Company's automation to power Pointivity Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint offerings.

Parallels, a provider in virtualization and automation software, today announced that Pointivity, an application hosting and managed services company, will offer their on-demand hosted applications, Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint, with Parallels Automation.

The company says that its Automation delivers hosting solutions through a multi-layer control panel with integrated billing, enabling Pointivity to automate all processes including online ordering, provisioning, billing and reporting.

It explains that Pointivity solutions are built on the Pointivity Computing Cloud (PC2) technology that offers deployment of applications and utility computing on a pay-as-you-go model. Pointivity aims to offer hosted Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint solutions as a reseller program, claims the the company.

"We are pleased to be able to offer our on-demand applications utilizing Parallels technology", said Kent Erickson, President and CEO of Pointivity. "Over time, we feel that the flexibility offered will allow us to scale our business and add new services efficiently, creating value for our customers and partners."

"Pointivity's application hosting services provide a new opportunity for resellers," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. "Using Parallels Automation to deliver resources extends reach to a large market of companies that may not have the in-house resources needed to develop and manage all aspects of their IT."