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FarStone and Avanquest Introduce Disaster Recovery, Security, and Digital Content Replication Software to European Markets.


Licensing Agreement Calls for Online Distribution of Software Through BlueSquad

IRVINE, Calif. -- FarStone Technology, Inc., a developer of PC system recovery software and CD/DVD content replication In database management, the ability to keep distributed databases synchronized by routinely copying the entire database or subsets of the database to other servers in the network.

There are various replication methods.
 solutions, today announced a partnership with Avanquest, an international software republisher re·pub·lish  
tr.v. re·pub·lished, re·pub·lish·ing, re·pub·lish·es
1. To publish again.

2. Law To revive (a libel or a canceled will).
, to distribute FarStone software titles through an Electronic Software Download (ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. ) License Agreement.

Avanquest will market and sell FarStone's VirtualDrive[R], RestoreIT[R], DriveClone[TM] and HackerSmacker[R] in ESD format via Avanquest's BlueSquad online software store. BlueSquad is currently available in France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain and is due to launch in Italy. The online site features a wide catalogue of the latest new, high quality, and innovative products from software developers around the globe, and the titles are available for download only. This allows customers immediate access to software with no added delivery costs. BlueSquad UK has already launched FarStone's range of software titles, which can be found at www.bluesquad.co.uk.

"We are excited to offer FarStone's award-winning technology to our customers," said Bob McNinch, executive vice president, Web Division for Avanquest and BlueSquad. "These titles have shown proven benefits for all PC users who either use system security and recovery utilities or CD/DVD content replication solutions, both complementary to our existing product offering."

"Avanquest has a great presence in the European market and will add credibility to our effort in reaching the end user with localized Translated into the spoken language of the country. See localization.  software from FarStone," added Dr. Herbert Perer, international sales director, FarStone.

About FarStone's Software Titles

* VirtualDrive provides users with an easy way to access and manage their collection of CDs and DVDs. With an easy-to-use interface, users can simply create "virtual" images of their CDs and 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 and 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.
 discs to play them, saving 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.

* 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.

* DriveClone copies an exact image of a computer's hard drive or hard drive partitions and stores the image as a compressed archive of all files, all 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.  information, and all security information. DriveClone allows users to back up and recover data, clone clone, group of organisms, all of which are descended from a single individual through asexual reproduction, as in a pure cell culture of bacteria. Except for changes in the hereditary material that come about by mutation, all members of a clone are genetically  a single hard drive onto another drive, or copy a hard drive across multiple computer systems.

* HackerSmacker is a personal firewall solution that keeps PC users' personal data private and safe from Internet hackers and data thieves List of Thieves. Famous
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. An easy-to-understand user interface and pre-set security levels helps protect the PC and keeps hackers away for a faster, safer Internet experience.

About BlueSquad and Avanquest

BlueSquad is a website venture from Avanquest Software, a leading publisher of consumer and corporate software solutions. BlueSquad features a wide catalogue of the latest new, high quality, and innovative products from software developers around the globe. The software titles are available for download only, meaning that customers can get access to the product with no delivery charge immediately after purchase and that software presents an excellent quality/price ratio. Led by a team of experts who are continuously in contact with developers and on the lookout for in search of; looking for.

See also: Lookout
 new software from all over the world, BlueSquad features a vast library of the latest and greatest in software. For more information, please visit BlueSquad's website at www.bluesquad.co.uk.

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 See certification.  software publisher holding multiple technology patents. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., the company licenses its software to corporations, small businesses, educational institutions and consumers worldwide. FarStone's global technology partners include Intel, Phoenix Technologies, Trend Micro, Intervideo, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Authentium, Fujitsu, and HiNet, Taiwan. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.farstone.com.
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