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An Introduction to OS Virtualization and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers: Virtualization and automation technology is a major advance in IT infrastructure management. By leveraging the capability to abstract software and data from hardware and treat hardware as a pool of resources, virtualization and automation technology: Reduces the complexity and cost of IT infrastructures Provides users with...; Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Operating System, OS Virtualization, Parallels Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Roi/Tco, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2008-03-21
Top Ten Considerations for Choosing a Server Virtualization Technology: This Parallels white paper is a valuable decision-support resource that offers guidance for evaluating competing server virtualization solutions. It opens with a review of the three types of virtualization technologies available today: hardware virtualization, para-virtualization, and OS virtualization. The paper explains the basic concepts behind each approach and provides a...; Tags: Parallels Inc., Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage; White papers 2008-03-21
Real-time Remote Workforce Enablement: Cox Communications was looking for a way to deploy and manage the IT requirements of its decentralized customer support team comprised of over a hundred people. With only four IT staff designed to support the technical need of the customer support team, Cox required a flexible and high-performance solution that...; Tags: Virtual Server, Parallels Inc., Cox Communications Inc., Workforce, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Team Management, Leadership, Servers, Hardware, Management; Case studies 2008-03-21
Virtuozzo for Windows Capacity and Scaling: One of the keys to a successful virtualization project is the effective management of virtualized servers. Without proper optimization, your virtual infrastructure may experience performance and even stability issues. This white paper provides IT managers with the tools to plan and implement a Parallels Virtuozzo virtualization project,...; Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Microsoft Windows, Parallels Inc., Virtualization, Performance Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage; White papers 2008-03-21
Virtuozzo from Parallels: Greener Virtualization: Managers at all levels are becoming aware of the substantial amount of energy required to power and cool a datacenter. Server virtualization is one way datacenter managers can reduce the amount of energy consumed by eliminating underutilized servers. Parallels Virtuozzo is the only solution that delivers maximum...; Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Data Center, Parallels Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Hardware, Data Management, Servers; White papers 2008-03-07

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: This paper discusses the components of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI solution and how Parallels Virtuozzo can be a compelling virtualization choice for VDI.; Tags: Desktop, Parallels Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2008-02-11
SWsoft Renames Itself "Parallels": SWsoft* has just issued an announcement that it has changed its name to Parallels. It is not at all uncommon for a company having a successful product, such as Parallels, a virtual machine software product, to take on the name of that product in the hopes of building stronger awareness...; Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Software, Parallels Inc., Tools & Techniques, Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Management, SWsoft*, SWsoft/Parallels; Blog posts 2007-12-13
IDC Report - SWsoft: Making Operating System Virtualization an Option: Server virtualization has become increasingly popular in the datacenter. As the virtualization phenomenon expands, organizations are discovering new ways to apply the technology -- and are faced with new challenges. SWsoft is aiming to address these challenges through its Virtuozzo product and its set of management tools. ...; Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Operating System, OS Virtualization, International Data Corp., Parallels Inc., Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2007-10-01
SWsoft Virtuozzo's Version 4 beta: SWsoft Virtuozzo's Version 4 betadriversI do not agree that SWsoft can actually be compared to VM Ware for example. The type of partitioning SW soft has one general architechtual problem many virtual machines are residing on general purpose OS that has not being designed to optimize the performance of many...; Tags: Virtuozzo, Parallels Inc., virtual machine, virtualization; Discussion threads 2007-09-12
SWsoft Virtuozzo's Version 4 beta: SWsoft is a company that I've been tracking for quite some time. They have a strong presense in the hosting market and a growing presence in large organizations. They offer operating system virtualization/partitioning, desktop virtualization, management for those environments and an increasing number of other things offering a high performance,...; Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Parallels Inc., Virtualization, Virtuozzo, Beta; Blog posts 2007-09-12
