Company offers customers a control panel for adding software-as-a-service applications as well as the ability to scale the size of their VPS.

Liquid Web, a managed hosting provider, today announced that it has launched a new Microsoft Windows virtual private server offering powered by Parallels Virtuozzo Containers. It states the offering will be delivered from their two fully-owned and operated mid-western datacenters. This represents an expanded partnership with Parallels, which already supplies us with Parallels Plesk Control Panel software that is bundled with all Windows dedicated server offerings, avers the company.

The company states that the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers includes the Parallels Infrastructure Manager, a set of management tools that helps their personnel deliver their Support, which has become a trademark of their services. Further using the Parallels Infrastructure Manager and Parallels Plesk control panel software, It can offer its customers a control panel for adding software-as-a-service applications as well as the ability to scale the size of their VPS.

It adds that it takes advantage of the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers' architecture to offer 'burstable' memory – for example, temporarily adding more memory to a container during a short period of high activity – so clients may have access to more server resources than they actually pay for. The architecture provides this capability while guaranteeing minimal levels of service so clients never have less memory than their contract, claims the company.
 
"We are pleased that Liquid Web has selected Parallels Virtuozzo Containers and the Parallels Open Platform for this important new offering and that our two companies are deepening our partnership," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. "Parallels Virtuozzo Containers offers the highest levels of density, manageability and scalability, which makes it an ideal solution for datacenter owners who want to offer a wide variety of fully-managed services."

"Our VPS offerings give a significant competitive advantage over hypervisor-based solutions," said Travis Stoliker, marketing director of Liquid Web. "The high density, reliability, power savings, and management tools of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers allow us to provide our customers with more attractive offerings."