Virtualization and automation leader, Parallels today announced the launch of Parallels Server for Mac 4, increasing the speed and reliability of virtual environments for small businesses.
Parallels Server for Mac 4 is the only virtualization solution optimized for Mac OS X server bringing consistent reliability and scale to Apple environments. Read more of this news »
Panama City, Panama – (The Hosting News) – August 26, 2008 – Virtualization, automation and software provider, Parallels’ Gold partner program, has welcomed provider of offshore web hosting, dedicated servers, and colocation, HostingPanama.
Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels noted, ”As a Parallels Gold partner, HostingPanama benefits from greater market exposure, expanded business opportunities through joint strategic marketing initiatives and a high level of service and support. We’re excited to be working together with HostingPanama to offer more customers optimized computing through Parallels’ virtualization and automation technologies.”
Gold partner status is a distinguished and advantageous partnership status available from the Parallels Service Provider Partner Program. As a Parallels Gold partner, HostingPanama receives a wide variety of benefits unavailable to most hosting providers. Namely, through volume licensing software discounts, HostingPanama is able to offer a wider array of services with significantly lower pricing than its competitors. HostingPanama also receives access to exclusive tools and Web resources that will allow it to reach more customers around the world.
Renton, Washington – (The Hosting News) – July 21, 2008 – Server virtualization, automation and software provider, Parallels, has launched with PEER 1, an offering for hosting providers including the Parallels Plesk Control Panel and Power Pack.
The new offering is designed to give hosters the ability to quickly, cost-effectively and securely deploy popular interactive web applications to customers. PEER 1 has reported that over 500 of its 4,000 Parallels Plesk Control Panel customers are utilizing the Power Pack, with more subscribers each day.
Parallels Plesk Power Pack gives hosting service providers and their customers the tools needed to install and configure popular web applications. With the Plesk Power Pack, customers can easily design more functional and advanced websites with feature-rich content and powerful applications. Parallels Plesk Power Pack which includes the Application Vault for SaaS applications, offers customers an integrated package of tools to automate the application deployment process, reduce support costs and increase revenue.
The Power Pack includes an application bundle of SpamAssassin, Application Pack, Helpdesk, Tomcat, ColdFusion, and MSSQL Add-Ons. Additionally, hosting service providers can use the APS Catalog, an inventory of applications attached to the Application Packaging Standard (APS), to provide up to 164 additional applications via the Application Vault.
Tim Varma, Director of Product Management of PEER 1 noted, ”Including the Plesk Power Pack with our Parallels Plesk Control Panel offerings has given our managed and self-managed customers access to several beneficial applications. By offering the Power Pack, we have expanded our service offerings and will see continued growth as our customers realize the value of the applications.”
Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels remarked, ”Our Power Pack solution enables companies to offer multi-tiered hosting packages at the same time giving customers more options and easy access to advanced web applications. The Parallels Plesk Control Panel is a significant breakthrough in automated hosting technology because it gives hosting service providers the ability to take their businesses to the next-level.”
PEER 1 has used Parallels Plesk Control Panel for its managed, dedicated and self-managed server customers since 2001. PEER 1 is one of the only hosting companies offering all three types of web hosting services under one roof: self-managed, managed and colocation. These extensive services are supported by PEER 1′s world class, geographically-diverse network, which includes 17 data centers and Points-of-Presence (POPs) in major cities across North America and Europe.
Renton, Washington – (The Hosting News) – June 25, 2008 – Automation and software server virtualization, provider, Parallels, has launched a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) bundle designed to offer a centralized Windows desktop deployment and management platform, with Quest Software.
The end-to-end stack is hoped to significantly reduce the management and security headache of desktop computing, and reduces the investment required in hardware and software licenses.
The combination of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers server virtualization and Quest’s Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite (VAS) desktop brokering and management solution simplifies desktop and image management, improves security, addresses regulatory compliance and offers the most cost-efficient approach to terminal services.
Michael Rose, Research Analyst at IDC noted, ”The bundled VDI solution from Quest Software and Parallels provides customers with a unique offering of high consolidation ratios and a reduction in image management requirements. The combined platform can enable organizations to build a VDI infrastructure with high density that maximizes management efficiency.”
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers enables users to run multiple workloads as isolated, simultaneously executing virtual environments called ‘containers.’ Since it is installed on top of the operating system (OS), the containers use the resources of the underlying host OS, rather than needing their own. This means a far greater density of workloads can be run on a physical server: three times that of other approaches. In addition, fewer deployed OS instances means the solution is easier to manage and containers can be provisioned with applications and services on-the-fly, with a single click.
Chicago, Illinois – (The Hosting News) – June 10, 2008 – The CEO of Parallels’ server virtualization, automation and software provider, Sergei Beloussov, is scheduled to deliver the opening keynote speech, at the upcoming web hosting industry event, HostingCon 2008.
Slated to discuss the future of hosted services, Mr. Beloussov will deliver the address at the tradeshow and conference, scheduled to take place from July 28-30, 2008, at the historic Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois.
Renton, Washington – (The Hosting News) – May 27, 2008 – Server virtualization, datacenter automation and SaaS software provider, Parallels, was recently selected for inclusion in the top 100 privately-held technology companies, honored by Red Herring.
Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels noted, ”Being named by Red Herring as one of the 100 top companies in North America is a great honor and further demonstrates our commitment to providing our customers with great technology that delivers real value every day. It is a tribute to our more than 900 employees around the world who continue to develop and market innovative software with the highest level of professionalism and customer service.”
