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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>{{Cite web |title= VCE Coalition Combines with Acadia, Simplifies Name to VCE |work= The VAR Guy |date= January 21, 2011 |url= http://thevarguy.com/virtualization-applications-and-technologies/vce-coalition-combines-acadia-simplifies-name-vce |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</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 was a board member of Cisco, was named chairman of Acadia, and its initial chief execute officer (CEO) in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748703322204575226973507577344.html |title=Capellas to Run Cisco, EMC Ventures |author=Don Clark |date=May 5, 2010 |work=WSJ.com |publisher=Dow Jones & Co. |accessdate= August 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= ACADIA |work= Original web site |url= http://www.acadia.com/index.htm |deadurl=yes |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20101019041025/http://www.acadia.com/index.htm |archivedate= October 19, 2010 |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</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>

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===Original systems===

In 2009, the Virtual Computing Environment coalition announced three models of Vblock Infrastructure Packages.

Vblock 2, intended for high-end datacentersdata centers, was designed to support 3,000 to 6,000 virtual machines using Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus 1000v and Multilayermultilayer directional switches (MDS), as well as EMC Symmetrix VMAX storage and the VMware vSphere platformsoftware.

Vblock 1, intended for the midmarket, was designed for 800 to 3,000 virtual machines and had had a similar configuration to the Vblock 2, but with EMC Clariion storage rather than EMC Symmetrix VMAX.

Vblock 0, the intended low-end configuration, was projected for release in 2010 to support 300 to 800 virtual machines and use a similar configuration, but with EMC Unified Storage.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Virtual Computing Environment Coalition |date= November 5, 2009 |author= Joerg Hallbauer |work= Gestalt IT |url= http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/joerg/virtual-computing-environment-coalition/ |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref>

===Enterprise-level systems===

Vblock Systems markets to data centers in financial services firms, hospitals, large enterprises and federal agencies.<ref name="bets" />

The Vblock System 700 was unveiled at EMC World 2012, as the most expensive Vblock System, supporting applications running over thousands of virtual machines. The Vblock System 700 introduced the inclusion of EMC data protection to give Vblock Systems backup, recovery, replication, business continuity and data mobility for virtualized environments. Applications include EMC Avamar, EMC Data Domain, and EMC RecoverPoint. The Vblock System 700 also included EMC VPLEX workload mobility and business continuity software, as well as support for new features in EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager, improved VMware integration, and centralized monitoring of multiple Vblock Systems.<ref>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240000838/vce-intros-new-higher-end-vblock-integrates-emc-data-protection.htm</ref>