SWsoft Announces Support Agreement with Microsoft

February 20, 2007; 01:01 AM

HERNDON, Va., February 20, 2007 – SWsoft, Inc. has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. that helps SWsoft enhance its customers' experience. The agreement is for a three-year period and benefits SWsoft enterprise and hosting customers running Virtuozzo for Windows Server virtualization software.
SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software and maker of the award-winning Virtuozzo operating system virtualization software.
As part of the agreement, SWsoft will receive 24-hour, 7-day support from Microsoft for its enterprise and hosting customers operating Windows-based applications within Virtuozzo virtual environments.

"SWsoft will continue as the direct link to customers with the added benefits of Microsoft support and expertise," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft. "We're committed to expanding the breadth and functionality of our virtualization products for Windows and we are pleased to cooperate more closely with Microsoft for our customers’ benefit."

"Virtualization is a critical technology in the continued successful growth of the industry," said John Zanni, director of worldwide hosting, Microsoft. "By providing the highest level of support possible in tandem with SWsoft, we hope to continue to drive adoption of virtual environments, helping service providers further reduce costs and improve efficiencies."

Virtualization Performance and Manageability

With SWsoft Virtuozzo, a single Windows operating system instance can be dynamically partitioned into multiple, highly-efficient and scalable virtual environments. Virtuozzo enables density of up to hundreds of virtual environments on a single physical server.
Unlike virtual machines and hypervisors, Virtuozzo addresses the challenges faced by today's datacenters of operating system sprawl. Its unique architecture and management tools make it the ideal solution for provisioning, monitoring and managing virtualized server resources.

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