SoftLayer Launches Parallels CloudLayer Panel
Dallas, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 4, 2009 – Data center services provider, SoftLayer Technologies, began offering Parallels Plesk Panel as an optional service with CloudLayer Computing Instances. The extension of Parallels Panel to the company’s cloud computing solution gives SoftLayer customers even more control and operational efficiency for these exceptionally scalable environments.
Jack Zubarev, President of Service Provider Worldwide for Parallels remarked, “Parallels Panel was designed to enable our partners like SoftLayer to build more flexibility and value into their solutions, and extend all of its benefits to their customers. We’re excited to see it extended to SoftLayer’s cloud customers. Parallels Panel helps SMBs maximize their IT investments and provides access to new applications and services on-demand. We believe in meeting customers evolving needs, and cloud services are truly redefining the hosting industry.”
Used by service providers and system administrators around the world, Parallels Panel automates and simplifies management and administration for dedicated, shared, and virtual systems. It provides a wide range of features for optimizing operations and maximizing return, including an easy-to-use interface, powerful backup and restore functionality, and robust tools for managing and reselling applications and services.
CloudLayer Computing provides cloud-based computing instances running enterprise-grade and open source operating systems delivered in as few as five minutes. These instances give enterprises massive scalability and can seamlessly integrate with SoftLayer dedicated servers, automated services, and other CloudLayer services (including CloudLayer Storage and CloudLayer CDN) to create a fully unified computing solution. Monthly billing is based on hourly usage or a monthly rate with no long-term commitment, providing an exceptional degree of flexibility. Other advantages include:
- Image Library—Capture, template, and store images for accelerated provisioning and management
- Ease of Use—Full access and control via Customer Portal and API
- Full Virtualization—Virtualized networking, security, storage, and management optimizes “beyond the box”
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides on-demand virtual data center services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates all facets of IT to innovate industry-leading solutions that are fully automated. This empowers customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management for their IT environment.
To learn more information about CloudLayer Computing, or the entire CloudLayer line of services, please visit: www.softlayer.com/cloudlayer.html.
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