Investor’s Business Daily – The provider of Internet telecom services partnered with Virtual Computing Environment to speed up deployment of its cloud-computing services. VCE was formed by Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO – News) and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC – News) and is making its VBlock platform available to 8×8 (NASDAQ:EGHT – News) to help it accelerate its cloud-based products. With VBlock’s help, 8×8 will pursue larger enterprise and gov’t clients. 8×8 leapt 9.9% to 5.