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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Automation and virtualization technology maker Parallels (www.parallels.com) announced on Monday that hosting provider The Planet (www.theplanet.com) would be offering its hosting channel partners a bundled offering that includes the Parallels Plesk Planel and Parallels Plesk Billing software.
The hosting company is also offering a promotion starting Monday that offers Parallels Plesk Panel with 100 domains and The Planet’s Alpha server monitoring free for one month on any dedicated server package.
Along with offering some more complex managed hosting services, The Planet is a popular provider among hosting resellers who appreciate some of the company’s more affordable bare-bones type server offerings. Among its more notable resellers is the large and fast-growing hosting company HostGator (www.hostgator.com).
The new package is described in detail on a page in the “server specials” section of The Planet’s website.
“The Planet and Parallels are committed to helping resellers increase hosting revenues,” says Urvish Vashi, general manager of The Planet’s dedicated servers line of business, quoted in the announcement issued by Parallels. “Few companies are in a position to offer a promotion of this significance. Combining the power of Parallels Panel and Parallels Billing, with The Planet’s enterprise-quality data centers and network, ensures our reseller channel has access to the most competitive and the best technology available today.”
The features recommending the Parallels Plesk Panel include the access to the hundreds of applications designed using the Application Packaging Standard, a Parallels-initiated effort that makes it possible for applications to be seamlessly plugged into the company’s hosting control panel.
Last week, Parallels released some of the details for its upcoming European partner roadshow – a series of European events designed to bring the company together with some of its key partners in the region.
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