Parallels begin previews of Plesk Panel 11 at World Hosting Days Global
New features and functionality in Parallels Plesk Panel 11 are designed to help hosters and distributors profit from the growing market for SMB cloud services.
Last week Parallels began previews of Parallels Plesk Panel 11 at World Hosting Days (WHD.Global), an annual hosting and cloud industry event held at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany that attracts over 3,500 attendees from over 80 countries. Designed for next-generation hosting and cloud environments, Parallels Plesk Panel 11 can help take hosters to the next level of profitability in their business. Available in server versions for both Linux and Microsoft Windows Server, Parallels Plesk Panel 11 can deliver higher average revenue per user (ARPU) while maximizing profits for growing service providers and improving operational efficiencies for resellers. It also provides revenue-generating capabilities such as an integrated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) storefront with access to over 100 free and commercial web-based applications that enable hosters to create unique service plans to meet a variety of customer needs.
For more information and to download a preview of Parallels Plesk Panel 11 please go here.
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Save the dates - WHD.india, WHD.asia, Parallels Australia Cloud Forum
Save the dates for upcoming 2012 events in Asia and Australia.
WHD.india - May 21-22
Renaissance Conference Center in Mumbai, IndiaWHD.asia - May 24-25
Hilton Millennium in Bangkok, ThailandWHD.india and WHD.asia are affiliate events of the WorldHostingDays, and Parallels is a Diamond sponsor of both events.
Parallels Australia Cloud Forum
In its 2nd year running, Parallels Australia Cloud Forum is an all-Australian cloud and hosting event where Parallels executives, top service providers and partners will share:
June 6 at Sheraton On The Park in Sydney, Australia
June 8 at The Langham in Melbourne, Australia- New ways to win SMB share and profits
- A sneak peak at Parallels product roadmap
- A new training and certification program on Parallels Plesk Panel (Linux) and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers (Linux)
Attendees will also have an opportunity to interact with top executives from leading service providers, industry influencers and partners, as well as Parallels executives.
Parallels featured in an IDC Private Vendor Watchlist Profile: Helping Service Providers Compete in the Cloud
The market continues to take notice of Parallels momentum and the entire breadth of our software, expertise and ecosystem. Tech industry research firm IDC, in a recently published report from February 2102, states that, “Given Parallels' current base of 5,000 partners/customers in the SMB IT channel (hosting providers, resellers, and integrators) and market penetration of the Parallels' Plesk Panel product (50% market share in the control panel segment), IDC believes that the company is well positioned to establish an up-the-stack presence in the service delivery/enablement platforms of SMB cloud IT supply chain participants.”
Download your copy of the full IDC report free of charge.
¹ IDC, Parallels Private Vendor Watchlist Profile: Helping Service Providers Compete in the Cloud, doc #233149, Feb. 2012
New! APS Theater On-Demand
Hear directly from over 25 leading application and hosted services vendors who can help you profit by offering the most in-demand applications to SMBs. Vendors include BackupAgent, Microsoft, Apptix, and many more.
Watch the videos here.
New case study
Shinjiru turns to Parallels Plesk Panel for a complete server control panel, thus, increasing ARPU and enhancing customer stickiness.
KDDI achieves its goal of delivering a cost-effective virtual desktop service by choosing Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for Windows.
Events
Register now for the April 10th Parallels Cloud Services Webinar for Service Providers 8:00 AM, Pacific Standard Time
Cloud services providers should attend this webinar to hear directly from leading application and hosted service vendors on how service providers can profit by offering the most in-demand applications to small and medium business customers. This is a great opportunity for service providers to learn how to easily market and sell high-demand commercial applications and services, and how Parallels can help providers of any size be successful in increasing ARPU and reducing customer churn.
Presentation line-up: Google, Jelastic, Asigra and SiteLock
The March 13th Cloud Services Webinar is now available on-demand. Presentations include:
- McAfee, Security-as-a-Service - Learn how McAfee is enabling leading service providers and telcos to build margin-rich monthly-recurring revenue streams around the industry's most robust portfolio of APS integrated SaaS Security solutions.
- IASO, Backup Software - Learn how to scale a successful backup proposition and the benefits of IASO backup software and its Cloud Management for storage clouds.
- Scality, Organic Cloud Storage - Learn how Scality helps you easily build and run your own cloud storage service in your datacenter, in a very profitable way.
This popular and well-attended webinar series helps connect ISVs and cloud service providers to drive new business. Past products and companies highlighted include: Microsoft, BackupAgent, MXSweep, 4PSA, UNITY Mobile, Open X-change, Ksplice, Panda Security, Pinnacle Cart, goMobi, Infratel, OfficeDrive, Stopthehacker, Video Most, Parallels PACM, Attracta, CloudFlare, MessageSolution, SofCloudIT, LiveOffice, SmarterTools, SpamExperts, Symantec.cloud, and Alteva.
News from the Parallels Support Team
Global training session provides Technical Account Managers with professional growth and skillsets for excellent service
During the month of February, Technical Account Managers (TAMs) participated in a global training session at Parallels Headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA. The training session offered continuing education for professional growth in addition to providing TAMs with the ability to continue delivering excellent service. With the continual education program, TAMs will be better equipped with the knowledge and skillsets to provide faster and high quality assistance to those participating in the TAM program.
To learn more about what a Technical Account Manager (TAM) is and how your business can become involved in this program please see the official TAM homepage.
Tips and Tricks from Parallels Global Support
Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure (PACI)- PACI now provides a simple and flexible model of managing network access and IP ranges assigned to Cloud Infrastructure (CI) servers. To learn more about PACI: Network Groups please see this Knowledge Base article.
- It is now possible to hide advertisements in Parallels Plesk Panel. To learn how to hide promos in Parallels Plesk Panel please see this Knowledge Base article.
For general Customer Support and Service, and updates from the Global Support organization you can tweet to @ParallelsCares on Twitter! @ParallelsCares.
- Follow Parallels Knowledge Base on Twitter and you will see when new* Knowledge Base articles go live as soon as they are created or updated! @ParallelsKB.
*@ParallelsKB will tweet new and updated KB articles for the following products only: Parallels Desktop for Mac, Parallels Plesk Panel, Parallels Virtual Automation, Parallels Virtual Automation, Parallels Operations Automation, Parallels Business Automation - Enterprise, Parallels Business Automation - Standard.
