Parallels Announces the General Availability of Workstation 2.0 for $49 per License; Includes Full Support for Intel® Virtualization Technology
December 8, 2005
Laptop Battery HERNDON, Virginia - Dec. 8th, 2005 - After months of focused research, development and testing, Parallels, Inc., (www.parallels.com) today announced the immediate general availability of Parallels Workstation 2.0, the world's first hypervisor-powered desktop virtualization solution, at the industry leading price point of $49 per license. Purchases can be made directly through the company's online store at www.parallels.com/buyonline/. New users are welcome to download and evaluate a free, fully functional 45-day trial of the powerful, user-friendly product by visiting the Parallels Download Center at www.parallels.com/download/.
Network Use. You may also store or install a copy of the Product on a storage device, such as a network server, used only to install or run the Product on your other Workstation Computers over an internal network; however, you must acquire and dedicate an additional license for each separate Workstation Computer on or from which the Product is installed, used, accessed, displayed or run. A license for the Product may not be shared or used concurrently on different Workstation Computers.
Thinkpad Parallels Workstation 2.0's lightweight hypervisor inserts a thin layer of software between the machine's hardware and the primary operating system that directly controls some hardware profiles and resources, resulting in dramatically improved virtual machine stability, reliability, and performance. The technology also empowers Parallels Workstation to fully realize the features and benefits of Intel® Virtualization Technology architecture, an important new technology that optimizes CPUs for virtualization.
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Microsoft "We're pleased to see Parallels use Intel's new hardware Virtualization Technology," said Melissa Laird, general manager of Intel's Developer Relations Division. "With this offering, Parallels provides an affordable solution for client virtualization."
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Laptop Computers "The availability of Parallels Workstation 2.0 at the industry-leading price of $49, along with the product's powerful lightweight hypervisor and full support of Intel Virtualization Technology, sets the tone for Parallels' aggressive virtualization product roadmap," said Benjamin Rudolph, Parallels' Marketing Manager. "We look forward to continuing our mission of building 'virtualization solutions for everyone' with the upcoming release of our server virtualization products in 2006."
And so Workstation Edition, you basically can back up multiple workstations, but you need a license per each workstation. And the Server Edition works exactly the same, except that it backs up servers, right
Laptop Computer Parallels' hypervisor technology and support of Intel Virtualization Technology architecture ensure that virtual machines created with Workstation are maximally stable, reliable, and efficient, while the product's broad guest OS support, which includes Windows* 3.1 - Server* 2003/XP, multiple Linux* distributions, FreeBSD, and the OS/2* and eComStation* families, enables the product to accommodate nearly any user OS needs. To ensure smooth installation and operation in any environment, Parallels will be offering registered users 24-hour email support as well as providing regular product updates, upgrades and enhancements.
Parallels Compressor® Server is a complete, grade, use disk management tool that helps save storage costs, maximize hard disk resources, powered Parallels, VMware, and Microsoft virtual server or virtual workstation by reducing the size of the virtual hard disk size.
Desktop Computer About Parallels
Parallels is server and workstation virtualization solutions company committed to building powerful, user friendly, cost-effective products that can be used by anyone, from an experienced developer to a computer "newbie" to improve efficiency, lower hardware costs, and reduce operating expenses. The company's products all feature hypervisor technology for strong, stable virtual machines, and an intuitive web-like interface that facilitates zero-training operation. Additionally, Parallels solutions fully support Intel Virtualization Technology architecture, which is optimized to provide superior virtual machine performance. The company is rapidly growing and employs a global team of experienced technical and business professionals. For more information, please visit www.parallels.com.
Notebooks * Intel and Intel Virtualization Technology are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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Benjamin H. Rudolph
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