Plesk 8.3 Beta Program Featured at Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hosting Roadshow

SWsoft yesterday announced the beta version of Plesk 8.3 for Windows, the first control panel to support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7), Microsoft Corp.'s latest web server technology. SWsoft will be demonstrating the Plesk beta at the Windows Server 2008 Hosting Roadshow, which began yesterday in the United States with additional dates in cities worldwide.

The software is believed to automate a large number of tasks, allowing service providers to reduce operating costs while increasing efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction. The Plesk 8.3 beta program is expected to give Windows users an opportunity to test a variety of new features in Plesk, as well as improvements to IIS7, such as the enhanced FastCGI module for faster, more reliable hosting.

The Windows Server 2008 Hosting Roadshow is a free Microsoft event designed for Microsoft hosting partners

"As the first control panel to support Windows Server 2008 and IIS7, the Plesk 8.3 beta gives Windows customers an opportunity to provide us with valuable feedback to ensure product quality," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO, SWsoft. "SWsoft and Microsoft collaborated so that Windows customers can leverage our industry-leading Plesk control panel and ongoing Open Fusion technology initiative to take advantage of new Windows-based hosting opportunities."

"Microsoft is pleased to work with SWsoft to offer support for Windows Server 2008 and IIS7 in the next version of Plesk for Windows," said John Zanni, managing director of Worldwide Hosting in the Communications Sector at Microsoft. "SWsoft Plesk 8.3 customers will benefit from new features in IIS7 that directly benefit the hosting community to reduce total cost of ownership, improve manageability and go to market faster with new services."