Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) has just announced that it has acquired Burlington Mass based CloudSwitch, an innovative provider of cloud software technology. The deal is said to simplify the move to the enterprise cloud and help to boost industry adoption. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

As part of the deal CloudSwitch will be joining Verizon’s Terremark IT services subsidiary which will further the company’s global cloud strategy by enhancing Verizon’s hybrid-cloud and cloud-to-cloud capabilities. Verizon purchased Terremark for $1.4 billion in January of this year.

“By joining Verizon, we will be able to deliver a solution that combines our software with the market-leading infrastructure cloud play. 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,” said John McEleney, CEO of CloudSwitch.

CloudSwitch’s technology allows corporations to easily and securely move applications and workloads between company data centers and the cloud without requiring a change in the app layer or infrastructure layer. This simplicity removes a huge barrier for companies looking to move the majority of their data to the cloud.

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