Washington, U.S.-based Parallels also announced major deals and recognised some of its channel partners in the region that have helped them achieve growth recently.

Parallels develops virtualisation and automation solutions for major hardware, operating systems and virtualisation platforms.

In the last 12 months, it has won over some service provider partners, including South Korea's KT, Datec, iiNET, Ride, Softbank Korea, Telekom Malaysia, and UberGlobal in Australia. It has also expanded its network of distribution partners to include Kryptos in India, PromptNow in Thailand, and Vinacis in Vietnam.

"Our Asia Pacific partners represent strong regional hosting brands, and we're delighted to be able to help them quickly and easily profit from the shift to the cloud. We are thrilled to see the growing diversity of players who continue to market their own unique value propositions focused on serving the diverse IT needs of small and medium businesses in this region," said Birger Steen, CEO, Parallels.