Author: Ksenia Schevjeva

Windows 8 Support, 20% Faster Alignment Engine, Recovery of Accidentally Deleted Volumes, Convenient Bootable WinPE Version Included

Paragon Alignment Tool (PAT) 4.0 – a user-friendly software utility designed to automatically determine if a drive’s partitions are misaligned, then properly realign all partitions, including boot partitions and any data they contain. In addition to instantly solving misalignment issues on PCs, PAT 4.0 eases alignment problems within virtual machines. The new edition comes with a 20 percent faster alignment engine, Windows 8 support, new bootable WinPE-based version and efficient tools to recover volumes that were accidentally lost during the alignment.

Partition misalignment results in slow write times and inefficient disk operations, also affecting alignment in virtual machines. With a continuously increasing number of SSDs and large HDDs used with laptops, workstations and servers, PAT 4.0 becomes the must-have tool for any PC user or IT professional. It instantly improves your PC performance and SSD drive endurance.

PAT 4.0 is also included in Paragon’s Hard Disk Manager and Partition Manager, and is available as an add-on feature for Virtualization Manager.

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Over half of U.S. businesses participating in a recent survey conducted by Paragon Software have experienced unscheduled server/workstation downtime over the past 12 months. Hardware Failure and Power Outages Are the Most Common Causes

Paragon Software conducted a survey among 377 IT professionals August 29 – September 7, 2012. The survey found that over half (51.9 percent) of the businesses surveyed have experienced unscheduled downtime once or twice during the last 12 months. Further, 17.6 percent of those surveyed cite that unplanned downtime occurred more than twice during the year.

Respondents stated the following reasons for the cause of the downtime:

· Hardware failure: 39.4 percent
· Power outages: 22.1 percent
· Operating System (OS) failure: 12.1 percent
· Human error: 13.2 percent
· Natural disaster: 5.1 percent

Other downtime causes cited by respondents included malicious cyber attacks, software errors and fire.

Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning

“Up to 40 percent of businesses fail after a disaster, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Yet only 43 percent feel prepared to handle an extensive emergency.” (Source: CEO.com, “40% Of Businesses Fail After Disaster Strikes,” May 14, 2012).

Data backup and Disaster Recovery planning are important components in a successful Business Continuity program for firms of all sizes. Should a disaster occur, there should be a solid plan in place where everyone knows their responsibilities to minimize damage to the company and its resources. To effectively implement a strategy, all departments of the organization need to be involved in crafting, testing, and updating a company’s disaster recovery/business continuity (DR/BC) plan.

Results of the Paragon Q3 Survey demonstrated that 31.7 percent do not have a DR/BC plan; 4.5 percent had no idea whether or not their company had a plan in place.

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The product was given GOLD “Editor’s choice” award!

Benjamin “Zeus” Heide from BBC Hardware tested Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional and has given a golden “Editor’s Choice” award to it!

“The Paragon Hard Disk Manger 12 Professional software is pretty much exactly that. It’s professional and works as advertised in everything we tried. I know that no software is perfect, but this came about as close as anyone could get when it comes to backing up, moving and managing your drives and more“, – says editor.

“At the end of the day though, I have to be honest and give the Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 software suite a hearty thumbs up and award it out top award here at BCCHardware. I’ve been using it extensively in testing as well as in real-world data and drive migration and it hasn’t let me down yet. I’m sure that one day, it will meet some screwed-up partition that gives it grief, but at this point, I’m impressed.”

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Achieves 200+ Megabytes per Second Read/Write Performance via USB 3.0 to Windows and Mac Formatted Drives, and supports High Capacity SDXC Cards

Paragon Software today announced its collaboration with AppliedMicro®, global leader in energy conscious computing and communications solutions for data center, telecom, enterprise and consumer applications, for the development of the best-of-class solution for the AppliedMicro PACKET pro family of single and multi-core processors for network attached storage (NAS) applications. Paragon’s NTFS, exFAT and HFS+ for Linux drivers will target the new APM86xxx system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor family. The bundled solution speeds up communication between AppliedMicro-based network appliances and attached storage.

Paragon’s NTFS, exFAT and HFS+ for Android and Linux drivers enable full read/write access via USB 3.0 interface to Windows- and Mac-formatted drives and support the new high capacity exFAT-formatted SDXC cards on AppliedMicro’s Riviera advanced OEM storage platform for next-generation consumer and SMB Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Wireless Access Point (WAP) and Media Servers/Gateways. The Riviera platform , based on the APM86491 processor, allows consumers to simultaneously store, stream and share multimedia content at lightning speeds in the connected digital home.

