FarStone Expands Business in EMEA via New Partnership with Plextor to Deliver System Recovery Software and CD/DVD Replication Software with Optical and Hard Disk Drive Devices.IRVINE, Calif. -- FarStone Technology, Inc., developer of PC system recovery software and CD/DVD content replication solutions, today announced a partnership with Plextor to deliver FarStone's RestoreIT(R) 7 and VirtualDrive(R) 10 software to distributors and resellers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ) region. Plextor, an international manufacturer of recording equipment, will bundle Special Edition (SE) versions of FarStone's RestoreIT 7 and VirtualDrive 10 products with their CD/DVD optical drives and hard disk drive products. Retail packaging includes a comprehensive range of full and trial software. Plextor customers include distributors and resellers in EMEA. "Our strategy is to offer value, quality, reliability and usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. to our customers with our products. By bundling FarStone with our products we meet these expectations for our customers," said Rudy De Meirsman, Sales and Marketing manager for Plextor Europe. Tom Fedro, executive vice president for FarStone, said, "I'm happy to announce our new partnership with Plextor because it delivers FarStone's flagship software titles to a growing market which has clearly expressed a need for valuable data recovery and digital content management tools. Plextor's extensive distribution network allows FarStone to expand our business in the EMEA Region and effectively deliver these solutions." About RestoreIT 7 FarStone's RestoreIT Personal Disaster Recovery(TM) software is the best insurance policy against data loss and PC problems. RestoreIT's patented technology creates ongoing, complete and multiple incremental backup See backup types. (operating system) incremental backup - A kind of backup that copies all files which have changed since the date of the previous backup. The first backup of a file system should include all files - a "full backup". Call this level 0. images of a user's entire PC. After a virus/pop-up/spyware attack, accidental file deletion/overwrite or complete system OS failure, users can simply click RestoreIT to instantly roll their system back to a point when everything was working properly. Users can restore individual files or their entire system, even if Windows(R) crashes and will not restart To resume computer operation after a planned or unplanned termination. See boot, warm boot and checkpoint/restart. . RestoreIT creates backups to a hidden, protected partition A reserved part of disk or memory that is set aside for some purpose. On a PC, new hard disks must be partitioned before they can be formatted for the operating system, and the Fdisk utility is used for this task. and because it is a Pre-OS application it can be launched immediately after power on. Users can also create a bootable Recover Disc to store their complete system backup on a CD or DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. set, so that in the event of a hard drive crash they can quickly and easily recover their entire system after replacing the drive. About VirtualDrive 10 FarStone's VirtualDrive provides users with an easier way to access and manage their collection of CDs & DVDs. With the easy-to-use interface, users can simply create "virtual" images of their CDs & DVDs and store them all on their hard drive, then just click to load and play them on any one of up to 23 "virtual" CD/DVD drives that VirtualDrive can create on the hard drive. Users no longer have to find or carry and load their CD & DVD discs to play them, which saves their disc collection from handling damage. FarStone's patented RapidCache(TM) technology improves PC performance by reducing CD/DVD access times by up to 75 percent with zero disc spin up time. The Virtual Hard Drive feature emulates a hard disk drive in RAM, so users can store files and run programs at high speeds in non-swappable physical memory. About FarStone Founded in 1993, FarStone Technology is a leading developer of PC and network-based system recovery solutions and a provider of digital content security, replication and management utilities. FarStone is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified software publisher holding multiple technology patents. Headquartered in Irvine, the company licenses its software to corporations, small businesses, educational institutions and consumers worldwide. FarStone's global technology partners include Intel, Trend Micro, Phoenix Technologies, Intervideo, Authentium, Fujitsu and Hinet, Taiwan. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.farstone.com. About Plextor Plextor is a leading international manufacturer of extremely reliable, high quality recording equipment and is also one of the pioneers in the field of CD technology. From its parent company, Shinano Kenshi Co. Japan, Plextor has a built up tradition in the development and manufacture of advanced hardware and electronic precision equipment going back to 1918. With head offices in Japan, Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. the company mainly sells its products through a network of specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. computer dealers. Plextor Europe, established in Brussels, takes responsibility for sales, marketing and technical support in Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the . Since opening its Brussels office in 1994, Plextor has introduced a number of award-winning products, including CD/DVD-ROM drives, CD/DVD recordable drives, CD/DVD media and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Flash Memory Drives See solid state disk and flash card reader. (PlexFlash). In addition to optical storage, flash memory and, more recently, digital video converters Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Video Converter is an application developed by Aimersoft for converting video from one format to another format such as from AVI to MPEG, WMV to MP4. , Plextor is now offering portable hard disks for any user requiring extra mobile storage and a professional network hard disk for small businesses. More information can be found at www.plextor.com. |
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