Category Archives: Parallels Business Solutions

Parallels RAS vs. Microsoft WS 2012

What are the key differentiators of Parallels RAS vs. Microsoft WS 2012? Let’s do a comparison:   Key Differentiators of Parallels RAS vs. Microsoft WS2012 Easy installation and implementation. Can create virtual desktops (VDI Solution) from different hypervisors. Publish resources via HTML5. Proprietary scanner redirection, Universal Scanning. Printer redirection on a wide of range of devices […]

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Guest Blog: This Apple Engineer Prefers Parallels Mac Management

This is post was written by guest blogger Robert Kite. We are extremely excited and pleased to get to share his post as a special guest blog this week! Read on to learn about his experience choosing and using Parallels Mac Management. For customers who are looking to manage their Mac clients with their current SCCM deployment, […]

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Unveiling Parallels Mac Management 4.0 at MacIT

Last week, our Parallels Business Solutions team had a blast attending MacIT—that’s right, three days of discussing our favorite topic: OS X for organizations with over 600 attendees. In addition to shoptalk, we also got to unveil Parallels Mac Management 4.0! Just check out some of our highlights: Stop by booth 101 at #macITchat & tell us how you manage […]

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Announcing: Parallels Mac Management 4.0 for Microsoft SCCM

New features include customizable OS X images with task sequencing deployments, Mac discovery and auto enrollment plus much more, saving IT departments’ time and resources as they manage Macs and PCs through one pane of glass. Today, we released a new version of Parallels Mac Management! Say hello to Parallels Mac Management 4.0 for Microsoft® System […]

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Offer Managed IT Services with Parallels Remote Application Server

With an aim to optimize resources and implement innovative technologies, businesses are turning towards Managed IT Services. The rapid growth of this market speaks volumes about the value it delivers to IT companies. According to a survey conducted by MSPMentor, 45% of organizations are using a managed service provider to handle corporate clouds; 39% are […]

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Parallels RAS Growing Into a Virtualization Powerhouse

Cost-effectiveness, easy deployment and auto-configuration of powerful virtualization features are the three important aspects that have made Parallels RAS a leading virtualization solution in recent times. The recent acquisition of 2X RAS by Parallels has significantly empowered the product in terms of brand value, market reach, and performance, transforming it into a virtualization powerhouse. Growing […]

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Win Over the Complexity of VMware Horizon Client with Parallels RAS

VMware Horizon View is a desktop virtualization software offered by VMware to provide remote desktop capabilities to users. It was initially named as VMware VDM which was renamed to ‘VMware View’ and then to ‘Horizon View’. The newest version, Horizon 6 comes with innovative features; specifically, the application publishing and remote desktop session support have […]

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Configuring a Mac Image Using Microsoft SCCM and Parallels Mac Management

This blog post is being reprinted with permission from the original author, Ian North. We are extremely excited and pleased to get to share his post as a special guest blog this week. Read on for Ian’s how-to for configuring a Mac image in Microsoft SCCM and Parallels Mac Management, and let us know if you are […]

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Citrix XenApp Licensing vs. Parallels 2X RAS

Reduced hardware requirements, simplified desktop management, and mobility solutions are the three important aspects that make desktop virtualization inevitable for most businesses. According to CIO Insight, 15 million applications are already deployed in virtual infrastructures, and 86% of server loads are expected to be virtualized by 2016. XenDesktop and XenApp from Citrix are popular broker […]

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To Upgrade Citrix Software…Or is there A Better Option?

Ever since Citrix announced the End-of-Life (EOL) of XenApp for August 2016, IT administrators have been under immense pressure to make their migration plans as soon as possible. XenApp v4.5 and v5 will be supported until the end of 2015, while v6 will be EOL in the next three years. To get support after the […]

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