Paragon Software Group

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{{cite magazine |magazine=Disk Imaging Review

|url=http://www.diskimagingreview.com/paragon-hard-disk-manager

|title=Paragon Hard Disk Manager |year=2016}} 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.

In 2004, the company started working with Fujitsu-Siemens on its handheld PCs Russian localization.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/paragon_lokalizuet_vse_kpk_fujitsu|title=Paragon локализует все КПК Fujitsu Siemens для России|work=CNews.ru|access-date=2018-06-27}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.intomobile.com/2006/08/08/two-applications-by-paragon-software-group-became-the-finalists-at-handango-champion-awards-2006/|title=Two applications by Paragon Software Group became the finalists at Handango Champion Awards 2006 - IntoMobile|date=2006-08-08|work=IntoMobile|access-date=2018-06-27|language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web

|url=http://blog.penreader.com/uncategorized/paragon-software-group-and-mobile-telesystems-win-global-telecoms-business-innovation-award-2011

|title=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

|author=Blog / Paragon Software Group / Mobility |website=blog.penreader.com |language=en-US |access-date=2018-06-27}}

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.

• Paragon Hard Disk Manager, including a tool named {{visible anchor|Partition Manager}} for resizing partitions.{{cite magazine |magazine=PC Magazine

|url=https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/paragon-hard-disk-manager-15-professional

|title=Paragon Hard Disk Manager 15 Professional Review

|author=Edward Mendelson |date=January 6, 2015}}{{cite news

|newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/technology/circuits/rearranging-rooms-on-the-hard-drive.html

|title=Rearranging Rooms on the Hard Drive

|author=J. D. Biersdorfer |date=October 10, 2006}}

• Paragon File System Link (proprietary).{{cite web

|url=http://www.backupreview.info/2019/02/21/microsoft-authorizes-industry-leader-paragon-software-group-to-provide-a-licensed-one-stop-exfat-technology-for-implementation-into-oem-devices

|title=Microsoft Authorizes Industry Leader Paragon Software Group to Provide a Licensed One-Stop exFAT Technology for Implementation into OEM Devices |date=21 February 2019}}{{cite web

|url=https://developer.arm.com/solutions/automotive/automotive-ecosystem-partners/paragon

|title=Paragon File System Link

|quote=formerly, UFSD - Universal File System Drivers}}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.

• File system drivers, including Paragon NTFS for Mac and APFS for Windows.{{Cite web |title=Paragon NTFS for Mac Mojave Edition review: Ready to embrace the dark side |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/231945/paragon-ntfs-for-mac-mojave-edition-review-ready-to-embrace-the-dark-side.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Macworld |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Vigo |first=Jesus |date=2018-07-02 |title=APFS for Windows enables cross-platform compatibility |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/apfs-for-windows-app-review/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=TechRepublic |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Cipriani |first=Jason |title=So you're setting up an external hard drive. Formatting facts for Windows and Mac |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/so-youre-setting-up-an-external-hard-drive-formatting-facts-for-windows-and-mac/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=CNET |language=en}}

Konstantin Komarov of Paragon Software have also contributed to the NTFS3 driver in the Linux kernel.

Slovoed{{cite magazine |newspaper=NetworkWorld

|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2271901/paragon-software-releases--talking--dictionaires-for-os-x.html

|title=Paragon Software releases 'talking' dictionaires for OS X

|date=January 8, 2009}} is a dictionary and phrasebook app available for more than 37 world languages.38 as of 2016 MacWorld's

PenReader review; $1/language, or $10 for all

It incorporates more than 350 electronic dictionaries,{{cite web

|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Best-Sellers-Books-Russian/zgbs/books/952778

|title=Amazon.ca Best Sellers

|quote=Slovoed Deluxe English-Russian dictionary}} encyclopedias and phrase books developed in conjunction with Duden, Langenscheidt, Oxford UP, PONS/Klett, Le Robert, VOX, and other publishing houses.

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."{{cite magazine

|magazine=MacWorld

|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/3032710/penreader-review-disappointing-handwriting-recognition-keyboard-for-ios.html

|title=PenReader review: Disappointing handwriting recognition keyboard for iOS

|quote=Remember Apple's ill-fated Newton, the first personal digital assistant

|author=J. R. Bookwalter |date=February 17, 2006}}

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.{{Cite web

|url=https://www.paragon-software.com/company/pressroom/index.html

|title=PARAGON Software Group - Welcome to the Press Room!

|website=www.paragon-software.com |language=en |access-date=2018-07-02}}

• PTS/DOS (PTS=PhysTechSoft; the "P" is also a hint to Paragon)

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