Paragon Software Group Explained

Paragon Technologie GmbH
Type:Privately held corporation
Location:Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Key People:Konstantin Komarov, Founder & CEO
Industry:Computer software and Embedded systems
Num Employees:200+[1]

Paragon Software Group is a German software company that develops hard drive management software, low-level file system drivers and storage technologies. The Smart Handheld Device Division (SHDD) offers multilingual dictionaries, multilingual handwriting recognition, weather information, and two-way data synchronization with desktop devices.

Overview

The company is headquartered in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, with offices in the US, China, Japan, Poland, and Russia.

The company was established in 1994[2] by a group of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) students, including founder/CEO Konstantin Komarov. A separate mobile division, called the Mobility Division, was formed in 1995. The German office opened in 1998, the Swiss office in 2000.

History

In 2004, the company started working with Fujitsu-Siemens on its handheld PCs Russian localization.[3] Next year, the company expanded the product line of office and gaming applications for Symbian OS and received the "Developer of the Year" award in the Handango Champion Awards 2005.[4]

In 2011, PCMag recognized the company's flagship Paragon Hard Disk Manager as the best hard drive management program. Paragon Software Group also won Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award 2011 for their mobile product.[5]

Products

Paragon Software Group is serving two markets:

  1. Data security and storage management – disaster recovery and server optimization.
  2. Software for smartphones – multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and productivity applications, games, 120 multilingual dictionaries, and encyclopedias.

Data security and storage management

Software for smartphones

Slovoed

Slovoed[14] is a dictionary and phrasebook app available for more than 37 world languages.[15]

It incorporates more than 350 electronic dictionaries,[16] encyclopedias and phrase books developed in conjunction with Duden, Langenscheidt, Oxford UP, PONS/Klett, Le Robert, VOX, and other publishing houses.

PenReader

PenReader is a real-time handwriting recognition technology for touchscreens with support for 17 languages. The technology is used in a number of prominent iOS and Android applications, such as Evernote, Handwriting Dato and Handwrite Note Free, MyScript Calculator. A 2016 MacWorld review of PenReader was headlined "Disappointing" and added "When it comes to handwriting recognition, PenReader isn't particularly accurate, intuitive, or easy to use."[17]

Distribution channels

Paragon distributes online through the company website, a network of value-added resellers, distributors and OEMs.

The global partnerships of Paragon Software Group include ASUS, Avast, Belkin, D-Link, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Netgear, Nvidia, Realtek, Seagate, Siemens, Technicolor, Telechips, Western Digital, Wyplay.[18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paragon Software | Über uns.
  2. Disk Imaging Review . Paragon Hard Disk Manager . 2016.
  3. News: Paragon локализует все КПК Fujitsu Siemens для России. CNews.ru. 2018-06-27.
  4. News: Two applications by Paragon Software Group became the finalists at Handango Champion Awards 2006 - IntoMobile. 2006-08-08. IntoMobile. 2018-06-27. en-US.
  5. Web site: Paragon Software Group and Mobile TeleSystems Win Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award 2011 – Award-winning software for a diverse class of smartphones and desktop PCs. Blog / Paragon Software Group / Mobility . blog.penreader.com . en-US . 2018-06-27.
  6. . Paragon Hard Disk Manager 15 Professional Review . Edward Mendelson . January 6, 2015.
  7. News: The New York Times. Rearranging Rooms on the Hard Drive. J. D. Biersdorfer . October 10, 2006.
  8. Web site: Microsoft Authorizes Industry Leader Paragon Software Group to Provide a Licensed One-Stop exFAT Technology for Implementation into OEM Devices . 21 February 2019.
  9. Web site: Paragon File System Link . formerly, UFSD - Universal File System Drivers.
  10. In 2017, the company joined Renesas R-Car Consortium to support automotive chipmakers in delivering next-generation data storage for future vehicles. By embedding Paragon File System Link into automotive infotainment systems, OEMs will enable car owners to connect USB devices, SD Cards, digital assistants, or other external storage media directly to IVI systems, so that users can access audio and video recordings, regardless of the file format. These technologies are also used in routers and gateways, smart TVs and STBs, smartphones, cameras, NAS devices, and more.
  11. Web site: Paragon NTFS for Mac Mojave Edition review: Ready to embrace the dark side . 2022-04-18 . Macworld . en-US.
  12. Web site: Vigo . Jesus . 2018-07-02 . APFS for Windows enables cross-platform compatibility . 2022-04-18 . TechRepublic . en-US.
  13. Web site: Cipriani . Jason . So you're setting up an external hard drive. Formatting facts for Windows and Mac . 2022-04-18 . CNET . en.
  14. . Paragon Software releases 'talking' dictionaires for OS X . January 8, 2009.
  15. 38 as of 2016 MacWorld's PenReader review; $1/language, or $10 for all
  16. Web site: Amazon.ca Best Sellers . Slovoed Deluxe English-Russian dictionary.
  17. . PenReader review: Disappointing handwriting recognition keyboard for iOS . Remember Apple's ill-fated Newton, the first personal digital assistant . J. R. Bookwalter . February 17, 2006.
  18. Web site: PARAGON Software Group - Welcome to the Press Room!. www.paragon-software.com . en . 2018-07-02.

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