Parallels (company)

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Parallels Inc. is a privately held software company and creator of cross-platform solutions which make it simple for its customers to use and access applications and files on any device or operating system. Parallels enables businesses and individuals to securely and productively use their favorite devices and preferred technology, whether it's Windows®, Mac®, iOS, Android(TM), Chromebook, Linux, Raspberry Pi or the Cloud. Parallels solutions enable seamless delivery of virtual desktops and applications to any device, running Windows on a Mac, Mac management with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), remote access to PC and Mac computers from any device, as well as simplify common computing tasks on both PC and Mac computers.

Parallels headquarters is in Bellevue, Washington. The company has offices in 15 countries, including the USA, Germany, UK, France, Japan, China, Russia, Australia and Ukraine - and more than 800 employees.

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Company history

Privately held server automation and virtualization software company SWSoft developed software for running data centers, particularly for web-hosting services companies and application service providers. Their Virtuozzo product was an early system-level server virtualization solution, and in 2003 they bought Plesk, a commercial web hosting platform.

SWsoft's acquisition of Parallels was more or less kept under wraps until January 2004, two years before Parallels became mainstream. In 2004 SWsoft acquired Parallels, Inc. and Parallels Workstation for Windows and Linux 2.0 was released, with Parallels Desktop for Mac following in mid 2006. Later the same year the corporate headquarters moved from Herndon, Virginia to Renton, Washington.

At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2007 in San Francisco, California, Parallels announced and demonstrated its upcoming Parallels Server for Mac. Parallels Server for Mac will reportedly allow IT managers to run multiple server operating systems on a single Mac Xserve.

In 2007 the German company Netsys GmbH sued Parallels' German distributor Avanquest for copyright violation (see Parallels Desktop for Mac for details), then Parallels Server for Mac was announced at WWDC - and later Parallels Technology Network.

In 2008 SWsoft merged into Parallels to become one company under the Parallels branding which then acquired ModernGigabyte, LLC. Parallels Server for Mac was launched in June then in September Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux, a rename of Parallels Workstation for the 4.0 release, - and Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac later that year. From the next version, 6.0, the Windows and Linux software became known as Parallels Workstation again.

Over the next three years the company launched Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac, Parallels Server for Mac 4.0 Mac mini Edition, Parallels Transporter, Parallels Workstation 6 Extreme, Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, Parallels Mobile for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch - and Parallels Workstation 6.

During 2012, 2013 and 2014 the company discontinued Parallels Server for Mac, launched Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac and Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM; and released Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac.

2015 was a big year for Parallels; they acquired 2X Software in February, rebranded their Service Provider business to Odin - later selling the Odin Service Automation Platform to Ingram Micro. They also released Parallels Mac Management v4.0 for Microsoft SCCM and Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac.

In 2017 they released Parallels Toolbox 1.0 for Windows, Parallels Toolbox 1.7 for Mac, Parallels Remote Application Server v16, Parallels Mac Management v6 for Microsoft SCCM, Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac, and Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition. Also that year, Virtuozzo and Plesk, two products from the pre-Parallels history of SWsoft, were spun out to become separate companies.

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Current products

• Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac - Enables Mac users to run virtual operating systems including Windows, Linux (CentOS, Debian GNU, Fedora, Mint, Ubuntu, etc.), Android, macOS High Sierra 10.3.*, macOS Sierra 10.12 or later, Mac El Capitan 10.11.5 or later, and OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 or later, in multiple, independent virtual machines.
• Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition
• Parallels Toolbox 1.5 for Windows
• Parallels Toolbox 2.5 for Mac
• Parallels Remote Application Server 16 (Parallels RAS) - Delivers Virtual desktops and extends Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host desktop sessions and applications to users through the Microsoft RDP protocol.
• Parallels Mac Management 6 for Microsoft SCCM
• Parallels Access for iPad, iPhone, Android tablets and phones and HTML5 browser remote access to PC and Mac computers

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Official website of Odin

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