Parallels, the hosting and cloud services enablement leader, today
announced the finalists for its Fourth Annual Partner Awards. Winners
will be officially announced and recognized at Parallels
Summit 2013, February 4-6, 2013, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Anticipation for the event continues to build, as more than 1,500
attendees, from leading hosting and cloud services companies, global
telecommunications providers, independent software vendors (ISVs),
systems integrators (SIs), value-added resellers (VARs), technology
industry analysts and journalists, will converge in Las Vegas for the
three-day conference. Parallels Summit 2013 is an unrivaled opportunity
to make important and lasting relationships with the leading players in
hosting and cloud, to discover the latest market and technology
solutions, and gain insight from industry experts.
The Parallels Partner Awards recognize outstanding yearly achievements
by partners who utilize and innovate with Parallels products, solutions,
services and ecosystem to increase their market share in the rapidly
expanding small and medium business (SMB) cloud services market.
"Parallels Partner Awards highlights and acknowledges our most
successful service provider and technology partners over the past year,"
said Jack Zubarev, President of Marketing and Alliances at Parallels.
"The nominated organizations are very well positioned for continued
growth by leveraging Parallels’ unmatched combination of expertise,
software and ecosystem.”
The award categories and 2012 finalists are:
New Partner of the Year – A partner whose first year in the
Parallels Partner Program is highlighted by strong revenue growth and
the usage of Parallels products.
Finalists:
CtrlIS,
Reliable
Penguin, Telenor
Business Internet Services
Technology Partner of the Year – The Technology Partner of the
Year award recognizes a company who has demonstrated leadership in the
adoption of the Application Packaging Standard (APS) and has driven
success for Parallels service provider partners.
Finalists:
Backup
Agent, Jelastic,
SofCloudIT
Excellence in Innovation – A partner who has demonstrated
innovative use of Parallels technologies in the areas of services,
marketing and technical creativity.
Finalists:
KPN
Wholesale, OzHosting,
Reg.ru
Excellence in Web Hosting – The Excellence in Web Hosting award
recognizes a partner that has leveraged Parallels products to offer a
complete range of web presence services to SMBs. This partner has
demonstrated YoY growth in web hosting and has a growing base of
satisfied customers.
Finalists:
Cirrus
Tech, Leaseweb,
Point
North Networks
Excellence in Communication and Collaboration Services – The
Excellence in Communication & Collaboration Services award recognizes a
partner that has leveraged Parallels products to offer a complete range
of communication and collaboration services to SMBs. This partner has
demonstrated YoY growth for their services and has a growing base of
satisfied customers.
Finalists:
iiNet,
Sprint,
Triple
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Excellence in Infrastructure-as-a-Service – The Excellence in
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) award recognizes a partner that has
leveraged Parallels products to offer a complete range of IaaS services.
This partner has demonstrated YoY growth for their services and has a
growing base of satisfied customers.
Finalists:
Host
Europe, Tsukaeru,
WiredTree
Regional Partner of the Year – The Regional Partner of the Year
award recognizes a partner in every major region – Europe, Asia-Pacific,
Latin America, North America, Russia/Middle East/Africa – who has
demonstrated the ability to provide easy-to-use cloud services and who
also has a growing base of satisfied SMB customers.
North America Finalists:
ActiveHost,
Cart32,
FinestShops
Europe Finalists:
Acens,
LuxCloud,
Swisscom
Asia Pacific Finalists:
Datacom,
Ride,
Uber
Global
Latin America Finalists:
GNS
Internet, UOLDIVEO,
Websolute
Russia / Middle East / Africa Finalists:
ActiveCloud,
Anadoluweb,
Kazakh
Telecom
Excellence in Service – The Excellence in Service award
recognizes a partner that has demonstrated outstanding customer service
and support. They have distinguished themselves amongst the Parallels
Partner community by committing to maximizing first contact resolution
for their customers and successfully gaining high customer satisfaction.
Finalists:
Cobweb,
Codero
Hosting, Media
Temple
President’s Award – The Parallels President’s Award recognizes a
partner that has demonstrated a strong and longstanding commitment to
delivering Parallels products and services to customers. They have
distinguished themselves amongst the Parallels Partner community by
successfully delivering high levels of sales growth, customer
satisfaction, innovation, adding new customers, and creating significant
business impact.
Finalists:
GoDaddy.com,
Softcom,
Softlayer
There’s still time to attend Parallels Summit 2013. To register, and for
information about the agenda, training and certification sessions,
please visit http://www.parallels.com/summit/2013/.
About Parallels
Parallels is a worldwide leader in hosting and cloud service enablement
and desktop virtualization. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing
company with more than 800 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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