May 21, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting software provider Parallels (parallels.com) reported on Tuesday that its 2008 partner summit had taken place this week with the largest turnout in the event's short history.
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Held on Monday and Tuesday in Washington, DC, the event was the third installment of the partner summit held by the company previously known as SWsoft.
Hosting "a record number of attendees from 20 countries," reportedly more than 700, the event saw presentations from a list of speakers that included Parallels CEO Serguei Beloussov, lead marketing manager for hosting solutions of the Microsoft communications sector Michael van Dijken, Dylan Larson from Intel's server platforms group, along with representatives from Tier1 Research, Open-Xchange, Pinnacle Cart, 4PSA and Smart Online, providing perspectives on SaaS, virtualization, open source technologies, VoIP and Parallels' Application Packaging Standard.
TheWHIR has been on hand for the event, covering the goings on in blog postings here and here.
Our WHIR tv crew is also on hand to cover the event, having posted an interview covering the summit with Beloussov, and with more coverage to come following.
According to the parallels announcement, the event was sponsored by a group that included Microsoft, Intel, Acronis, spreed, Open-Xchange, e.pages, Mesh Solutions and SoftLayer. The event also included tech labs for Parallels solutions users, sponsored by HP.
The event concluded Tuesday, with a closing ceremony that included giveaways from Apple, Microsoft and Magellan, and a trip to a Washington Nationals game at Nationals Park.
