Center 2.2 Cisco Validated Design, with a specific emphasis on the integration with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud . Finally John Kennedy shared with us the latest news on Flexpod. […]

December 7, 2012

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Cisco ONE Webcast Series : An Introduction to OpenStack

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          Over the past year, Cisco has been  increasingly vocal and active around open source solutions . One of my favorite blogger, Omar Sultan , spent a lot of time writing on the subject , starting with OpenStack (ie blog :OpenStack cisco ONE and you) – You may want to check all […]

December 5, 2012

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Cisco at Garner DC Las Vegas : A pragmatic view and approach of the evolution of the data center in the era of clouds an …

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As expected a lot of talks, sessions and interest this year about the reality of the  cloud deployment and hybrid cloud  at Gartner DC Las Vegas. Cisco is now perceived as a very credible player in cloud – In fact a quick electronic poll  from the audience during one of  the key notes speechs ranked […]

December 4, 2012

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Cisco, Forrester, Xerox, Fico, address 5 foundational questions to build a successful cloud infrastructure

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At the Gartner DC conference in Las Vegas, Cisco SVP and General Manager Data Center Group  David Yen delivered a key note speech yesterday highlighting the importance of a convergence infrastructure (starting with UCS)  for the deployment of cloud. (I will have very soon the opportunity to share more about David Yen’s presentation – Stay […]

November 29, 2012

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Xerox uses Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) as a Foundation for Cloud

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Who doesn’t know the Xerox company ? As long as I can remember, Xerox products have always been part of my professional life . In fact, even before working for a company, I used a Xerox machine. Originally known worldwide as a print and copier innovator, Xerox today has established itself as a leading business […]

November 20, 2012

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Next Generation Data Centers Need Next Generation Skills

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The Cisco Global Cloud Index reports that annual global data center IP traffic will reach 6.6 zettabytes by the end of 2016 at a compound annual growth rate of 31 percent. The growth of data and these new technologies impacts not only IT systems and infrastructures, but also the professionals that design, install, operate and […]

November 9, 2012

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Cisco Validated Designs for Cloud – Part 3 – Flexpod

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Over the past two weeks, Tom Nallen introduced the concept and benefits of the Cisco Validated Design , then Laszlo Bojtos,  illustrated this concept with the Cloud Service Assurance for Virtualized Multi-Services Data Center 2.2 Cisco Validated Design, with a specific emphasis on the integration with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud . This week I talked with John Kennedy, a […]

November 8, 2012

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Unified Data Center IQ Contest : Last chance to win – It’s all about UCS

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A quick note to make sure that  you don’t miss the last weekly leg of this 6 weeks contest – Last week on November 1st was  a big milestone for our customers with the announcement of Cisco UCS Central – I hope you has a chance to check the blogs on this topic , including […]