Offers web hosting and virtual private servers based on Parallels virtualization and automation tools.

Parallels, a provider in virtualization and automation software, today announced that Mondoo, a French hosting company, is using its virtualization and automation tools to offer web hosting and virtual private servers.

The company says that these offerings are aimed at small and medium businesses with basic technical skills that require low-cost hosting solutions.

It explains that its Virtuozzo Containers and Automation, developed for hosters and their customers, enable Mondoo to meet this demand with competitively priced hosting offerings. It avers that Virtuozzo Containers provides the efficient virtualization technology for delivering high-volume services by creating isolated compartments on a single physical server and OS instance. The solution includes customized management tools to manage internal and external users, providing Mondoo with stable, reliable hosting solutions, states the company.

''In using the full range of Parallels products designed for hosting customers and providers, Mondoo is able to meet their customers needs at a very attractive price,'' said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. ''The Parallels Open Platform enables a solution with integrated tools and minimal overhead and we're happy that the APS standard is able to simplify their application installation and management.''

''The decision to use Parallels solutions was by far, the best decision we have made to date,'' says Julien Mellul, CEO of Mondoo. ''It has allowed us to automate and grow our business while reducing support overhead.''