All Posts Tagged With: "swsoft"
Parallels Releases Server 1.0
Parallels announced today that Parallels Server for Mac, the former SWSoft’s hypervisor solution for server virtualization, is now available. Parallels Server for Mac can run on any Intel-powered Apple hardware, including the Xserve and Mac Pro, running OS X Leopard Server and comes to market after a worldwide beta testing program involving Mac, Windows and Linux server professionals.
17Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedParallels Named Red Herring 100 Award Finalist
Server virtualization firm Parallels has been named a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Awards’ selection of the most innovative private technology companies based in North America.
23Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedSun Microsystems To Acquire Parallels For $ 205 Million (Updated)
Sun Microsystems has today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Parallels (formerly SWsoft) and all of its assets for $ 85 million. The major acquisition had been rumoured to be imminent throughout the course of 2007, but never actually went through, which led mosts analysts to believe the Herndon, VA-based company was heading towards an IPO following in VMware’s footsteps.
1Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 22 comments | ContinuedKeep It Quiet, But Parallels Acquired ModernGigabyte
The Register sure has some pretty observant readers. Apparently one of them noticed an early preview of a deal which has been forged two months ago but was only to be announced tomorrow: Parallels acquired ModernGigabyte, the makers of billing software ModernBill and other automation solutions for the hosting provider market.
26Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Current State of Open Source Virtualization
We’ve started by looking back at a decade of Open Source virtualization, and in this second part of the series we’ll tackle today’s landscape (last updated in March 2008).
26Mar2008 | Kris Buytaert | 3 comments | ContinuedParallels Packages Virtuozzo Containers 4 Software With Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Parallels (formerly SWsoft) today announced availability of its Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 server virtualization software packaged with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell. This provides customers with another choice for virtualization, which can effectively handle performance-sensitive workloads such as databases as well as support for servers using Itanium processors.
13Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 2 comments | ContinuedParallels And AXIGEN Launch Strategic Partnership
AXIGEN, a Romanian mail server vendor, and Parallels (former SWSoft), virtualization and automation software provider, yesterday announced the launch of a strategic technological partnership in which the companies will offer an integrated AXIGEN Mail Server and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers solution specifically for service providers offering virtualized hosting environments.
21Feb2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedViUX Automates Hosting With Parallels / SWSoft
Server virtualization firm, Parallels/SWsoft, has partnered with software-as-a-service and technology solutions firm, ViUX Systems, to provide a complete hosting automation system for all of its clients, including resellers.
14Feb2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedCombell Group Chooses SWsoft For Its Virtual Server Hosting Plans
Virtualization software company SWsoft is powering a new line of virtual server hosting service plans by the Belgian hosting company Combell Group .
Frederik Poelman, CTO at Combell, noted, ”With SWsoft Virtuozzo, our new virtual server offering delivers exceptional performance and results, and allows our customers the flexibility to work how they want to work. Virtuozzo’s [...]
17Jan2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedVirtualization start-ups hit reset button
Two start-ups hoping to profit from virtualization are giving details of new strategies this week. It’s a sign that the technology, while a hot item, doesn’t mean easy profits.
Stephen Shankland wrote on news.com
Virtual Iron and XenSource both have altered course with their virtualization products, which is software that lets a single computer run multiple [...]
Is Virtualization the miracle cure for software set-up?
Stephen Shankland at News.Com reports:
Most talk about virtualization these days centers on using server hardware more efficiently. But the technology also has the potential to ease another headache: software installation woes.
Today, administrators installing software typically must ensure beforehand that it’s certified to run with their particular hardware and operating systems, then configure and optimize it [...]
How to build a Virtual Private Server (VPS) With Debian 3.1 (Sarge) And OpenVZ
Till Brehm has released an essential how-to at HowToForge.Com for installing OpenVZ, the open source version of SWsoft Virtuozzo, on a Linux Debian 3.1 32bit operating system.
It starts from the very beginning step, patching kernel, up to the final goal, building a so-called Virtual Private Server (VPS). With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private [...]
