By enhancing offerings with Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, SoftLayer provides their customers value through server density and scalability.

Parallels, a provider of virtualization and automation software, today announced that SoftLayer, a provider of web hosting and datacenter services, is presenting Parallels Virtuozzo Containers as part of its dedicated server offerings. The company states that SoftLayer provides servers for many small and medium sized hosters, responding to their need for a cost-efficient means to offer services that enable them to move up the value chain.

The company articulates that by incorporating Parallels Virtuozzo Containers into its dedicated server offering, SoftLayer enables hosting providers to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization, reducing the total cost of ownership resulting from server consolidation and the virtualization of the entire data center, which leads to an increase in profitability for resellers. It avers that the combination of Softlayer technology and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers allows hosting resellers to focus on sales and customer support without the worry of managing co-location space, power, cooling, and hardware support.

''A market leader like SoftLayer realizes that users are demanding more than just dedicated server offerings,'' said John Eng, Vice President, Service Provider Marketing, Parallels. ''By enhancing offerings with Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, SoftLayer provides their customers higher value and satisfaction through greater server density and scalability, better performance and higher availability.''

''SoftLayer sees the benefits of delivering an easier, more complete, high end solution with better services,'' said George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer, SoftLayer. ''We partnered with Parallels because they offer industry-leading virtualization products and services, dedicated sales and development teams, and a commitment to customer service and support. We are proud of the relationship that we have built with Parallels and look forward to fantastic benefits in the future for all of our customers.''