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| key_people = Chad Sakac ([[President (corporate title)|President]])<br />Trey Layton ([[Chief technology officer|CTO]])

| products = Vblock, VxBlock, VxRack, VxRail

| fate = Acquired by EMC, which was later acquired by [[Dell Technologies]]

| defunct = January 2016

}}

'''VCE''' (abbreviation for "Virtual Computing Environment") was a division of [[EMC Corporation]] that manufactured [[converged infrastructure]] appliances for enterprise environments. Founded in 2009 under the name '''Acadia''', it was originally a joint venture between EMC and [[Cisco Systems]], with additional investments by [[Intel]] and EMC subsidiary [[VMware]]. EMC acquired a 90% controlling stake in VCE from Cisco in October 2014, giving it majority ownership.<ref name=nworld-emcvce>{{cite news|title=Why EMC acquired VCE from Cisco|url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2837176/cisco-subnet/why-emc-acquired-vce-from-cisco.html|access-date=12 October 2015|work=Networkworld}}</ref> VCE ended in 2016 after an internal division realignment,<ref name="cpd"/> andfollowed subsequentby the sale of EMC to [[Dell]].<ref name="dellsale"/>

==History==

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In October 2014, EMC announced that it had acquired majority control of the VCE venture, with Cisco maintaining a 10% stake.<ref name=nworld-emcvce/>

In January 2016, EMC announced that VCE had become the Converged Platform Division of EMC with Chad Sakac as President.<ref name="cpd">{{Cite web
|url = https://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2016/20160106-01.htm|title=EMC Appoints Chad Sakac as President of VCE}}</ref>

|date = 2016-01-06

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171215084514/https://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2016/20160106-01.htm

|archive-date = 2017-12-15

|access-date = 2022-04-28

|url-status = unfit

}}</ref>

On September 7, 2016, EMC was acquired by Dell.<ref name="dellsale">{{Cite web|title=$67 billion Dell-EMC deal closes today|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2016/09/07/67-billion-dell-emc-deal-becomes-official-today/|date=2016-09-07|access-date=20202022-1104-2028|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}</ref> The Converged Platform Division of EMC is currently known as the Converged Platform and Solutions Division of Dell EMC.

==Products and services==