Cloud computing solutions provider Joyent announced a partnership with GuardTime, a creator of the patented Keyless Signature technology used to validate the world's data, to offer a solution that delivers enhanced security and integrity in the cloud – including application hosting capabilities.

The partnership, according to company officials, delivers “unprecedented security enabling enterprises to safeguard some of their most valuable assets in the cloud: code, logs and data.”

Under the terms of the partnership, Joyent customers will be able to purchase GuardTime SmartMachines.

Joyent provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service or “IaaS” and Platform-as-a-Service or “PaaS” solutions to customers worldwide. Joyent's Smart Technologies improve performance, scalability, manageability and security for thousands of Web and mobile applications.

GuardTime Keyless Signature engine is designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves throughout the network, and is used in the Cloud, according to company officials.

With GuardTime's Keyless Signatures, the company provides proof of signing authority, time of the signature, and integrity of all data located in the cloud. The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics. This would eliminate the need for secrets, keys, or human intervention, according to company officials.

“The integration of our unique Keyless Signature technology within the Joyent SmartMachine gives organizations the unprecedented opportunity to trust their applications, logs, and data in the cloud,” said Mike Gault, CEO of GuardTime, in a statement.

With the integrated solution, organizations can secure an application by signing its gold master code, preventing compromised applications from executing. They can safeguard SmartMachine's logs including administrative, policy, configuration, or events, making accidental changes or malicious tampering impossible to conceal.

GuardTime SmartMachine also allows organizations to protect data backups, turning private and public cloud storage into safe, tamper-evident archives, company officials added.

“This partnership delivers unparalleled security and authenticity in a massively-scaled cloud environment,” said Jason Hoffman (News - Alert), founder and chief scientist of Joyent, in a statement. “Organizations can now access a mathematically driven solution that cannot be compromised by human error or breached by cyber miscreants.”

Recently Joyent announced the expansion of its line of smart computing platforms to support Windows and Linux-based Web applications by launching new application hosting solutions for Windows and Linux.