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{{Short description|Privately held software company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Virtuozzo
| logo = Virtuozzo logo.svg
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| type = [[Privately held company]]
| industry = [[Cloud computing]]
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| founded = 2015
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| hq_location_city = [[Schaffhausen]]
| hq_location_country = Switzerland
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| products = Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure<br/>Virtuozzo Hybrid Server<br/>Virtuozzo Application Platform<br/>Virtuozzo Cloud Platform for VMware<br/>Virtuozzo Storage<br/>Virtuozzo Linux
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| num_employees = 355
| num_employees_year = 2022
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| subsid = [[OnApp]]<br>[[Jelastic]]
| website = {{URL|virtuozzo.com}}
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'''Virtuozzo''' is a software company that develops [[Hardware virtualization|virtualization]] and [[cloud management]] software for [[cloud computing]] providers, [[managed services]] providers and [[internet hosting service]] providers. The company's software enables service providers to offer [[Infrastructure as a service]], Container-as-a-Service, [[Platform as a service]], Kubernetes-as-a-Service, WordPress-as-a-Service and other solutions.

==History==
The company was founded as [[SWsoft]] in 1997 as a privately held server automation and virtualization company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mellor |first=Chris |date=2019-02-07 |title=Virtuozzo Storage is "like Ceph, only faster" |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2019/02/07/virtuozzo-storage-is-like-ceph-only-faster/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Blocks and Files |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2000, the company released the first commercially available operating system-level virtualization container technology. In 2003, SWsoft acquired the makers of Confixx and [[Plesk]] web hosting products: Plesk Server Administration (PSA) control panel and Confixx Professional hosting software.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Torode |first=Christina |date=2003-06-09 |title=SWsoft Acquires Two Hosting Software Vendors |url=https://www.crn.com/news/networking/18830311/swsoft-acquires-two-hosting-software-vendors.htm |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=CRN |language=en}}</ref> Virtuozzo was the core enabling technology behind SWsoft's HSP Complete solution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-02-05 |title=Product of the Day: Virtuozzo |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5796 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Linux Journal}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 2004, SWsoft acquired [[Parallels (company)|Parallels, Inc]].

In 2005, the company open-sourced its operating system-level virtualization technology as [[OpenVZ]]. In 2007, SWsoft announced that it had changed its name to Parallels and would distribute its products under the Parallels name.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Scott Ferguson |title=SWsoft Changing Name to Parallels |url=https://www.eweek.com/networking/swsoft-changing-name-to-parallels/ |website=[[eWeek]] |access-date=5 December 2022 |date=December 12, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Ashlee Vance |author-link=Ashlee Vance |title=SWsoft to abandon itself and become Parallels |url=https://www.theregister.com/2007/12/12/swsoft_parallels_name_change/ |website=[[The Register]] |access-date=5 December 2022 |date=December 12, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kusnetzky |first=Dan |date=2007-12-12 |title=SWsoft Renames Itself "Parallels" |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/swsoft-renames-itself-parallels/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}</ref>

In December 2015, Virtuozzo was spun out from Parallels to become a standalone company. In May 2016, Virtuozzo announced its intention to join the [[Open Container Initiative]].

In July 2021, Virtuozzo acquired [[OnApp]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kovar |first=Joseph F. |date=2021-07-20 |title=Virtuozzo Acquires OnApp, Targets Full IaaS, PaaS For Cloud Solution Providers |url=https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/virtuozzo-acquires-onapp-targets-full-iaas-paas-for-cloud-solution-providers |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=CRN |language=en}}</ref> In October of that year, the company acquired [[Jelastic]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-11 |title=Russian and Ukrainian roots, US exit: Jelastic acquired by Virtuozzo {{!}} |url=https://www.uadn.net/2021/10/11/russian-and-ukrainian-roots-us-exit-jelastic-acquired-by-virtuozzo/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Ukraine Digital News |language=en-US}}</ref>

==List of products==
* Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure is an [[OpenStack]]-based cloud management platform that enables service providers to sell [[public cloud]], [[private cloud]], [[hybrid cloud]], [[Kubernetes]]-as-a-Service, Storage as a Service, [[Backup]]-as-a-Service, [[Recovery as a service|Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service]] and [[Desktop virtualization|Desktop-as-a-Service]].
* Virtuozzo Hybrid Server enables service providers to sell [[Virtual Private Server]]s, [[Shared web hosting service|shared web hosting]], [[OS-level virtualization|container hosting]] and Storage as a Service.
* Virtuozzo Application Platform enables service providers to sell [[Platform as a Service]] with integrated [[DevOps]] tools
* Virtuozzo Application Platform for WordPress enables service providers to sell Platform as a Service for [[WordPress]]-based websites
* Virtuozzo Cloud Platform for [[VMware]] is a self-service cloud management, provisioning and billing portal for [[vCenter|VMware vCenter]] environments
* Virtuozzo CDN Platform enables service providers to create their own [[content delivery network]] services

===Open-source products===
* [[OpenVZ]] is an operating-system-level virtualization technology for [[Linux]]
* VzLinux is a [[Linux distribution]] that is based on the source code of [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] (RHEL)
* [[CRIU]] is a software tool that is used to freeze and restore running Linux applications 
* P.Haul - Python-based mechanism on top of CRIU, intended for live migration of containers and memory-touching processes inside.

Virtuozzo is a contributor to other open-source projects, including the [[Linux kernel]], [[libvirt]], [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]], [[Docker (software)|Docker]], [[QEMU]], [[LXC]], runc/libcontainer and Libct.

== Acquisitions ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Number
! scope="col" style="width:100px" | Acquisition date
! scope="col" | Company
! scope="col" | Business
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Used as or integrated with
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Refs.
|-
|1
| {{dts|2021|08}}
| [[OnApp]]
| OnApp Cloud Platform
| {{UK}}
| Cloud Platform for service providers, VMware cloud management portal, CDN platform
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virtuozzo.com/company/blog/virtuozzo-acquires-onapp/ |title=Virtuozzo Has Acquired Onapp, Enabling More Comprehensive Intuitive Cloud Infrastructure Solutions For Service Providers|date=16 August 2021 |access-date=2022-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virtuozzo.com/onapp-information/ |title=OnApp became part of Virtuozzo in August 2021| access-date=2022-09-17}}</ref>
|- scope="row"
|2
| {{dts|2021|10}}
| [[Jelastic]]
| Jelastic [[Platform as a service]]
| {{USA}}
| Virtuozzo Application Platform, Virtuozzo Application Platform for WordPress
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virtuozzo.com/company/blog/virtuozzo-acquires-jelastic/ |title=Virtuozzo Acquires Jelastic Business to Offer First Full-Stack Cloud Management Solution for Service Providers|date=4 October 2021 |access-date=2022-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jelastic.com/blog/virtuozzo-acquired-jelastic-paas |title=Jelastic PaaS is Acquired by Virtuozzo|date=5 October 2021 | access-date=2022-09-17}}</ref>
|- scope="row"
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Virtualization software]]
[[Category:Software companies based in Washington (state)]]
[[Category:Linux]]