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
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...
, Germany, with offices in the US, China, Japan, Poland, and Russia.
The company was established in 1994
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. 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.
In 2011,
PCMag recognized the company's
flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. Used more loosely, it is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels, typically the fi ...
''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.
Products
Paragon Software Group is serving two markets:
# Data security and storage management – disaster recovery and server optimization.
# Software for smartphones – multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and productivity applications, games, 120 multilingual dictionaries, and encyclopedias.
Data security and storage management
* Paragon Hard Disk Manager, including a tool named ' for resizing
partitions
Partition may refer to:
Computing Hardware
* Disk partitioning, the division of a hard disk drive
* Memory partition, a subdivision of a computer's memory, usually for use by a single job
Software
* Partition (database), the division of a ...
.
* Paragon File System Link (proprietary)
* File system drivers, including Paragon NTFS for Mac and APFS for Windows.
Software for smartphones
Slovoed
Slovoed
is a dictionary and phrasebook app available for more than 37 world languages.
[
It incorporates more than 350 electronic dictionaries,]
PenReader
PenReader is a real-time handwriting recognition technology for touchscreen
A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is often ...
s 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
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review of ''PenReader'' was headlined "Disappointing" and added "When it comes to handwriting recognition, PenReader isn't particularly accurate, intuitive, or easy to use."
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.
See also
* PTS/DOS
PTS-DOS (aka PTS/DOS) is a disk operating system, a DOS clone, developed in Russia by PhysTechSoft and Paragon Technology Systems.
History and versions
PhysTechSoft was formed in 1991 in Moscow, Russia by graduates and members of MIPT, infor ...
(PTS=PhysTechSoft; the "P" is also a hint to Paragon)
References
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German companies established in 1994
Privately held companies of Germany
Software companies of Germany