IDC market data has indicated that Parallels is the world’s second-largest virtualization solutions provider. It produces: the #1 desktop virtualization solution, Parallels Desktop for Mac, which was the first to enable Apple computer users to run Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously; the #1 container-based server virtualization solution, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers; and the world’s #1 control panel, Parallels Plesk. Parallels software powers more than 250,000 servers and 1,100,000 desktops, and services more than 10,000,000 end-users every day. Read more of this news »
Renton, Washington – (The Hosting News) – May 23, 2008 – Server virtualization firm, Parallels, will power an Open-Xchange automation solution, through an integrated application. The hosting and service providers will offer open-source based email and collaboration services.
Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels noted, ”Our work with Open-Xchange advances Parallels’ Open Platform initiative to provide customers with a common platform to manage and automate service delivery. The integrated solutions enable service providers to expand their product offerings and include enterprise-proven collaboration technology for the Linux platform, and deliver them to end-users via a profitable, easily accessible SaaS model.”
Parallels and Open-Xchange are creating connectors for Open-Xchange Hosting Edition into Parallels Plesk Control Panel and Parallels Business Automation, enabling hosting and service providers to deploy and run Open-Xchange seamlessly in combination with Parallels’ automation tools via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.
Renton, Washington – (Website Hosting Directory) – May 12, 2008 – An agreement has been signed by web hosting server virtualization firm, Parallels, with myLittleTools, to resell myLittleAdmin for SQL Server 2005.
Debuted as the first web-based management tool designed for Microsoft SQL Server 2005, the application enables service providers to manage most database and server objects, such as tables, views, programmability and security objects, through a web browser.
Elian Chrebor, Founder of myLittleTools noted, ”We understand how important it is to ensure integration of myLittleAdmin with a popular control panel like Parallels Plesk. Through our technical and commercial relationship with Parallels, we now can offer myLittleAdmin to a larger segment of the hosting market at an attractive price.”
Support for myLittleAdmin is included with Parallels Plesk Control Panel 8.4, the latest version of Parallels’ leading multi-platform control panel designed to meet the needs of small-to-large hosting providers, resellers and end users. Powered by patented technology, the software is easy to use and automates a large number of tasks that allow service providers and their customers to reduce operating costs while increasing efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction.
Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels remarked, ”We are pleased to partner with myLittleAdmin on this database functionality for Parallels Plesk Control Panel users. With competitive pricing and leasing options, Parallels is making it cost effective and flexible for service providers to integrate this web application with Parallels or other control panel software.”
Renton, Washington – (The Hosting News) – May 8, 2008 – Parallels’ Virtuozzo Containers, have been selected by managed hosting provider, Liquid Web, for its new Microsoft Windows virtual private server (VPS) offering.
The offering will be delivered from Liquid Web’s two fully owned and operated mid-western datacenters. This represents an expanded partnership with Parallels, who already supplies Liquid Web with Parallels Plesk Control Panel software, which is bundled with all Windows dedicated server offerings.
Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels noted, ”We are pleased that Liquid Web has selected Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and the Parallels Open Platform for this important new offering and that our two companies are deepening our partnership. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers offers the highest levels of density, manageability and scalability, which makes it an ideal solution for datacenter owners who want to offer a wide variety of fully managed services.”
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers includes the Parallels Infrastructure Manager, a robust set of management tools that helps Liquid Web personnel deliver its ”Heroic Support,” which has become a trademark of their services. Using the Parallels Infrastructure Manager and Parallels Plesk control panel software, Liquid Web can offer their customers a control panel for adding software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications as well as the ability to scale the size of their VPS.
Liquid Web takes advantage of the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers’ architecture to offer burstable memory for example, temporarily adding more memory to a container during a short period of high activity, so clients may have access to more server resources than they actually pay for. The architecture provides this capability while guaranteeing minimal levels of service so clients never have less memory than they contract for.
Travis Stoliker, Marketing Director of Liquid Web commented, ”Our VPS offerings give a significant competitive advantage over hypervisor-based solutions. The high density, reliability, power savings, and management tools of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers allow us to provide our customers with more attractive offerings.”
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is the world’s leading operating system (OS) virtualization solution. On a single physical server and single OS installation, it enables users to run workloads in multiple, simultaneously running execution environments called ”containers.” Compared to other virtualization technologies, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers offers the highest levels of density, performance and manageability. Read more of this news »
Renton, Washington – (The Hosting News) – April 2, 2008 – Server virtualization firm, Parallels, has selected IT products distributor, Tech Data Corporation, as its exclusive U.S. distributor for Parallels Virtuozzo Containers.
Following Parallels’ channel program offering value-added resellers (VARs) access to container-based server virtualization software, distribution of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers will be managed by Tech Data’s Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) Division, which provides VARs with specialized sales and technical support for virtualization solutions.
Bill Portin, Vice President of North American sales and operations, Parallels noted, ”Parallels Virtuozzo Containers takes a different approach to server virtualization than many of the other solutions available in the channel, and by doing, so offers enterprises large and small a unique set of advantages, such as better per-server density and superior performance. This makes Parallels Virtuozzo Containers an ideal solution for VARs deploying data center-scale virtualization or for those deploying virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions. Working with Tech Data’s AIS Division, Parallels will ensure our VAR partners have access to the support, expertise and information they need to profitably deploy Parallels Virtuozzo Containers.”
Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is the world’s leading operating system (OS) virtualization solution. On a single physical server and single OS installation, it enables users to run workloads in multiple, simultaneously running execution environments called ‘containers’. Compared to other virtualization technologies, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers offers the highest levels of density, performance and manageability. Read more of this news »
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