While VMware is traded separately and operates independently to a degree, Dell EMC owns a majority stake in the company. Perhaps it's not a coincidence then that the parent company recently signed a deep partnership agreement with VeloCloud before VMware swooped in and bought it. "We recently announced a partnership with VeloCloud that includes joint product validation, coordination with product roadmaps, simplified ordering, and coordinated sales and marketing to improve solutions for our mutual customers," Tom Burns, senior vice president for networking, enterprise infrastructure and service provider solutions at Dell EMC explained in a statement. That sounds like a pretty strong partnership, one which is likely to expand now that it's part of the Dell EMC family.