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Breaks barriers between Android devices and Mac or Windows PCs! Cross-platform data interchange made easy, fast and safe!

Get full and unlimited access to the most widespread file systems in the World on your Smartphone! Easily copy, transfer and modify data on NTFS volumes alongside with HFS+ ones. Forget about incompatibility issues between your mobile handheld and its big brothers – PC and Mac. Attach to your device any flash drives, hard disk divers and other media with NTFS and HFS file systems and work with them as if there have simple FAT32 one.

What’s new?

The newest edition includes the industry’s first NTFS and HFS+ partition automounting feature! The new automount option, which can be conveniently activated or disabled in “Settings,” allows users to simply insert an SD card or a USB flash card, and all NTFS and HFS+ partitions will be automatically mounted.

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The technology is available to download for free at Google Play.

Milestone Celebration Uncovers Great New Gifts for Friends and Followers. “LIKE” Paragon Software Facebook? Let’s Celebrate!

Dear Friends,
We now have over 50000 fans on Paragon Facebook! We are excited about your interest in what we do, and would like to thank you for being part of our growing community.
Beginning today, you are welcome to post and share your feedback, greetings or anything that interests you with the new audience of 50,000 fans!

Since its creation in 2009, Paragon’s Facebook Page has become a primary resource to anyone interested in storage management, cross platform solutions and the IT market in a whole, and a valuable addition to the company’s blog, Twitter, and Google+ social media channels.

To celebrate this historic occasion we are offering special present and significant discounts for our fans on the Paragon Facebook Page.

As promised we’ll give EVERYONE 50% OFF of all products for home & home office. Additionally, EVERY 50th registered user will be given Paragon’s famous Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional for FREE!

How it works:

1 – Fill the form on Paragon Facebook to register for the special
2 – Get your 50%OFF coupon code by email
3 – Win an “EVERY 50th registered” lottery and get a BIG prize – Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional – if you’re one of every 50th registered user!

Invite your friends to celebrate with us! Hurry up! The registration will be closed on Monday!

Some fast Facebook facts:

• The top 5 locations for Paragon fans on Facebook are: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and Brazil.
• The typical fan is male, which are 20.8% between 25 and 34 years of age and 19.9% are between 35 and 44 years old.
• 86% of fans are male, 12% of fans are female.
• The single busiest day for new “Likes” in 2012 was on April 17th, with 5217 fans joining the Paragon Facebook community that day.
• A normal day sees a net increase of approximately 70 new fans.

Dear Friends,

We are very close to finding our 50,000th fan on Paragon Facebook! We are excited about our fans’ interest in what we do, and would like to thank all of them for being part of our growing community, and invite EVERYONE who is not in yet to join us!

This milestone is a great time for our fans to collect some gifts! Celebrate with us and take advantage of one (or two!) of our special offers.

When our Facebook fan count reaches 50,000, we’ll give EVERYONE 50% OFF of all products for home & home office. Additionally, EVERY 50th registered user will be given Paragon’s famous Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional for FREE!

How it works:

1 – Fill the form on Paragon Facebook to register for the special – we’ll collect your requests starting today!
2 – Share with your friends to help us get our 50,000th fan to join Paragon Facebook
3 – Get your 50%OFF coupon code by email within a few days of Paragon Facebook reaching its 50,000th fan!
4- Win an “EVERY 50th registered” lottery and get a BIG prize – Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional – if you’re one of every 50th registered user!

While we all anticipate the 50,000th fan to join our community, invite your friends to celebrate with us!

After a highly successful beta test by nearly 50,000 Android users, Paragon NTFS and HFS+ for Android is now available for FREE at Google Play!

NTFS and HFS+ for Android is the first technology available on the market that enables users of Android-based smartphones, handheld media players, digital video and other portable devices to utilize storage media formatted by Mac OS and Windows operating systems. The launch follows a highly successful two-month beta test by nearly 50,000 Android enthusiasts. With the growing popularity of Android devices, Paragon NTFS and HFS+ for Android is now available absolutely for free at Google Play.

Mac OS users who copy movies onto an HFS+ formatted portable HDD are unable to access the video file on Android-based media players without a built-in HFS+ driver. Windows PC users who want to record a program received by an Android-based media center to a USB stick that uses an NTFS file system run into problems writing data directly to the NTFS partition without a built-in NTFS driver. Paragon NTFS and HFS+ for Android grants full, unlimited access to the most popular file systems, allowing users of Android-based smartphones and multimedia devices to easily transfer, copy and modify data on NTFS or HFS+ volumes. Data interchange with Mac OS-formatted HFS+ storage or recording onto NTFS-formatted storage become seamless, frustration-free operations.

The technology is available to download for free at Google Play.