EMC (NYSE:EMC) and Cisco (NSDQ:CSCO) are raising the profile of their VCE Coalition to combine storage, server, networking, and virtualization resources into an integrated offering, a move causing many solution providers to question the value of VMware as an independent entity.
Moves to introduce VCE as a formal entity with a high-level top executive in charge call into question how that coalition will impact virtualization technology kingpin VMware’s relationships with companies such as HP (NYSE:HPQ) and IBM (NYSE:IBM), which are top rivals to EMC and Cisco,
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