Parallels has proudly announced the release and launch of their beta program for Parallels Panel 10 SMB Edition.

According to Parallels, Parallels Panel 10 SMB Edition is set to be the simplest, yet most effective and powerful hosting control panel for service providers in todays industry.

Given what we already know, the Parallels Panel Suite is already quite a powerful system, giving users an enormous amount of control over their hosting environment.

Parallels are already one of the biggest and leading producers of hosting automation and control panel solutions within today’s market and this addition to their arsenal of software simply enforces that fact!

Parallels Panel 10 SMB Edition is going to improve on control by giving users more depth and ability to manage their own IT services with little or no knowledge of servers.

Parallels Panel 10 has also been set to include the ability to offer SaaS (software-as-a-service), giving more power to providers who utilise this forever growing market.

Given that Parallels have released this edition as a current BETA, of course, we’re not yet going to throw this into a production environment, however, we are going to setup a testing server for this BETA, giving you the chance to see, test and trial this BETA within a live operating environment.

We intend for the trial environment to be of a Windows Server 2008 environement including IIS 7, so you will gain the best of both worlds by testing this new release of their software.

Once we have completed the setup of this BETA server, we will be offering limited users a chance to trial this new edition of Parallels Panel. These users will be selected on a first-come-first-served basis, so if you are interested, please express your interest in the comments area of this blog post.

The trial service will be offered FREE until such time as Parallels complete the BETA of this new edition of their software and we will be setting up a dedicated bug reporting queue for customers who are assisting with this BETA to report their issues back to us.

You can read more information regarding Parallels Panel 10 SMB Edition on Parallels website here: http://www.parallels.com/products/panelsmb/

As mentioned above, if you wish to be one of the lucky people selected to assist us with this BETA, simply leave your details in the comments field and you will be contacted once the BETA is live and online.

Of course, we will be announcing the BETA’s status here as well, but get in now to avoid disappointment once we commence trials.

“Out of all the hypervisor solutions on all the desktops in the world, they award ours!” is the paraphrase used by the Parallels team in the announcement of their Parallels Desktop for Mac solution when it recently won the Network World’s Clear Choice Award.

It will bring piece of mind to them to know that Parallels are producing award winning software, with their popular Parallels Desktop for Mac recently winning the “NetworkWorld Clear Choice” award.

Out of all the virtualisation methods used throughout the globe, Parallels Desktop for Mac provailed, with it handling “USB flash drive use more easily that VMware Fusion or VirtualBox for Mac”

Parallels have yet again proven they are the strongest competitor and producer of virtualisation hypervisors in the industry, with other popular products like Parallels Server for Mac and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers also taking the world of hypervisor solutions to a whole new level.

Parallels are such a fine producer of virtualisation software that they are Hightek Hosting’s “Clear Choice” when it comes to providing virtualisation solutions to it’s customers.

About Parallels Desktop for Mac: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

About Parallels

Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating system, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Read More About The Topic Here: http://blogs.parallels.com/consumertech/2009/07/parallels-desktop-for-mac-networkworlds-clear-choice-test-winner.html

Need A Virtualisation Soltution for your business?

Hightek Hosting can provide advise and licencing for all your Parallels product needs.

If you would like to discuss the benefits of virtualisation to your office or would like a quote on licences for any of Parallels products, contact us today!

Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.2 is now available for download for Linux version from Parallels Website or via auto-update.

This realease includes just one update, being an upgrade to the latest version of Parallels Antivirus by Dr. Web

For a full list of new features, bug fixes and release notes, you can refer to the following documents available for the appropriate version.

Release Notes

Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.2 for RPM based oses release notes
Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.2 for DEB based oses release notes
Parallels Plesk Panel 9.2.2 for PKG based oses release notes

Downloads

Download Parallels Plesk Panel for Linux/Unix
Virtuozzo Templates for Parallels Plesk Panel (unix/win)
Parallels Plesk Panel Utilities (lang packs for unix/win)
Parallels Plesk Panel Documentation for unix/win
Parallels Plesk Patches for unix/win

If you have a Parallels Plesk (Linux) VPS or Dedicated Server with Hightek Hosting that also includes server managment, you can request that we apply this latest upgrade for you by opening a support ticket.

If you have an unmanaged service, you can either apply this update yourself by downloading the appropriate version or by utilising the Parallels Plesk Panel auto-update feature from within your control panel.

If you have any questions regarding this upgrade/update, do not hestiate in opening a ticket

Parallels has recently released PBA 4.4 Service Pack 2. This maintenance upgrade fixes over 80 bugs and now supports payment plug-ins for Infinitium E-Payment and QuickPay. This release also supports the domain plug-in for InternetX.

Contact Hightek Hosting to discuss an upgrade today!