Verizon Boosts Its Cloud Services, Acquires CloudSwitch

Although Verizon does not provides cloud services directly, it appears that the carrier plans to strengthen its portfolio on a global scale.

Verizon Wireless offers cloud and security services through its Terremark subsidiary, including the ability to improve IT infrastructure.

It looks like the carrier wants to give its business a boost by acquiring CloudSwitch, an provider of cloud software technology.

Even though the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Verizon confirmed that the deal will simplify its move to the enterprise cloud.

“The cloud market is a rapidly growing opportunity, with very real benefits both for our business customers and the consumers they serve. With the acquisition of CloudSwitch, Verizon has taken another step forward in defining the enterprise cloud,” said Bob Toohey, president of Verizon's global enterprise unit.

According to the carrier, CloudSwitch will be combined with its Terremark IT services subsidiary to enhance Verizon's hybrid-cloud and cloud-to-cloud capabilities.

The acquired company will bring Verizon its software solution that enables enterprises to more easily and securely move applications, or workloads, between company data centers and the cloud without changing the application or the infrastructure layer.

According to CloudSwitch, enterprise applications remain tightly integrated and can be managed as if they are running locally.

Furthermore, when combined with Terremark's advanced IT and security capabilities, the new technology enables total enterprise cloud solutions, such as private-to-public, public-to-public and hybrid across the globe.

John McEleney, CEO of CloudSwitch, said: “Our founding vision has always been to create a seamless and secure federation of cloud environments across enterprise data centers and global cloud services. Together, we will be able to provide enterprises with an unmatched level of flexibility, scalability and control in the cloud with point-and-click simplicity. This will go a long way in helping achieve widespread adoption of the cloud, especially when managing complex workloads.”