VCE is a joint venture between Cisco and the EMC Corporation with additional investments from VMware and Intel Corporation. VCE was created by combining Acadia (technical partnership) and the Virtual Computing Environment coalition into a single entity in January 2011. [1] [2]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | High Tech |
| Founded | 2011 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Frank Hauck (President) Praveen Akkiraju (CEO) |
| Products | Vblock Systems |
| Website | [1] |
Management
From 2011-2013, the chairman of VCE was Michael Capellas, who also serves as Board member for Cisco. In July 2012, Cisco executive Praveen Akkiraju was appointed CEO of VCE. [3]
Products
VCE manufactures converged infrastructure called Vblock™ Systems that combine VMware vSphere running on Cisco Unified Computing System connected with Cisco Nexus switches, attached to EMC Corporation storage. Despite the name, the storage can be either Block or File based.
Services
VCE provides services globally through over 150 partners to plan, design, and deploy Vblock Systems. [4] [5]
References
- ^ http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/01/21/vce-coalition-combines-with-acadia-simplifies-name-to-vce/
- ^ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/vce
- ^ http://www.vce.com/media/news/2012/2012-07-19-praveen-akkiraju-vce-ceo.htm
- ^ http://www.crn.com/news/storage/229400695/partners-welcome-appointment-of-emc-veteran-as-vce-president.htm
- ^ http://www.crn.com/news/networking/232900221/exclusive-with-ciscos-lloyd-take-a-look-at-us-now.htm