"For some time Squiz has been seeking a product that can streamline the deployment process without sacrificing redundancy and high availability," said Squiz MD John Paul Syriatowicz. "Cloud delivery with the CA 3Tera AppLogic platform is scalable and affordable, providing global users with secure and reliable access to our applications while helping our customers contain costs."

The company will use 3Tera AppLogic to quickly implement systems for its customers while improving its margins.

Clare Bowen, team leader, business improvement corporate service at Cairns Regional Council, said "During the recent cyclone in far north Queensland, Squiz was able to move our website into their cloud environment to ensure it would remain live and updated in the event that the Council suffered a loss of its ICT services. The website experienced a huge increase in visitors as individuals relied upon our site to access evacuation maps and other emergency information.

"We've been really impressed with Squiz's service and via its new cloud hosting software, we've definitely seen improved response times which has helped us cope with the website demand."