CenturyLink has acquired Tier 3, an innovative provider of public cloud services based in the Seattle area. Tier 3’s cloud platform is immediately available as «CenturyLink Cloud.» In addition, Tier 3’s products, roadmap and vision are now the foundation of CenturyLink’s cloud strategy and anchor the new Seattle-based CenturyLink Cloud Development Center.
Jeff Von Deylen, president of CenturyLink’s Savvis organization, stated, «Our mission is to provide world-class managed services to global businesses on virtual, dedicated and colocation infrastructures. Tier 3’s innovative automation and self-service platform are game-changing for our global enterprise clients.»