Paragon Software is awarded FIVE STARS in CRN 2012 Partner Program Guide

5-Star Award follows on the heels of Daniel Eickhoff’s acknowledgement in CRN’s 2012 Channel Chief

The Paragon Channel Partner Program was awarded the highest rating in Computer Reseller News’ (CRN’s) 2012 Partner Program Guide. Spotlighted on CRN’s Web site, “The 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes the elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors that give solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs. The 5-Star Partner Program Guide is assembled by UBM Channel Research using a methodology it developed for assessing information provided in vendors’ PPG applications.” Specifically, CRN editors evaluated submissions based on objective data such as “vendor investments in program offerings, partner profitability, partner training, education and support, marketing programs and resources, sales support and communication.”

To learn more about CRN’s evaluation of Paragon’s Channel Partner Program visit Paragon’s listing in CRN. To see CRN’s evaluation of Daniel Eickhoff’s contribution to Paragon’s channel program, visit CRN’s 2012 Channel Chief Listing.

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New Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 – the most essential tool for PC users who value their data and PC efficiency!

Paragon Software has officially released the 12th version of its top-rated Hard Disk Manager Suite and Professional editions!

These all-in-one software solutions include EVERY hard disk management tool to meet the needs of PC users seeking to keep their vital digital data safe and effectively maintained in physical or virtual environments, including full functionality for partitioning, backup and recovery, copy and migration, security and optimization, boot management, and virtualization tasks.

“For nearly two decades, Paragon Software has consistently led the market in hard disk management and data safety development, pushing the discovery of more powerful and inclusive tools that are as relevant to today’s technologies as to emerging storage standards. Hard Disk Manager 12 continues to support Paragon’s reputation for producing the industry’s highest-rated hard disk maintenance and system migration utility with faster, more flexible partition control and virtualization capabilities combined with our other technologies into one single, very useable tool.” said Konstantin Komarov, CEO of Paragon Software Group.

With its easy-to-use wizard interface and Paragon’s typical method of providing a simple way to solve complex tasks, Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 targets beginners as well as advanced home and home office users. Explore new features in Hard Disk Manager 12 Suite and Professional editions right now!

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Paragon has been selected as VADIS Systems’ backup and data recovery vendor of choice!

Paragon Software have signed with VADIS Systems, a value added distributor, to help expand its foothold in the Australia and New Zealand region.

VADIS Systems will lead the effort to attract top VARs and MSPs to help Paragon service its fast-growing customer base for its backup and disaster recovery as well as storage management and optimization product lines throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Paragon’s market share is growing rapidly, with about 70 percent of new customers switching to Paragon backup and disaster recovery products from Symantec, Acronis and StorageCraft. Industry reviewers frequently rate it above the competition.

“We are proud to have been selected as VADIS Systems’ Backup and DR vendor of choice, and we are extremely excited to be working with VADIS. Their reputation in the storage space is outstanding, and with their focused expertise and vast experience, as well as their ‘no-nonsense’ way of doing business, VADIS will be instrumental in helping Paragon grow its business in Australia and New Zealand,” said Daniel Eickhoff, director of channel sales at Paragon Software Group, Inc. “Paragon is a great choice for companies looking for highly innovative, proven and cost-effective software products. We look forward to growing our relationship with VADIS for years to come.”

VADIS Systems carries all of Paragon’s product line, including the highest selling Backup 10 Server/Virtual Server, Hard Disk Manager 11 Server/Virtual Server, and the Paragon Alignment Tool 3.0.

New Paragon’s Camptune X for Mac® is the easiest way to redistribute free space!

Now, for the first time ever, there is no need to reboot your Mac to perform repartitioning. Camptune X works directly in your Mac to share free space on either operating system quickly and easily with no data loss!

Many dual-boot users face the problem of resizing partitions as the amount of data – either on Mac OS X volume or windows volume – increases over time. Paragon Camptune X for Mac OS X is a next-generation utility that changes volume sizes in dual-boot Mac OS X/Windows systems by adding more space to one volume at the expense of another. Simple to use, Camptune X is a native utility that adjusts volume size in a few simple clicks without the need to boot to a special environment.

Paragon Camptune X has very easy and intuitive interface. There are just 3 simple steps to perform the resize:

1. Run Camptune X
2. Set the desired volume size by moving the partitions boundary
3. Perform the operation

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Paragon Software partners with Idealstore to deliver an unparalleled level of protection and backup portability for Windows servers, virtual machines, databases and desktops

Idealstor, a leading manufacturer of removable disk-to-disk backup solutions, now offering Drive Backup Server software from backup and recovery publisher Paragon Software Group as an integrated component of all of their backup systems.

Combining the best attributes of Idealstor and Paragon, this new offering promises to deliver an unparalleled level of protection and backup portability for Windows servers, virtual machines, databases and desktops.

