(Telecompaper) CenturyLink has announced the acquisition of Tier 3, a provider of public cloud services based in the US. Tier 3's cloud platform is available immediately 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 Centre. Jared Wray, founder and chief technology officer of Tier 3, will join CenturyLink as chief technology officer for the CenturyLink Cloud organisation and will lead the CenturyLink Cloud Development Centre. The new CenturyLink Cloud, based on Tier 3's public, multi-tenant cloud, targets complex enterprise workloads and equipped for businesses of all sizes. A web services API and Cloud Foundry-based Platform-as-a-Service provides a comprehensive cloud application toolkit for enterprise developers. The CenturyLink Cloud is currently available in nine global data centres. CenturyLink acquired Tier 3 for an undisclosed amount.