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[PSUs]| Thursday 14th June 2007 |
Currently at the alpha stage, Parallels Server for Mac will let IT administrators run OS X Server, Microsoft Exchange Servers running on Windows, Apache running on Linux servers and more all at the same time, on the same hardware.
Ben Rudolph, Parallels' head of marketing said that Parallels Desktop has already established itself as the leading virtualisation software for Mac users who need to run applications from other operating systems at the same time as OS X - indeed it was singled out by Apple CEO Steve Jobs this week as an example of why Apple does not need to build virtualisation into OS X. Parallels Server for Mac takes that one step further.
'It speaks volumes to our commitment to the Mac market and shows that we're ready to provide the world's only top-to-bottom,
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He added that with its equivalent products for Windows and Linux, Parallels is gearing up to provide a complete set of virtualisation tools for the SMB, government and education markets.
Rudolph said that the Parallels Server for Mac includes enterprise-class features such as true virtual SMP (multi-core virtual servers), type-1 hypervisor, strong support for popular server operating systems including Windows Server 2003 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions, and local and browser-based management tools.
It will also have completely open APIs and Parallels will be providing a software development kit (SDK) to enable third-party developers and IT departments to fully deploy virtualisation technology in their applications and tools.
'Our community has always been very important to us, and we feel that by opening the API and providing all of the necessary resources to build great tools, we'll be helping the community get the most out of our Server offerings,' Rudolph explained. 'I should also note that Parallels built-in tools were developed using the very same tools that we're offering to the community, and that we plan to make a number of our in-house developed Server management tools open source so that anyone, even those not using Parallels virtualisation, can get more out of their existing server virtualisation infrastructure.'
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