With the addition of Drive Backup Server from Paragon Software Group, Idealstor is now able to offer a revolutionary hardware solution that lets you fully recover your servers or virtual machines anytime, anywhere. Drive Backup Server from Paragon Software utilizes sector-based backups, giving server administrators the ability to image an entire server including files, data and applications. When the backup is complete, Paragon lets you dial in the level of recovery you need including file-based recovery, bare metal system restore and even individual email recovery for Microsoft Exchange.

“We are happy to welcome Idealstor as our newest partner,” said Tom Fedro, president of Paragon Software Group. “Idealstor hardware paired with our Drive Backup Server software provides a complete turnkey solution for customers.”

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Paragon Software and Insight Integrated Systems partner to bring a solution to companies suffering from storage perfomance issue due to partition misalignment

Paragon Alignment Tool Optimizes Systems by Aligning Affected Drives after Transition from 512-Byte to 4K-Byte Sector Partitions

Paragon Software has partnered with Insight Integrated Systems (IIS), a division of Insight Investments LLC, the industry expert in technology solutions and financing options, to provide the Paragon Alignment Tool (PAT) to companies suffering from disk drive partition misalignment. Insight Integrated Systems will also offer Paragon’s popular Hard Disk Manager (HDM) 11 Server for disaster recovery and as a cost-effective tool for system migration and virtualization projects.

With the transition from the 512-byte to the 4k-byte sector storage standard, many drives are experiencing performance degradation between 20 and 40 percent due to partition misalignment. Misalignment can appear under a number of different scenarios. For companies utilizing virtual environments, performance problems are amplified.

“As a leading IT services companies in the U.S., we are in the trenches working side-by-side with our clients and as a result, we are at the forefront for offering only the best software solutions for our customers,” said Rob Flannery, SVP of National Sales “We decided to partner with Paragon because we found their service and products to be top-notch and at an attractive price for our clients.”

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CES 2012 Flash: Incompatibility between digital multimedia devices is eliminated with Paragon’s UFSD Cross-Platform Technology

Paragon Software to Demo UFSD Cross-Platform Technology for Consumer Electronics Market Needs at Showstoppers @ CES 2012

Paragon Software showcases its Universal File System Driver (UFSD) – a cross-platform software tool providing full support for exFAT file systems in all types of consumer electronics devices, regardless of the platform on which they are running, at ShowStoppers @ CES 2012. Paragon’s UFSD technology solves incompatibility issues between NTFS, HFS+, and exFAT file systems and popular operating systems, including Android, Linux, ThreadX, and Windows CE. With Paragon’s UFSD support for all popular file systems built into modern digital devices, consumers can enjoy issue-free compatibility between their media centers, digital televisions, set-top boxes, or any digital device with USB, SD, or Micro SD sockets and those used to format storage media, such as portable HDDs, in order to freely playback recorded video and audio regardless of file system type.

Modern multimedia systems based on popular embedded operating systems provide the ability to play multimedia files. Common storage incompatibility issues arise when launching multimedia files from storage media formatted on Windows, Mac OS or from modern high-capacity SD XC cards on devices that do not support the media format, such as Linux multimedia stations that work only with FAT or Linux-native file systems. With Paragon’s cross-platform technology, barriers between multimedia devices and media file systems are eliminated, allowing users to enjoy multimedia devices that can write data to and read data from external media of any file system. Paragon’s UFSD technology makes it possible to process unsupported partitions to browse contents, read and modify files, copy and create new files and folders, and more, while maintaining high-performance read/write access and speedy file transfers.

For more information on this and other cross-platform solutions, please contact technology@paragon-software.com, or visit us at ShowStoppers @ CES 2012, Table B11.

Paragon Software to demo UFSD Cross-Platform technology and discuss the coming Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 Suite at ShowStoppers at CES 2012

UFSD cross-platform technology

The bad news: Modern multimedia systems — including set-top boxes, portable media players (PMP), smart phones and tablet PCs — based on Android, Linux, ThreadX, Windows CE and other embedded operating systems, provide the ability to play multimedia files. Common incompatibility issues arise when launching multimedia files from storage media formatted on Windows, MacOS or from modern high-capacity SD XC cards.

The good news: With Paragon’s Universal File System Driver cross-platform technology, compatibility barriers are eliminated, allowing users to enjoy multimedia content (including space-consuming HD movies) stored on external media of ANY file system (exFAT, NTFS, HFS+, FAT32) on multimedia systems based on virtually any operating system: Android, Linux, ThreadX, Windows CE and others.

Hard Disk Manager 12 Suite (coming in February 2012)

Hard Disk Manager 12, the high-end, all-in-one software that manages, maintains and protects your hard disk data, is intensified with new, compelling features based on award-winning Hard Disk Manager 11.
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