Parallels officials have announced an enhancement to the company’s Parallels Operations Automation 2.8 software in the form of a SaaS (News - Alert) module, which uses the Application Packaging Standard.

 

Parallels Operations Automation is described by company officials as “an operations support system for enterprises and service providers to automate the delivery of server-based applications and resources.”

 

According to recent research from Saugatuck Technology, companies with fewer than 500 employees are a key growth area for SaaS. In addition, the research firm says, new SMBs are foregoing traditional IT and from the start using SaaS and Cloud-based IT.

 

The new SaaS Module lets service providers offer third party applications to their end-user customers. New features built into the operations system provide a platform. This new version 2.8 release of Parallels Operations Automation, company officials say, “incorporates 210 new features and functional improvements.”

 

Earlier this month Parallels announced that its OS-level server virtualization product, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, supports the new HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet module and HP ProLiant BL495c virtualization blade server.

 

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers let HP BladeSystem customers partition the underlying hardware and host OS so multiple, isolated workloads can run simultaneously on the same physical server.

 

"HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 provides customers with new levels of flexibility and control, " said Ezequiel Steiner, Senior VP of Corporate and Business Development at Parallels at the time.

 

Parallels Operations Automation is designed to improve server provisioning and datacenter management, reduce operational costs and reduce service delivery errors. Company officials say they feel that the new SaaS capabilities make it easier for service providers to offer a wide range of applications, including CRM.

 

“Parallels Operations Automation lets customers manage their operations and provide new services such as SaaS applications into a business software market expected to reach $40 billion by 2011,” said Jack Zubarev, President, Service Provider Worldwide, Parallels.

 

Founded in 1999, Parallels has 800 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

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