Verizon acquires cloud switch

Verizon Communications acquired Cloud Switch, an innovative provider of cloud software technology, in a deal that will simplify the move to the enterprise cloud and help to boost industry adoption. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Verizon plans to combine Cloud Switch, a privately held company based in Burlington, Mass., with its Terremark IT services subsidiary, further accelerating the company's global cloud strategy by enhancing Verizon's hybrid-cloud and cloud-to-cloud capabilities.

Cloud Switch brings Verizon a software 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 — eliminating a key barrier to widespread cloud adoption.

With Cloud Switch's technology, enterprises gain new flexibility and greater control in moving to and from the cloud, while extending security over applications and data.