Creating A Virtual IT Infrastructure With Parallels Workstation
White Papers Parallels Workstation is a powerful desktop virtualization solution that empowers users with the ability to create several isolated, independent, fully operational virtual machines on a single physical PC.
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
Parallels Plugs USB Links Into Virtual Desktops
News Now Parallels is allowing devices to be connected to a virtual desktop via USB in exactly the same way, the company said. The Silex USB over IP technology will bring even greater versatility to the Parallels VDI [virtual desktop infrastructure...
[September 4, 2008, 15:47]
Parallels To Offer Link To IPhone For PCs
News The number of virtual machines is only limited by the system's physical capacity, although Parallels admits that three or four will stretch a single-user system. Virtualisation company Parallels said on Friday that it plans to launch a facility to...
[November 11, 2008, 7:00]
VMware Fusion Beta For Macs Goes Public
News Although VMWare is the best-known software virtualisation company, it has been beaten to the Mac desktop by Parallels, another provider of virtualisation products. Gold code of Parallels Desktop for Mac has been available since November 2006 with...
[December 27, 2006, 11:35]
VMware Releases Fusion For Macs
News VMware Fusion is entering a busy market, with the market leader, Parallels Desktop for the Mac, dominating the market for virtualisation on a Mac. With more than 600,000 active users around the world, Parallels is, without question, the leader in...
[August 2, 2007, 13:00]
Parallels Workstation For Windows
Downloads Virtual machines can run nearly any OS, including Windows 3.1--XP/2003, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, Sun Solaris, and MS-DOS.Version 2.2 includes a redesigned interface, better networking, full Unicode support, suppport for multi-interface...
[June 9, 2007, 2:23]
Desktop Virtualisation Comes To The Fore
News When Parallels Desktop was released in June 2006, it opened the door for hundreds of thousands of Apple users to run Windows at the same time as they ran the Mac operating system. Parallels, too, is hoping not to be left behind in the Windows and...
[September 17, 2007, 15:27]
Microsoft U-turn On Vista Virtualisation
News Software such as Parallels Desktop for the Mac or Microsoft's own Virtual PC for Windows allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously. Earlier this week, when Microsoft was believed to be planning to make the licensing changes, Parallels...
[June 20, 2007, 9:09]
Parallels Releases Windows-for-Mac Update
News Parallels on Thursday released an updated version of its Parallels Desktop software, which enables users of Intel-based Macs to run Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously. Unlike a February update, which was free to existing Parallels customers...
[June 8, 2007, 9:41]
VMware Announces Fusion 2.0, VClient Initiative
News Fusion 2.0, the company's rival to the Parallels software for running Windows on the Mac, also lets users add up to four virtual CPUs to a virtual machine, as well as adding support for Mac OS X Leopard Server.
[September 17, 2008, 8:19]
Linux In The Virtual World
News Its $50 hypervisor-based Parallels Workstation 2.1 product runs on Windows and Linux desktop machines right now, and the company plans to launch a midrange server product in mid-2006 and a high-end server product in late 2006, the firm's marketing...
[April 3, 2006, 16:40]
Mystery Surrounds Microsoft's Virtualisation U-turn
News When Vista debuted in January, Parallels posted a blog highlighting the licensing restrictions and what they meant for its customers. They have also been irksome to many others, including companies like VMware and Parallels, which sell...
[June 21, 2007, 9:45]
VMware Launches Fusion
News Last week, Parallels announced the availability of Parallels Desktop for Mac — which does the same job as Fusion. Fusion is a "virtual machine" that allows users to run Mac, Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris-based applications in parallel on a...
[June 14, 2007, 14:57]
Microsoft Shelves Virtual PC For Mac
News The move comes after start-up Parallels introduced its own virtualisation software for running Windows on a Mac, and VMware said on Monday that it plans to provide a beta version of Mac virtualisation software later this year.
[August 8, 2006, 15:25]
Ubuntu 7.04 review
Reviews On a Mac OS X system, we recommend using a virtual system such as Parallels. This is a layer that allows Linux to run better under VMWare on other operating systems (such as under Parallels on Mac OS X).
[July 13, 2007, 11:39]
Canonical Distributes Parallels Via Desktop Update
News The deal also gives Parallels direct access to users of the most widely used desktop Linux distribution. Parallels, formerly SWsoft, first became widely known for Parallels Desktop for Mac, which allows users to run Windows, Linux and OS X side by...
[February 6, 2008, 16:17]
SWsoft: Parallels Compatible With Leopard
News Parallels Desktop will work with Leopard now, according to Rudolph, but the company is planning a free software update in the future to address any minor issues. Speaking at the MacLive Expo show at Olympia in London on Thursday, Ben Rudolph...
[October 26, 2007, 17:34]
Quite Right And My Mistake
Talkback I hope to write up the interview soon, but one thing he did make clear, was his belief that the future for SWsoft, the company that owns Parallels, rests in, what he calls, “optimal computing”. In that world, any barrier between computing as we...
[December 4, 2007, 12:29]
