Parallels and Quest Software Expand Alliance to Deliver E-Mail Migration and Other Hosted Solutions for Asia Pacific Service Providers

Key Solutions -- including Microsoft Exchange Migration and Desktop as a Service for Parallels Automation Cloud Marketplace- Enable Service Providers to Differentiate Offerings and Drive More Revenue

SINGAPORE, September 19, 2012 – Parallels (www.parallels.com), a hosting and cloud services enablement leader, and Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) today announced they have expanded their existing global alliance, which will now significantly benefit service providers in Asia Pacific. In a region where the demand for small and medium business (SMB) hosting and cloud services is accelerating at a rapid rate, the Quest and Parallels alliance will help cloud service providers to drive revenue faster and differentiate their services with value-added support for a set of solutions. 

As part of the agreement, Quest has packaged its Microsoft Exchange Migration service and Desktop-as-a-Service software under the Application Packaging Standard (APS). Service providers using Parallels Automation can now offer Quest OnDemand Migrator for Email to convert email accounts to hosted solutions such as Microsoft® Office365 or Hosted Microsoft® Exchange., Quest’s Desktop-as-a-Service deployment and management services are also now available to Parallels partners..

“In Asia, cloud is no longer a buzzword, but a reality that is rapidly changing ways how organizations of all sizes work,” said David Dzienciol, Vice President and General Manager, Parallels Asia Pacific. “It is clear that SMBs in the Asia Pacific region are starting to have a better understanding of the benefits of migrating to the cloud. Parallels is firmly committed to enabling service providers at every level to rapidly deliver cloud services to the SMB market as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, and our expanding alliance with Quest will continue to support this ongoing effort.”

“We’re excited to expand our long-standing relationship with Parallels into the Asia Pacific region, combining our value-added migration and desktop virtualization solutions and Parallels’ market-leading service provider platform,” said Michael Sotnick, Vice President, Worldwide Channels & Alliances, Quest Software. “Having migrated more than 3.6 million mailboxes to Microsoft Hosted Exchange and virtualized over 110,000 desktops in Asia Pacific alone, Quest’s experience in migrating to hosted e-mail and Desktop as a Service brings peace of mind to both the service providers and their customers.  Quest and Parallels continue to address the  needs among service providers to scale and diversify their offerings, while at the same time driving revenue and faster time to value for their customers.”

The APS standard benefits Quest and other Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) by providing access to a vast sales channel of more than 9,000 Parallels service providers and resellers that serve more than 12 million SMBs. In turn, hosters and other cloud service providers have access to Quest's applications and the growing variety of other APS-enabled applications and services that are easy and ready-to-deploy. 

Parallels Automation is the leading hosting and cloud services delivery system used by thousands of service providers worldwide, from the largest telecom operators in the world to top hosters and providers of vertical solutions. Parallels Automation 5.4, the latest version of the Parallels Automation, offers a suite of communications and collaboration features, including a full-featured virtual PBX enablement solution for delivering hosted BroadSoft BroadWorks PBX and hosted Microsoft® Lync™ services. These features are designed specifically to meet the growing demands of SMBs for hosted PBX and other cloud applications in Asia Pacific and around the globe.