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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 serveswas asa board member for Cisco. In July 2012, Cisco executive Praveen Akkiraju was appointed CEO.<ref>http://www.vce.com/media/news/2012/2012-07-19-praveen-akkiraju-vce-ceo.htm</ref>

In July 2012, Cisco executive Praveen Akkiraju was appointed CEO and Frank Hauck as president.<ref>{{Cite news |title= VCE Appoints Praveen Akkiraju Chief Executive Officer |work= Press release |date= July 19, 2012 |publisher= VCE |url= http://www.vce.com/about/media/news?id=tcm:20-2159 |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref>

In May 2013, VCE claimedestimated a $1 billion annual sales run rate with more than 1,000 Vblock Systemssystems sold.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Converged Infrastructure Bets Are In: Where Are They Paying Off? |author= Joseph F. Kovar |date= May 27, 2013 |work= CRN |url= http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240155540/converged-infrastructure-bets-are-in-where-are-they-paying-off.htm?pgno=10</ref> In|accessdate= NovemberAugust 20129, 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.2013 <ref>http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/virtualization/240155351/2013-virtualization-50.htm?pgno=43}}</ref>

In November 2012, the company slclaimed VCE was the market share leader for integrated infrastructure systems in an analysis by [[Gartner]]. The report was Gartner's first analysis of the integrated systems, which traditionally tracked server, networking, and external controller-based storage as individual markets. The report claimed that VCE had a 57.4% share among endors of integrated infrastructure systems in the second quarter of 2012 based on revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Market Share Analysis: Data Center Hardware: Integrated Systems, 1Q11-2Q12 |publisher= Gartner |date= November 30, 2012 |url= http://www.vce.com/asset/documents/gartner-market-share-analysis-report.pdf |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref>

VCE was named one of the “2013 Virtualization 50” by ''[[CRN Magazine]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |title= 2013 Virtualization 50 |work= CRN |date= May 24, 2013 |url= http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/virtualization/240155351/2013-virtualization-50.htm?pgno=43 |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref>

==Products and services==

VCE manufactures [[converged infrastructure]] called [[Vblock]] Systemssystems that combine [[VMware vSphere]] running on [[Cisco Unified Computing System]]s connected with [[Cisco Nexus switches]], attached to [[EMC Corporation]] storage. Despite the name, the storage can be either Blockblock or Filefile based.

===Vblock systems===

Vblock Systemssystems support horizontal applications, vertical industry offerings, and application development environments, allowing customers to focus on business innovation instead of integrating, validating, and managing IT infrastructure. <ref>http://www.crunchbase.com/company/vce</ref>Noted for providing high availability and lower total cost of ownership in the most demanding data centers, Vblock Systems have proved themselves reliable and stable, particularly for virtualized desktop and large-scale Microsoft Exchange environments.<ref>http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240155540/converged-infrastructure-bets-are-in-where-are-they-paying-off.htm?pgno=10</ref>

SAP, as well as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint, are said to be some of the biggest use cases for Vblock Systems.<ref>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240148969/vce-intros-entry-level-vblocks-unveils-pre-configured-sap-hana-appliances.htm?pgno=2</ref>