Paragon Software boosts its top-rated Backup & Recovery 2014 Free edition with new enhanced features

The only free backup solution on the market to offer WinPE recovery surpasses 1 million downloads on Cnet, with millions of downloads on other major portals worldwide!

Newly updated Paragon Backup & Recovery 2014 Free is the most advanced free backup and recovery tool available on the market. The top-ranked Paragon Backup & Recovery 2014 Free edition has already been downloaded almost 1.5 million times from CNet.com and more than 1 million times from CHIP.de. Paragon Backup & Recovery Free has been ranked as one of the best free backup solutions by major IT media worldwide, including the UK’s PC Advisor.

The newest release has been enhanced with a WinPE boot media builder, a capability usually found only in commercial backup software. For the user’s convenience this feature requires no additional installation or registration. Paragon Backup & Recovery 2014 Free is the only free backup and recovery tool on the market to deliver Recovery Media Builder with WinPE support allowing PC users to prepare either Linux or WinPE-based bootable environments.

Paragon Backup & Recovery 2014 Free runs on schedule so that files are regularly backed up, and provides the option of saving space and time by only backing up data that has changed. Either way, file attributes and related information are preserved. Click to learn what’s new  in the product.

Paragon Backup & Recovery 2014 Free is available for download free of charge

New Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 Hyper-V Preview is available to SMBs for free download!

Agentless backup for Hyper-V clients – fast, free, absolutely unique! Available for FREE download until June 30th, 2014

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 Hyper-V Preview is designed to protect virtual machines hosted by Microsoft Hyper-V. Unlike traditional backup tools designed to work with physical machines, it can operate at the virtualization layer, employing MS VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) to agentlessly backup/restore any guest machine of Hyper-V. Thus our solution doesn’t need an agent on a target virtual machine to create its point-in-time copy including its configuration, operating system, apps, etc. This approach significantly enhances the backup performance, while minimizing the load on target machines and the hypervisor during the process. Besides, there’s no need to provide credentials for every guest to do backups.

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 Hyper-V Preview perfectly matches the needs of IT administrators of small and medium-size businesses seeking a reliable tool to handle the full IT management cycle, including protection of virtual machines hosted by Microsoft Hyper-V.

– Supports Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1

– Installation takes only 5 minutes on Hyper-V host

– Supports SMB 3.0 hosted virtual machines

– Restore to a new location

– Wide choice of backup formats – VHDX, VHD, pVHD or VMDK

– Incremental Hyper-V backup coming soon!

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 Hyper-V is a preview of a full-fledged commercial product and it is available to all SMBs for free download till June 30th, 2014

Paragon Virtual Disk Mounter for Mac users is available for beta testing!

Paragon Virtual Disk Mounter beta – the first solution with full high-speed access to virtual disks under OS X!

Need to access data on your virtual disk or dreaming about fast and easy data exchange between the host and guest OS on a Mac? We’ve got you covered! Introducing new Paragon Virtual Disk Mounter for Mac – the first and only solution on the market which gives you full high-speed read/write access to virtual disks under Mac.

Be among the first to get access and try our latest unique solution that many Mac users have been waiting for a long time!

Key Features & Benefits

  • Very easy to use – mount a virtual container by double clicking or using Finder’s “Open With…” context submenu.
  • Alternatively a powerful CLI (Command Line Interface) utility allows you to create and mount a virtual container.
  • High performance – high access speed to virtual disk content and high-speed data exchange between host and guest OS. 
  • The first and only solution with full read/write access to virtual disks on OS X.

We believe that the strong beta testing community and early adopters help us bring the new tool to a higher quality level prior to its official release. We invite users to become a beta tester and join the community of IT enthusiasts to make a better product!

New Paragon QNX Driver Embedded enables car owners to exchange data between embedded infotainment systems and digital assistants

Data Exchange Between QNX-based Media Centers and Laptops, Tablets and Desktop PCs Made Easy. The Largest Selection of Additional Cross-platform Tools for Users of Incompatible Consumer Electronics on Android, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Available at Paragon Portal

Paragon Software Group (PSG) announces the release of Paragon QNX Driver Embedded, the software solving compatibility and interoperability issues between QNX-based in-car infotainment systems and storage devices running on other operating systems, including Windows and Mac OS X. Paragon QNX Driver Embedded is targeted, foremost, towards middleware developers in the automotive industry who want to make the car owner’s experience as convenient as possible.

Paragon QNX Driver Embedded is based on the company’s proprietary UFSD cross-platform technology that enables any device to communicate and gain access to storage media regardless of file system type.

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Paragon USB plugin for Total Commander [Android] is on testing!

Paragon Software invites all interested Android users and IT enthusiasts to join beta testing of Paragon USB plugin for Total Commander [Android]

Paragon USB plugin is designed to access NTFS formatted USB disks via Total Commander file manager without root access. With plugin installer you can read, copy or play your media files directly from NTFS formatted disks or sticks. Read-write access is coming soon.

* Early beta version
* non-root (ROOT rights are NOT needed)
* Total Commander is required

Lear more about the beta version of Paragon USB plugin for Total Commander [Android] and download it here

Total Commander can be installed from the Google Play Store

We will highly appreciate your comments and feedback at:  beta-test@paragon-software.com Don’t hesitate to email us directly if you have any problems or requests.