OS-Virtualisation Review - Butler Group Report: This Technology Audit from the widely respected Butler Group gives an overview of the OS-level server virtualisation solution "Virtuozzo", analysing how and why it differs from hardware virtualisation and detailing the benefits arising from this approach.; Tags: Virtualization, Butler Group, Server Virtualization, Parallels Inc., Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage; White papers 2007-07-23
SWsoft - partitioned operating systems are better for hosters than virtual machines. Are they better for you?: I had a chance to speak with Douglas Johnson, Director of Marketing for the Hosting market for SWsoft about the company's approach to partitioned operating systems, what the company calls "Operating System Virtualization." Thanks for taking so much time discussing SWsoft with me, Doug! During the discussion, Doug spent some...; Tags: virtual machine software, virtual processing software, virtualization, Parallels Inc., operating system, software, virtual machine, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-06-18
SWsoft Once and Done Partitioning Software: An announcement from SWsoft just came to my attention. The company is offering a very simple way for small or medium sized organizations to deploy operating system partitioning or virtualization. It appears that the good folks over at SWsoft have thought long and hard about this and have come up...; Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Managing virtualized environments, virtual machine software, virtual processing software, Virtuozzo, Parallels Inc., operating system, software; Blog posts 2007-04-24
SWsoft adds cheaper intro to virtualization: SWsoft adds cheaper intro to virtualizationNeeds fewer licenses?"Windows into several somewhat independent containers"Does this mean that several customer can share the same OS license and maybe other programs?; Tags: Parallels Inc., virtualization; Discussion threads 2007-04-23
Analysis of Server Consolidation in the Data Center: VMware Vs. Virtuozzo: The reduction of the physical number of servers in a modern-day IT organization, otherwise known as "server consolidation," is of utmost importance to IT managers, who are forced to look for ways to reduce the time and money associated with maintaining their hardware and software. The apparent leader in this...; Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Data Center, VMware Inc., Analysis, Parallels Inc., Server Consolidation, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2007-04-01
SWsoft in virtualization pact with Novell: SWsoft in virtualization pact with NovellNovell covers the virtualization basesNovell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 will be supported on SWsoft's virtualization. This is good news. Add that to SLES support of Xen and VMware support for SLES and whatever comes out of the Microsoft - Novell technical cooperation...; Tags: SLES, Novell Inc., virtualization, Parallels Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-03-16
Plesk for Windows (1): Plesk is a comprehensive control panel solution used by leading hosting providers worldwide for shared, virtual, and dedicated hosting. The control panel is designed to simplify the management and administration of Web sites. Plesk control panel automates a large number of tasks that allow service providers to reduce operating costs...; Tags: Control Panel, Parallels Inc., Microsoft Windows, Plesk, Plesk Control Panel; Software downloads 2007-03-08
Virtual Appliances: Improve Manageability & Automate Provisioning: Virtual appliances have recently been gaining notoriety with IT organizations. These pre-packaged ready to deploy instances of an application created in a virtual machine or environment can provide significant management savings. While they can be a powerful IT tool, not all virtual appliances are created equally. To...; Tags: Appliance, Virtualization, Parallels Inc., Virtual Machine, Provisioning, Hardware; White papers 2007-01-01
The Advantages of Multi-Port Network Adapters in an SWsoft Virtual Environment: Every enterprise can benefit from improving the utilization of IT resources. Improved utilization not only helps reduce costs but can also simplify IT infrastructure, leading to reduced operations costs. A virtual computing infrastructure can provide the features that enable these benefits. At the same time, a virtual infrastructure can heighten...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtuozzo, Parallels Inc., Environment, Information Technology, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Strategy, Hardware, Management, Servers; White papers 2006-09-01
Virtuozzo Reigns in Server Management and Delivers Unmatched Performance: arvato mobile had been using an open source virtualization solution and was sufficiently satisfied until the number of servers grew and application availability became critical. The company needed to evaluate and control resource use inside their virtual environments. They also needed centralized control; with hundreds of servers it's really great...; Tags: Virtuozzo, Parallels Inc., Backups, Virtualization, Servers, Server Management, Performance, Hardware; Case studies 2006-07-17