SWsoft Accelerates Market Success and Industry Recognition Throughout 2006.Leading Virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and Automation Software Company Revenues Grow 133 Percent in 2006 HERNDON, Va. -- SWsoft today reported on 2006 results -- highlighted by overall company growth of 133 percent and virtualization revenue from its Virtuozzo and Parallels product lines growing a remarkable 734 percent. "By every measure, 2006 was an extraordinary year for SWsoft," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , SWsoft. "Our top line revenue more than doubled, and we continue to receive increasing industry recognition. We intend to accelerate our business in the year ahead by expanding the industry's broadest virtualization product portfolio, along with furthering our data center automation solutions." Industry Recognition Confirms Customer Results 2006 was a year that customers and industry observers both recognized the need for and the value of SWsoft's approach to virtualization and automation. An IDC industry analyst report published last September cited SWsoft as growing fastest among all vendors in the hot overall market for virtualization technology See VT. See also virtualization. . The virtualization market is expected to grow to $15 billion worldwide by 2009, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC. A number of awards and recognition were received including: * Technology of the Year Award for Best Server Virtualization (1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. The "virtual machine" method can run different operating systems simultaneously, whereas the "OS virtualization" method runs applications for only one operating system (see virtual machine and OS by InfoWorld - Virtuozzo * MacWorld Readers' Choice Award and the first non-Apple product to win - Parallels Desktop * CRN CRN Computer Reseller News CRN Crown CRN Council for Responsible Nutrition CRN Crane CRN Community Recycling Network CRN Course Reference Number CRN Center for Responsible Nanotechnology CRN Cornish (SIL code, UK) Magazine's new Emerging Vendors Directory for 2006 - SWsoft * "Best Virtualization Solution" Product Excellence Award at LinuxWorld in April - Virtuozzo * PC World 20 Most Innovative Products of the Year - Parallels Desktop * "Analyst's Choice" rating by eWEEK Labs in its April 3, 2006 issue - Virtuozzo * Top 100 IT Vendor of 2006 by IT Week magazine in its June 5 issue - SWsoft * "Top 10" in the 2006 edition of the InfoWorld 100 for arvato mobile GmbH, an SWsoft customer for its use of Virtuozzo Product Innovation Drives Success Last year, SWsoft introduced a new version of Virtuozzo OS virtualization, which delivered the industry's first live server migration without costly shared storage. The company also enhanced its Virtuozzo tools to provide improved CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. management, pre-determined virtual server configurations, and streamlined resource management. Last June, the Parallels Desktop for Mac See Parallels Desktop. virtual machine software product broke through the barrier that previously kept the Mac and Windows from effectively working together side-by-side, simultaneously, on one computer. SWsoft also introduced major updates to its Plesk control panel, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) A standard for secure e-mail on the Internet. It supports encryption, digital signatures and digital certificates as well as both private and public key methods. Not widely used, work on PEM later evolved into S/MIME. See MIME. datacenter automation solutions. These are all part of the OPEN FUSION technology platform initiative, by SWsoft, to advance integration with third-party applications. About SWsoft SWsoft is a global leader in virtualization and automation software. More than 10,000 customers rely on the proven performance and management capabilities of SWsoft products to optimize their use of IT. Founded in 1999, the company has offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, call 703-815-5670 or visit www.swsoft.com. For more on Parallels, an SWsoft company, visit www.parallels.com. |
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