CenturyLink, the company that owns data center provider Savvis, has announced the acquisition of Tier 3, a provider of public cloud services based in the Seattle area, for an undisclosed price.

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, CenturyLink-owned Savvis president Jeff Von Deylen said.

“Tier 3’s innovative automation and self-service platform are game-changing for our global enterprise clients,” Von Deylen said.

“From greenfield development to mission-critical apps, businesses have a trusted technology partner to seize new market opportunities. This acquisition underscores our continued commitment to delivering the most complete portfolio of cloud services.”

Jared Wray, the founder and CTO for Tier 3, will now serve as CTO for the CenturyLink Cloud organization and lead the CenturyLink Cloud Development Center.

Wray said Tier 3 was founded in 2006 with a vision for cloud services and that the CenturyLink acquisition will allow Tier 3 to carry this vision forward.

“Our platform roadmap will combine with CenturyLink’s global network and data center footprint and managed services team to help change the face of enterprise computing,” Wray said.

The new CenturyLink Cloud – based on Tier 3’s public, multi-tenant cloud – targets complex enterprise workloads.

This acquisition builds on CenturyLink’s earlier AppFog acquisition and existing cloud solutions that are complemented by CenturyLink’s colocation, managed services and network offerings.