Special offer for introductory FREE Parallels Business Automation Standard license and training — Start growing your business faster today
Service providers can grow their business faster by offering a full range of hosting services (shared hosting, VPS hosting, SSL certificates and domain registration) automated by Parallels Business Automation Standard (PBAS). PBAS is the most mature and the industry's preferred, billing and hosting automation solution for managing and scaling small and medium web hosting businesses. Available now, Parallels is offering a special revenue share program which includes:
No initial PBAS license cost. Pay only for Parallels Plesk Panel and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers licenses (and at a discount!). You do not pay for PBAS licenses until your monthly revenue delivered through PBAS grows above US$8,000 (€5,450). At that point, a small 2% revenue share fee will apply to all revenue delivered through PBAS above US$8,000 (€5,450).
- Free PBAS training. An online instructor-led installation and administration training program valued at US$500.
Learn how your business can increase revenue, decrease costs, and enhance customer experience with PBAS. For additional information, please complete and submit this form.
You can also download a free copy of Parallels Business Automation Standard 4.1.
April 2012
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Availability date set for Parallels Plesk Panel 11 — Download the preview today
Parallels Plesk Panel 11 is coming. We're targeting RTM on June 5th and a general availability launch date of June 18th. Parallels Plesk Panel 11 is the most hardened version ever with enhanced security and improved password encryption. These improvements are available in the downloadable preview code.
Some new features in Parallels Plesk Panel 11 include:
- Modern cloud-friendly cloning of images into various virtual environments
- Improved web server performance with nginx (Linux) modern architecture
- Enablement of more APS applications with better APS 1.2 compliance
- Parallels Plesk Panel Software Development Kit (SDK)
To download the latest preview of Parallels Plesk Panel 11 go here.
Register now to learn about Parallels Automation 5.4 and its new modules for Hosted PBX and Microsoft Lync
Growing at more than 75% year-over-year in 2011, Hosted Unified Communications and Collaboration is the fastest growing hosted service category within the SMB segment. Parallels Automation 5.4 enables two of the industry's leaders in this space, BroadSoft and Microsoft Lync. Broadsoft has a long, deep history of offering IP-based PBX systems to SMBs, while hosted Microsoft Lync has become an increasingly popular add-on to hosted Exchange deployments. Both services will be made available in the Parallels Automation 5.4 release, scheduled for mid-May 2012.
On May 10th, Parallels will host a webinar for partners to understand the technology, value proposition and ways to take advantage of this amazing new opportunity.
Register to join this webinar.
Headlines
Case Studies
PacHosting turns to Parallels Automation and APS to easily configure applications for seamless integration into cloud delivery systems, achieving its goal of reducing time-to-market for new services.
KT adopts Parallels Automation to quickly instate the capability to deliver cloud services efficiently and cost-effectively to small and medium businesses.
Net Logistics chooses Parallels Plesk Panel and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers as a means to manage its infrastructure, provision upstream services more efficiently, and offer new services to customers.
Velocity Host enables digital marketing pioneer 1MD to stay ahead of business growth with complete automation and virtualization solution from Parallels.
Events
Register now for the May 8th Parallels Cloud Services Webinar for Service Providers 8:00 AM (Pacific Daylight 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.
Presentation line-up: VMware (Zimbra), ecwid, Quest and Solgari
The April Cloud Services Webinar is now available. Presentations include:
- Jelastic, The PaaS for Hosters “Rock-Solid Java in the Cloud”
- SiteLock, Your Partner in Cloud Security
- Asigra, How to Deliver a Profitable Cloud Backup Service
- Google, Increase ARPU & Reduce Churn with Google Apps
This popular and well-attended webinar series helps connect ISVs and cloud service providers to drive new business.
Webinar: Best Practices for Growing your VPS and Cloud Server Business — Wednesday, May 9th at 11 AM (Pacific Daylight Time)
Register now for the upcoming webinar with the WHIR: Best Practices for Growing your VPS and Cloud Server Business.
The demand for Virtual Private Servers (VPS) continues to explode, and can include everything from a single VPS to elastic, hourly-billed cloud infrastructure. Deploying cost effective VPS and cloud server solutions is the key to accelerating revenue and realizing profit. In this webinar we will share the results of our latest market research and the best practices to optimize your cost structure and drive profits from your VPS solutions.
Key Learnings:- Latest market survey results describing VPS revenue opportunities today and in the future for cloud services
- Buyer preferences for VPS services
- Best practices to follow to realize profit from VPS services
- Action plan to prepare for the future
Carrier Cloud Forum — Wednesday, May 9th at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada
Join Parallels at the Carrier Cloud Forum, which will provide high-quality education and peer-to-peer interaction on:
- Building a cloud infrastructure that is manageable and billable
- Ensuring high-performance security and service quality to meet SLA demands
- Recognizing best practices for packaging
- And monetizing XaaS services and applications, and learning what works and what does not for vertical industry customization
To learn more and to register for the event, please visit this site.
WHIR networking events in Europe — Where web hosting business takes place
WHIR events in Europe present an opportunity to conduct face-to-face business and networking with executives, solution providers and corporate decision makers in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Parallels is one of the top sponsors of this informal get-together. Join us at several special locations across Europe and make new connections and learn more about Parallels.
We look forward to meeting you at the following WHIR events:- Amsterdam — May 22nd at Brasserie Harkema
- Berlin — May 24th at Soho House Berlin, POLITBÜRO room
- Paris — May 29th, Location to be determined
- London — May 31st at Concrete @Pizza East
RSVP today!
WHD.india — Mumbai, May 21–22 and WHD.asia — Bangkok, May 24–25
- WHD.india — May 21–22
Renaissance Conference Center in Mumbai, IndiaThis WHD event is especially dedicated to the rising and fast-moving Indian hosting market.
Register now for free using code MG31V2O47.
- WHD.asia — May 24–25
Hilton Millennium in Bangkok, ThailandWHD.asia is the perfect opportunity to get in contact with important colleagues from the Asian hosting and cloud industry.
Register now for free using code MG31V2P68.
WHD.india and WHD.asia are affiliate events of the WorldHostingDays, and Parallels is a Diamond sponsor of both events.
Parallels Australia Cloud Forum — Sydney, June 6th and Melbourne, June 8th
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:
- 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 and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for 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 Summit 2012 APAC — September 21–22 at Shangri-la Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore
In its 4th year running, Parallels Summit 2012 APAC showcases practical ways of selling, upselling, reselling, bundling and delivering the widest range of cloud services to SMBs. This year, Parallels Summit 2012 APAC also gives you an exclusive look into Parallels products and ecosystem — the key elements to the success of your business.
Register now for only US $99 (normally US $299) using code N235678 at checkout.
News from the Parallels Support Team
Parallels Global Support continues training for new Parallels Automation support team members
The Tier 1 Parallels Automation Global Support team has grown by 26%. Training for new Parallels Automation support team members began during the month of April and will continue over the next two months.
Tips and Tricks from Parallels Global Support
Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure (PACI)To learn how to calculate general resource usage fees for IP addresses please see the following Knowledge Base article.
To learn why a customer has been put on credit hold even though the customer's credit limit has not been exceeded please see the following 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.