

In 2007, Parallels debuted at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. It merged with SWSoft and blossomed with Apple’s adoption of Intel processors. Parallels, founded in 1999 by Russian developers, offered virtualization tools and remote computing. Corel has gone in and out of public ownership with the help of Vector Capital, who took the company private in 2002, IPO’d it in 2006, and took it back private in 2010.

Its products have been developed as a result of acquisitions including InterVideo (2006), Roxio, Pinnacle (from Avid). It’s fair to say that Corel’s strategy is to buy up neglected software IP with a solid base of users and maintain those businesses. Meanwhile, the portfolio I’m calling legacy tools include somewhat ancient products such as WordPerfect and WinZip Corel calls them office productivity products. It’d probably be fair to say that the company has a strong representation among prosumers.
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Tools such as CorelDraw, CorelCAD, VideoStudio, Pinnacle Studio, and PaintShop Pro are regularly updated tools for professionals and consumers. The tech commenting community seems to fall into two categories: those people familiar with Corel and those familiar with Parallel because many of the comments were along the lines of who? Did what?Ĭorel Corporation has several major business lines that fall into two distinct categories: creative software tools and legacy software. Just before Christmas 2018, Corel Corporation had announced plans to acquire Parallels, creating a surprise package for many industry observers. Parallels’ best-known product Parallels Desktop, which enables Windows products to run on the Mac. Two companies off the radar find each other.
