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| foundation = 2011

| headquarters = Richardson, [[Texas]], [[United States]]

| industry = [[Computer data storage|High Tech]]

| homepage = {{URL |www.vce.com }}

| key_people = Frank Hauck (President)<br />Praveen Akkiraju ([[CEO]])

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'''VCE Corporation''' is an American computer integration company.

It was founded (originally named '''Acacdia''') as a joint venture between [[Cisco Systems]] and [[EMC Corporation]] with additional investments from [[VMware]] and [[Intel Corporation]].

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==History==

[[Cisco Systems]], [[EMC Corporation]] and [[VMware]] unveiled a joint partnership in November 2009 to develop [[cloud computing]] platforms called Vblock Infrastructure Packages. The partnership was originally called the VMware-Cisco-EMC alliance, though the name was later shortened to VCE, an acronym for the “Virtual Computing Environment coalition”. <ref>http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/storage/240008782/a-most-interesting-it-experiment-the-history-so-far-of-vce.htm%3Fpgno=6</ref>

At the same event, Cisco and EMC introduced a joint venture named Acadia.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers (Update3) |author= Rochelle Garner |date= November 3, 2009 |work= Bloomberg news |url= http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=azxgvBN9ckao&pos=7 |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref> The goal of Acadia, originally set up as a separate legal entity, was to ensure that Vblock Infrastructure Packages were built in a standardized and repeatable fashion for customer data centers. Acadia was intended to deliver Vblock architecture.<ref>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/221600134/cisco-emc-vmware-channel-chiefs-talk-up-vblock-partner-play.htm</ref>

VCE was created by combining Acadia and the Virtual Computing Environment coalition into a single entity in January 2011, called VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company.<ref>http://thevarguy.com/virtualization-applications-and-technologies/vce-coalition-combines-acadia-simplifies-name-vce</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= VCE Coalition and Acadia Combined and Renamed VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company |work= Press release |date= January 20, 2011 |publisher= VCE |url= http://www.vce.com/about/media/news?id=tcm:20-468 |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref>

From 2011-2013, the chairman of VCE was [[Michael Capellas]], who also serves as board member for Cisco. In July 2012, Cisco executive Praveen Akkiraju was appointed CEO of VCE.<ref>http://www.vce.com/media/news/2012/2012-07-19-praveen-akkiraju-vce-ceo.htm</ref>

As ofIn May 2013, VCE claimed a $1 billion annual sales run rate with more than 1,000 Vblock Systems sold. <ref>http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240155540/converged-infrastructure-bets-are-in-where-are-they-paying-off.htm?pgno=10</ref> In November 2012, VCE was named the market share leader for integrated infrastructure systems in an independent analysis by Gartner. The report was the first analysis of the integrated systems market conducted by the firm, which traditionally tracked the server, networking, and external controller-based storage areas as individual markets. The report claimed that VCE had a 57.4% share among a group of leading vendors of integrated infrastructure systems in the second quarter of 2012 based on revenue. VCE was also named one of the “2013 Virtualization 50” by CRN. <ref>http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/virtualization/240155351/2013-virtualization-50.htm?pgno=43</ref>

==Products and services==

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==Services==

VCE provides services globally through over 150 partners to plan, design, and deploy [[Vblock]] Systems.<ref>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/229400695/partners-welcome-appointment-of-emc-veteran-as-vce-president.htm</ref><ref>http://www.crn.com/news/networking/232900221/exclusive-with-ciscos-lloyd-take-a-look-at-us-now.htm</ref>

<ref>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/229400695/partners-welcome-appointment-of-emc-veteran-as-vce-president.htm</ref>

<ref>http://www.crn.com/news/networking/232900221/exclusive-with-ciscos-lloyd-take-a-look-at-us-now.htm</ref>

==References==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.vce.com/ VCE Website]

* [http://www.vce.com/media/news/2011/2011-01-20-brand-conversion.htm VCE Brand Conversion]

* [http://www.linkedin.com/company/1581903 VCE Company Information Page on linkedin]