The '''Virtual Computing Environment coalition''' was a joint venture announced in November 2009 between [[Cisco]] and the [[EMC Corporation]] with additional investment from [[VMware]] and [[Intel Corporation]]<ref>http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/corp_110309.html</ref>. The Virtual Computing Environment coalition was later combined with [[Acadia]] to form a single entity, [[VCE]], in January 2011 <ref>http://www.vce.com/pdf/media/vce-pr-2011-01-20-brand-conversion.pdf</ref>.
==Products==
The Virtual Computing Environment coalition produced the a series of reference architectures that combined elements of computing, networking, storage, and virtualization. The reference architectures were made available for download in PDF format <ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azxgvBN9ckao&pos=7</ref>. The specific reference architecture combined [[VMware vSphere]] running on [[Cisco Unified Computing System]] connected with [[Cisco Nexus switches]], attached to [[EMC_Symmetrix]] using [[Connectrix]]<ref>http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/joerg/virtual-computing-environment-coalition/</ref>.
