COLT has selected TIBCO's cloud software to provide organisations throughout Europe with the ability to deploy and manage enterprise applications across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures in real-time.

According to COLT, these enhanced Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings for cloud services will rapidly bring flexibility and scalability into the business, especially for organisations operating applications in high performance computing environments.

Maggy McClelland, Managing Director of COLT Managed Services, said: "Our new offerings provide customers with the assurance and security needed for enterprise-class grid services, combined with the benefits of cloud computing. This capability will enable CIOs to deploy cloud services, whether private, hybrid or public, on a strategic rather than tactical basis."