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By Justin Lee, theWHIR.com
July 30, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- E-commerce software provider Interspire (interspire.com) announced on Wednesday it has achieved Gold Technology Partner status with web hosting software provider Parallels (parallels.com).
The announcement follows Tuesday's news of Parallels' new system, which helps independent software vendors build their applications to function with Parallels' Open Platform and Application Packaging Standard.
Supporting the Application Packaging Standard, a new application packaging format designed to help implement a software-as-a-service business model, will enable web hosting providers to use Interspire software for immediate access to Interspire's revenue generating applications.
The first application to integrate with the Plesk control panel is Interspire Shopping Cart, a private label e-commerce software that enables even the most novice user to setup a profitable e-commerce website with built-in email marketing and auto-responder capabilities.
"The addition of Interspire to our Partner Program will enable thousands of customers to have instant access to an additional revenue stream," says Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. "Interspire's products are a great example of how the Parallels Plesk Control Panel is helping to extend the reach of the SaaS market and offering a value for customers."
Parallels offers virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms.
Interspire provides on-demand business software, enabling service providers to deliver e-commerce, email marketing and content management software to their existing customer base, to increase revenue and to reduce customer churn.
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