In an announcement that hasn’t exactly come as a big surprise to the industry, Cisco, EMC and VMware have formed a Coalition to Accelerate Pervasive Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures.

The coalition aims to ease adoption of virtual environments and accelerate build-outs of private cloud infrastructures with the announcement of Vblock Infrastructure Packages.

Vblock Infrastructure Packages are validated platforms of engineered, integrated IT infrastructure from Cisco, EMC and VMware, that deliver a breakthrough total cost of ownership and pervasive virtualization at a scale to meet today’s most demanding use cases.

For more details on this announcement, visit http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/virtual-computing-environment.html

Tim Zeimann is an information technology specialist and consummate problem solver. He founded SUREclient in 2005, and currently holds MCP, VTSP, Network+, and Security+ certifications.