One-Month Free "Hosting-in-a-Box" bundle delivers resellers and small and medium-sized businesses complete hosting solution to maximize revenue.

Parallels, a provider of virtualization and automation software, today announced that The Planet, a privately held dedicated hosting company, will offer its hosting reseller channel a special bundled offering that combines Parallels Plesk Panel, together with Parallels Plesk Billing. The company states that the promotion also delivers to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) a free bundled promotion that includes Parallels Panel with 100 domains, in addition to The Planet's Alpha Monitoring service. It adds that the promotion, which launches July 6, 2009, offers the Parallels bundle free of charge, for one-month. It is available on all dedicated servers, and includes 24/7 server and service monitoring.

The company claims that the Parallel's Panel is the only control panel that gives users direct availability to hundreds of applications via the Application Packaging Standard (APS). Parallels Plesk Billing automates billing operations and is designed specifically for any business that needs recurring billing support - from taking orders, provisioning services, managing invoices and collecting payments. It further explains that each server automation application shares a seamless interface, ensuring end-users can easily navigate and perform tasks quickly. The advanced bundle gives resellers and their customers an intuitive, easy-to-use Web-based managed hosting solution.

''The Parallels Plesk Panel bundle presents the ideal path to generate IT revenue, particularly in today's difficult economic environment,'' said Jack Zubarev, President, Service Provider Division, Parallels. ''Parallels and The Planet created the dedicated server promotion to ensure resellers are armed with the best dedicated hosting service, at the best price-point. These applications are designed to allow anyone to setup their system in minutes and begin selling immediately.''

''The Planet and Parallels are committed to helping resellers increase hosting revenues,'' said Urvish Vashi, General Manager of The Planet's Dedicated Servers line of business. ''Few companies are in a position to offer a promotion of this significance. Combining the power of Parallels Panel and Parallels Billing, with The Planet's enterprise-quality data centers and network, ensures our reseller channel has access to the most competitive and the best technology available today.''