<p>Parallels, a leading hosting and cloud services enablement provider, today unveiled support for a Microsoft Azure Pack for Hosting Providers and updates to a collection of cloud service delivery solutions for Microsoft partners at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference. The solution, developed in collaboration with Microsoft's server and tools business group, is in addition to the new support of Microsoft Azure Pack for Hosting. Parallels has also updated its support for Microsoft Lync 2013 Hosting Pack, Microsoft Exchange 2013 and Microsoft Office 365. The new product and updated features help make Parallels, a Microsoft Global ISV and Gold Certified Partner, a leading company in enabling Microsoft Cloud solutions via cloud distribution channels.</p><p>To help address small and medium businesses' growing need for robust cloud solutions, Parallels has been collaborating with Microsoft since 2007 to enable the delivery of cloud services for telecom companies, domain hosting providers, distributors, managed service providers and VARs. This has helped Parallels develop services with value-added support to help its service provider partners drive more revenue faster by offering essential solutions for specific SMB workloads. These solutions include:</p><p>Microsoft Azure Pack for Hosting ProvidersWith this new product announced today, Parallels now helps bring the power of Microsoft's Azure platform into a domain hosting provider's datacenter for sales to service provider's SMB customers. Service providers can now speed their time to market and deliver the latest innovations from Microsoft ahead of their competitors.</p><p>Microsoft Office 365Parallels simultaneously shipped an upgrade to the latest Microsoft Office 365 release, allowing service providers to stay up to date with the latest Microsoft releases. Among the new features included is multi-language support to help address differing regional needs. Parallels now supports more than one third of the Microsoft Office Hosted 365 partners around the globe.</p><p><a href="http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/131078/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130708-904302.html">Parallels(R) Expands the Broadest Portfolio of Microsoft Cloud Offerings for ...</a> (Wall Street Journal)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d9Kyam47gOTvZbMSPHnhX5sCfTYbM&ned=us">2 additional articles.</a></p>