Malta, 9 November, 2016.

Parallels, international IT-Company, became a Gold Partner of the Faculty of Information & Communication Technology of the University of Malta. The Company would like to help the academic development of students within FICT through the provision of the best tools to software developers.

Co-founder and Vice president of Parallels Mr Nick Dobrovolskiy met with Professor Ernest Cachia, Dean of the Faculty of ICT, and Head of the Department of Computer Information Systems. 

The Parallels Company donated 60 Licenses of Parallels Desktop for Mac Professional to the University of Malta for everyday use by staff and students. The University of Malta and Parallels also discussed long term partnership and mutual cooperation potential

'We are an innovative and ambitious Company with a Development Center in Malta, with a technically strong local team. Our aim is to provide the Maltese students with the best tools for software development such that they can improve their potential and join our global Team. Our developers in different locations create state-of-the-art modern and functional software for personal and business use. We currently collaborate with leading Universities in Estonia and Russia and are very pleased to have UM as our new partner.' - Nick Dobrovolskiy, Vice President of Parallels.

'The Faculty of ICT gladly welcomes investment in its students' potential and thanks its partners for their interest, trust and support. This sort of positive initiative can only help strengthen the ties between the Faculty and industry as well as serve as a motivator for the nation's future ICT professionals. In this respect, on behalf of the Faculty of ICT of the University of Malta, I thank our partner Parallels for their valid contribution.' – Ernest Cachia, Dean, Faculty of ICT.

Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform solutions which make it possible and simple for customers to use and access the applications and files they need on any device or operating system. We help customers take advantage of the best technology out there, whether it’s Windows, Mac, iOS, AndroidTM or the cloud. Parallels solves complex engineering and user experience problems by making it simple and cost-effective for businesses and individual customers to use applications wherever they may be—local, remote, in the private datacenter or in the cloud. Visit www.parallels.com/about for more information.