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. The Virtual Computing Environment coalition was later combined with Acadia (technical partnership) to form a single entity, VCE (company), in January 2011.[1]
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.[2] The specific reference architecture combined VMware vSphere running on Cisco Unified Computing System connected with Cisco Nexus switches, attached to EMC Symmetrix using Connectrix.[3]
References
- ^ 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.