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| ___location= [[Richardson, Texas|Richardson]], [[Texas]]
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'''VCE''', the Virtual Computing Environment Company, is an American computer integration company.
It was founded (originally named '''Acacdia''') in 2009 as a joint venture between [[Cisco Systems]] and [[EMC Corporation]] with additional investments from [[VMware]] and [[Intel Corporation]].
VCE builds and assembles Vblock Systems using EMC storage, Cisco
==History==
[[Cisco Systems]], [[EMC Corporation]] and [[VMware]] (an EMC subsidiary) unveiled a joint partnership in November 2009 to develop [[cloud computing]] platforms called Vblock Infrastructure Packages.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Cisco and EMC, Together with VMware, form Coalition to Accelerate Pervasive Data Center Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures |work= Press release |date= November 3, 2009 |publisher= Cisco Systems |url= http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/corp_110309.html |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref>
The partnership was originally called the VMware-Cisco-EMC alliance, though the name was later shortened to VCE,
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.<ref name="chief">{{Cite news |title= Cisco, EMC, VMware Channel Chiefs Talk Up Vblock Partner Play |author= Joseph F. Kovar |date= November 3, 2009 |work= CRN |url= http://www.crn.com/news/storage/221600134/cisco-emc-vmware-channel-chiefs-talk-up-vblock-partner-play.htm |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref>
[[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>▼
By the end of 2010, Capellas told analysts the venture had 65 customers, with an average system costing about $2.5 million.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Vblock clouds moisten the data center: Capellas talks up VCE sales and pipeline |author= Timothy Prickett Morgan |date= December 21, 2010 |url= http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/21/vce_acadia_ramp/ |accessdate= August 11, 2013 }}</ref>
▲[[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>
Originally located in [[Silicon Valley]] with operations in [[Massachusetts]] and [[Dallas, Texas]], an expansion was announced in March 2011 to [[Richardson, Texas]] with an investment from the [[Texas Enterprise Fund]].<ref>{{Cite news |title= VCE, Major Cloud Computing Company, Plans Major Expansion in Richardson |work= Press release |date= March 15, 2011 |publisher= VCE, The Virtual Computing Environment Company |url= http://www.vce.com/about/media/news?id=tcm:20-476 |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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===Specialized systems===
VCE introduced a specialized system for [[SAP HANA]] in February 2013. It combined a Vblock System with SAP HANA in-memory computing and database application software.<ref name="hana" />
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In February 2013, VCE announced the management software application Vision Intelligent Operations Software.<ref name="bets" />
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