Description:
  

"A powerful virtualization platform that gives end-users dedicated graphic and networking resources"
By SoftCns Editor: Consolidate the workloads of several machines on to a single, high-performance workstation without sacrificing the performance of graphically-intensive applications.

With Parallels Workstation Extreme you can enjoy the flexibility to work smart with multiple graphically-intensive applications so you can focus on your core business and stay productive.

Flexible

Perform graphically-intensive workflows of several dedicated machines on an individual workstation. No more rebooting between OS environments to access different workloads or having to work across multiple workstations.

New! Parallels Workstation Extreme enables Grid Computing by allowing the assignment of GPUs or CPU cores for background processing.

Productive

Improve workflows and increase your speed to achieving business results by enabling quick access to any content or application combination on a single workstation. No more fumbling with multiple keyboards, mice, or video switches to access a graphically intensive application on a separate system.

New! With Parallels Workstation Extreme multiple users can leverage one workstation simultaneously.

Smart

Avoid an expensive and resource-insensitive "one OS per computer" IT model by consolidating multiple graphically-intensive environments on to one fully-utilized workstation. Reduce office noise and deploy a greener workstation environment that consumes less power.

New! Protect systems and secure data through a centralized IT infrastructure, while providing higher user density per workstation and maintaining native performance for graphically-intensive applications for remote users around the company.

Customer Usage Scenarios

Parallels Workstation Extreme was specifically developed to address the needs of people working with graphically-intensive applications, such as those in the following fields:

Digital Content Creation
Work on multiple graphical projects simultaneously – each with its own dedicated graphics card.

Oil & Gas
Run critical exploration visualization applications on different OS platforms with one workstation without needing to reboot between them.

Manufacturing
Design, simulate and visualize inventions in a shorter amount of time.

Software/Games Development
Test and develop on a wide-range of graphic-intensive 3D applications, GP GPU applications, and games.

Sciences
Drive complex scientific modeling and visualization in medical labs, academia, hospitals, and R&D centers.

Finance
Synthesize and visualize complex financial models on centrally-hosted workstations to maximize security and drive higher user densities per deployed system.

Solution Spotlight: Running 32-bit Legacy Applications in 64-bit Environments

Over recent years, 64-bit computing has becoming increasingly common and is rapidly becoming the standard for desktop computing. This evolution away from the 32-bit architecture is being driven by the ability of 64-bit architectures to work with larger numbers in everything from accessing massive amounts of memory to processing complex computations.

The benefits are particularly significant for those working with resource-hungry applications such as video editing, computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and image processing applications where the increase in processing power has a significant impact on performance. Users of these kinds of applications are generally working with very large amounts of data, making increased memory utilization a considerable benefit.

Evolution is generally a slow and phased process though, and while hardware and software are increasingly developed to a 64-bit standard, many users may prefer to continue using a legacy 32-bit version of some of their applications. This will likely lead to compatibility issues associated with running both the new and old application at the same time: a challenge commonly met by deploying some kind of software emulation or virtualization solution. However, most such solutions are not suitable for those running graphically-intensive applications such as CAD as they require dedicated graphics and networking cards to perform properly, which is not possible with most virtualization or emulation solutions.

Parallels Workstation Extreme addresses this challenge, providing a powerful, next-generation virtualization platform that can run both 32-bit and 64-bit environments on a single, high-performance workstation without sacrificing the performance of graphically-intensive applications. With this solution, dedicated graphics and networking resources can be assigned directly to both the 64-bit "host" and 32-bit "guest" environments, resulting in near native graphics and networking performance from all applications. Users can run all their applications without needing multiple machines or having to reboot between the two environments.