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>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/corp_110309.html |title=Cisco and EMC, Together with VMware, form Coalition to Accelerate Pervasive Data Center Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures |publisher=Newsroom.cisco.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref> The Virtual Computing Environment coalition was later combined with [[Acadia (technical partnership)]] to form a single entity, [[VCE (company)]], in January 2011.<ref>http://www.vce.com/pdf/media/vce-pr-2011-01-20-brand-conversion.pdf</ref>
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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>{{cite web|last=Garner |first=Rochelle |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azxgvBN9ckao&pos=7 |title=Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers (Update3) |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2009-11-03 |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/joerg/virtual-computing-environment-coalition/ |title=Virtual Computing Environment Coalition – Gestalt IT |publisher=Gestaltit.com |date=2009-11-05 |accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref>
