Gawkwire: Web Hosting and Internet News Resource: David Dunlap Parallels Summit 2008, Washington D.C. ================================================================================ David_Dunlap on 30 May, 2008 09:05:00 This year’s Parallels Summit took place in Washington D.C. at the Omni Shoreham hotel. The major themes of the Parallels Summit is virtualize, partner up, automate, and standardize. As the basis of the Parallels’ ethos, Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels, introduced these four concepts with each presenter touching on them throughout the Summit’s entirety. Microsoft Throws in the Towel ================================================================================ David_Dunlap on 04 May, 2008 08:48:00 Although Microsoft raised their bid to $31 a share (an estimated $44.6 billion in total) there for search engine powerhouse Yahoo, the acquisition was not meant to be.