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|title= Virtual Computing Environment coalition-VCE coalition
|work= Original web site |url= http://www.vcecoalition.com/index.htm
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At the same EMC World trade show, 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= https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=azxgvBN9ckao&pos=7 |accessdate= August 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= Cisco and EMC Form Venture to Serve Data Centers |work= The New York Times |author= Ashlee Vance |date= November 3, 2009 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/technology/business-computing/04cisco.html?_r=0 |accessdate= August 13, 2013 }}</ref> The goal of Acadia, originally set up as a separate legal entity, was to build Vblock Infrastructure Packages in a standardized and repeatable fashion for customer [[data center]]s.<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 first chief executive officer (CEO) in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://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 |
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 |work= The Register |date= December 21, 2010 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/21/vce_acadia_ramp/ |accessdate= August 11, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= Capellas-led coalition making strides by the Vblock |author= John Webster |work= CNET news |date= December 20, 2010 |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-21546_3-20026158-10253464.html |accessdate= August 11, 2013 }}</ref>
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Originally located in [[Silicon Valley]] 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 October 2011, another office opened in [[Marlboro, Massachusetts]], close to VCE's EMC-owned manufacturing plant in [[Franklin, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite news |title= Cloud computing allows companies to outsource IT services |author= Priyanka Dayal |work= Worcester Business Telegram |date= December 11, 2011 |url= http://www.telegram.com/article/20111211/NEWS/112119983/1002/business |accessdate= August 21, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= EMC, Cisco, Intel & VMWare Launch Joint Venture in Marlborough |author= Brandon Butler |work= Worcester Business Journal |date= October 13, 2011 |url= http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20111013/METROWEST01/310139999/emc-cisco-intel--vmware-launch-joint-venture-in-marlborough |accessdate= August 21, 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 |archive-url= https://archive.is/20130809191844/http://www.vce.com/about/media/news?id=tcm:20-2159 |
It was estimated VCE had 1200 employees at the time, with undisclosed revenues but accumulated losses.<ref>{{Cite news |title= VCE Taps Cisco Veteran As New CEO |work= CRN |date= July 19, 2012 |author= Chad Berndtson |url= http://www.crn.com/news/networking/240004002/vce-taps-cisco-veteran-as-new-ceo.htm |accessdate= August 21, 2013 }}</ref>
Publicized customers included [[Babson College]]<ref>{{Cite news |title= Taking College IT Out of the Hardware Business |author= Bridget McCrea |date= September 15, 2011 |work= Campus Technology digital magazine |url= http://campustechnology.com/articles/2011/09/15/taking-college-it-out-of-the-hardware-business.aspx |accessdate= August 21, 2013 }}</ref> and the [[Mississippi Community College Board]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= Vblock Video Success Story – MS Community College Board |work= Press release |date= July 11, 2012 |url= http://www.ventech.com/2012/07/vblock-video-success-story-ms-community-college-board/ |publisher= Venture Technologies |accessdate= August 21, 2013 }}</ref>
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