Paragon Software launches “Pure Channel” Program to ignite demand, streamline sales cycles and drive profitable business growth for IT channel partners

New Channel Program Focuses on Award-Winning Paragon Protect & Restore Image-Based Backup and Disaster Recovery Product Line for Physical, Virtual and Hybrid Server Environments

Paragon Software Group has announced the  Paragon “Pure Channel” Program, an aggressive new go-to-market initiative that will fuel stronger revenues for Paragon channel partners, expedite sales cycles and deliver powerful new enablement and demand generation services to value-added resellers (VARs), direct marketing resellers (DMRs), integrators and managed service providers (MSPs).

Launched today and focused on the Americas, Pure Channel features a high-impact “Pure Profit” strategy grounded in what Paragon calls “POP” (Paragon Opportunity Protection), which offers 30 percent guaranteed margin protection to partners on their registered opportunities.

The new initiative is built around  Paragon Protect & Restore (PPR), a robust, effective and easy-to-manage image-based backup and disaster recovery (BDR) solution optimized for small to midsize business and mid-enterprise markets. Designed to meet the most demanding needs of physical, virtual and hybrid server environments, PPR offers Paragon’s channel partners a measurable technological advantage when providing business continuity solutions to their customers.

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Goodbye, Windows XP – see you in the virtual environment

On April 8th, 2014, Microsoft will be terminating its support and technical assistance for Windows XP, including the automatic security update. This marks the end of an era.

Are you still using Windows XP? If so, you should know that the end of Windows XP support will provide compatibility problems and security risks for Windows XP users.

Get ready for the switch!

Microsoft recommends Windows XP users who want to continue employing the old system after April 8th, to use it as a virtual operating system. Switch to a new PC and don’t get rid of your old one. This will make it easier and more convenient for you to switch to the new Windows. Switching to a new operating system generally takes a bit of getting used to. Windows 8 and 8.1, for instance, have a new “tile” interface and a wide range of apps, which presents a lot of changes in operation for users to adjust to. You will probably also notice that certain applications won’t run on the new operating system. Paragon Drive Copy allows you to transfer Windows XP to a virtual environment and create an exact clone of the software environment. Paragon Drive Copy 14 Professional will automatically transfer the operating system, programs, files and personal settings without losing any data.

Move your Windows XP to a virtual environment with Paragon Drive Copy 14 Professional! Now only $27.95. Valid until 11th of April.

The benefits of virtualization
You will be able to fall back on the old things you’re used to and use both your new and old operating systems at the same time. The applications you’re used to from the old PC can be run in a virtual environment on the new computer. This way, you can get used to all the new features step-by-step and keep using your preferred programs without having to forgo the advantages of the new, higher performance computer.
Paragon Drive Copy 14 Professional is available for a 30% discount between April 3 and April 11, 2014. After April 11th it returns to the regular price of $US39.95.

World Backup Day 2014

Paragon Software invites everyone to join the World Backup Day 2014 celebration! We would like to remind our users about the significance of personal data backup by offering the best commercial software for free.

March 31st until April 2nd, we are giving away Backup&Recovery 14 Compact on Paragon Facebook!

Additionally, the company gives you a chance to win 15 licenses of Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 Professional ($99.95 value). Every day, from March 31st to April 4th at 9am (EDT), we will publish a riddle on Paragon Facebook wall and ask you to solve it. First 3 people to provide the right answer, will be granted Paragon Hard Disk Management 14 Pro. All other participants will be offered a special 30% discount on the product.

Join us on Facebook to win great prizes and take advantage of the giveaway.

Protect your valuable data!

Paragon Software invites Mac users to test its new migration tool

Join Paragon’s Beta Testing Program to test out Paragon Drive Copy for Mac® OS X Beta – a unique solution for smooth data migration!

Paragon Drive Copy for Mac® OS X is an intuitive user-friendly wizard that will help you make an exact clone of your Mac’s disk or any of its volumes to another disk or a virtual container in a few simple steps.

We invite all interested users to take part in a beta testing of the new Drive Copy tool. Bring your input to help Paragon elevate software solution to a higher quality level before commercial release. As a participant, you are able share your ideas, and together, we can create the best product possible.

Five of the most active beta testers, who provide the most valuable feedback or suggestions will receive free commercial licenses of Paragon Drive Copy for Mac ® OS X. However we appreciate any input and all beta-testers will get 30% discount on the final commercial version of program.

Paragon Software updates Hard Disk Manager 14 Family with major new features

Cyclic Backup to Virtual Drive, Merge pVHD Increments, UIM Support for VHDx Format and EFI Support for P2V Restore

Paragon Software releases major new features in Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 family (includes Suite, Professional, Business and Premium editions) – the all-inclusive data management tools for Windows PC users and IT administrators of small to medium size businesses. Paragon Hard Disk Manager 14 editions offer the perfect set of tools to maintain and administer PCs and work stations with minimal effort over their entire life cycle.

New features include Merge pVHD increments, mount encrypted pVHD, support for VHDx virtual containers and others.

Read the official announcement