Equinix and VMware today announced plans for VMware Cloud on Equinix Metal, a new offering that will enable enterprises to use VMware’s software environment as a cloud service on Equinix’s bare-metal cloud.
Executives from both companies said they are building the new cloud service because their customers have requested it. The new service combines the colocation giant’s Equinix Metal bare-metal as-a-service offering with VMware’s cloud management platform, which includes VMware’s flagship vSphere and vSAN virtualization software.
