Virtual Computing Environment coalition
The Virtual Computing Environment coalition was a joint venture announced in November 2009 between Cisco and the EMC Corporation with additional investment from VMware and Intel Corporation.[1] The Virtual Computing Environment coalition was later combined with Acadia (technical partnership) to form a single entity, VCE (company), in January 2011.[2]
Products
The Virtual Computing Environment coalition produced the a series of reference architectures that combined elements of computing, networking, storage, and virtualization. The reference architectures were made available for download in PDF format.[3] The specific reference architecture combined VMware vSphere running on Cisco Unified Computing System connected with Cisco Nexus switches, attached to EMC_Symmetrix using Connectrix.[4]
References
- ^ "Cisco and EMC, Together with VMware, form Coalition to Accelerate Pervasive Data Center Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures". Newsroom.cisco.com. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ http://www.vce.com/pdf/media/vce-pr-2011-01-20-brand-conversion.pdf
- ^ Garner, Rochelle (2009-11-03). "Cisco, EMC Form Acadia Joint Venture for Data Centers (Update3)". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ "Virtual Computing Environment Coalition – Gestalt IT". Gestaltit.com. 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2012-08-12.