Paragon Software launches Business Recovery and Continuity Planning service

Paragon Software announced the launch of Paragon’s Business Recovery and Continuity (BRC) Planning service.The October 29th storm that hit the east coast gave organizations the opportunity to test their business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans. Now is a good time to evaluate the effectiveness and make improvements where needed.

Since 1994, Paragon has provided superior, cost-effective DR software. The addition of the BRC Planning service extends Paragon’s ability to help businesses prepare for disaster and significantly minimize downtime. Furthermore, regulatory bodies such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA require accurate recovery estimates and well-designed plans for businesses to meet compliance requirements.

“We have been providing the technology and processes enabling effective business continuity for years; formalizing the portfolio into a comprehensive service offering is a natural extension for Paragon,” said Daniel Eickhoff, director of channel sales at Paragon. “The recent mega-storm, Sandy, demonstrated that the need in the community is great; many companies see that now is a good time to audit their plans and make necessary adjustments to ensure they are a survivor and not a victim of the next disaster.”

For more information, visit http://paragon-downloads.com/disaster-recovery-planning> or call 888.347.5462.

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Paragon Software survey shows only 30 percent usage of cloud services in storage environment; local server storage the most popular backup method

Healthcare and Aerospace/Aeronautics Markets not Embracing Cloud Storage, While Tape Holds Footprint

Paragon Software conducted a survey among 377 IT professionals from August 29 – September 7, 2012. The results show that of those surveyed, utilizing local server storage was the most popular method (52.6 percent) for securing critical data in the IT environment, followed closely by Network Attached Storage (51.2 percent); with only about a 30 percent adoption rate of cloud services. Tape still maintains a footprint with a use of 38.8 percent. (Note: In some cases, multiple storage methods are employed within the same IT environment thus resulting in a totaling of storage methods greater than 100 percent.)

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Piecing together the cross-platform puzzle

Why is storage management subsystem improvement not yet on Google’s roadmap? The open-source community has been addressing storage interoperability issues for more than ten years. Is there an answer?

Gadgets running on a spectrum of platforms will be purchased this holiday season, and they don’t always work together seamlessly. Your friend’s favorite Windows PC program won’t run well on your Mac, the app you love on your iOS doesn’t have an Android equivalent and, to top it off, your mobile devices won’t work flawlessly with your laptops. With the increasing popularity of Android devices, which have captured 68 percent of the mobile market share to date and are expanding into other areas of the consumer electronics market, users need an easy and reliable way to interchange data between Android devices and Macs or PCs.

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You can contact Paragon Software at pr@paragon-software.com , or reach Paragon through the company’s support forum and Facebook Page.

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional was reviewed by WindowsITPro


Paragon’s Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional was tested and reviewed by Eric B. Rux, editor of Windows IT Pro (USA), and rated as 4.5 out of 5:

“RECOMMENDATION: If you work on desktop or server hardware, this is a must have in any PC technician’s toolbox. […] Hard Disk Manager has everything you need to maintain good hard disk health“.

October 2012, Windows IT Pro, USA


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A new Paragon Drive Copy 12 Professional was reviewed by PC ADVISOR

The migration solution from Paragon Software was rated with 4 stars out of 5!

The verdict: Paragon Drive Copy 12 Professional does pretty much what it claims, copying drives and components of drives from one place to another. There’s nothing radically different about version 12, other than Windows 8 support and a couple of extra virtualisation options. It’s well priced, though and can be a big time-saver when upgrading or protecting your system.

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Improve PC performance with new Paragon Alignment Tool 4.0 Professional

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 have experienced unscheduled server/workstation downtime over the past 12 months

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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Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 Professional was reviewed by BCC Hardware

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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New Paragon Drive Copy 12 Professional — your key to flexible, easy and safe PC system copy or migration

Got a New PC or Upgrading Your Hard Drive? Copy or Migrate the System Physically or Virtually. Fastest Performance Automated Wizard Options with Minimum Involvement Included. Support for Windows 8!

Paragon Drive Copy 12 Professional includes all the latest migration and cloning technologies to perform any type of home or office PC migration, and ensure the fast, easy and safe transfer of partitions to all types of modern 2.2TB+ HDs or SSDs, or virtual system environments. P2V Adjust functionality make migration flexible and applicable for any complex virtualization task. The software may also be used as a cloning tool for getting an up-to-date HDD clone any time it is needed.

Hard disk replacement is always a tedious and complicated process that requires full Windows OS reinstallation and re-configuration, putting your data safety in jeopardy. When upgrading the operating system or moving to new hardware, taking the best of your old system is simple and safe with Paragon Drive Copy 12 Professional. The software guarantees the most capable and hassle-free computer copying or migration of any software and hardware combination.

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Paragon Software’s NTFS, exFAT, and HFS+ drivers support AppliedMicro converged storage-WiFi solution for consumer and SMB NAS, media server markets

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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