The Lets Talk Computers radio show aired 2 interviews with Anthony Crea. Anthony is our Channel Manager. As part of his key responsibilities he's an expert on Diskeeper and Undelete. He travels (practically non-stop!) around North America training resellers and distributors on them. In part [...]
Windows IT Pro recently researched and published a new paper evaluating Diskeeper on the new Windows Vista operating system. You can view the paper (sponsored by Diskeeper Corporation) here. We are also wrapping up another study, done in-house by our Development Testers, evaluating the improvement [...]
For anyone interested (a few people have asked), we just completed the Windows Vista logo certification requirements. No major changes to the product except that you'll find, in builds 11.0.707 and higher, a couple of Diskeeper files that used to be placed in the systemroot [...]
"DO NOT DEFRAG DATABASES!" is one of the more popular myths/misconceptions we encounter in promoting and selling Diskeeper. BTW; when I define database (DB) servers, I also include purposed servers such as email, Domain Controller, DNS, etc. And of course MS SQL, Oracle, Sybase, and [...]
Derek was recently featured on BETs popular tech/computer TV show, HotWyred. You can view the 90 second clip here [link missing]. If anyone has visted the Diskeeper booth at a trade show, you'll recognize the clear case computer. We have two of them, and they [...]
One of the questions that comes up on occasion is "should I defrag my iPod, my SD card, or my USB drives?". To answer that, let's first take a step back and make note that these drives (also known by other names such as thumb [...]
I've added this entry at the request of our Channel staff. The blog's title comes from the eponymous Tech IQ magazine article. You can read the article here.
SANs typically employ a clustered/SAN file system to pool disk arrays into a virtualized storage volume. It is called in Wikipedia a "shared disk file system". This is not NTFS, but rather a proprietary software, provided by a SAN hardware or software vendor such as [...]
I came across an interesting story on ComputerWorld today. It discusses the recovery of lost files in one of those "emergency" situations. The author recommends defragmenting and discusses the use of various file recovery tools to assist in a modern day spin on the "damsel [...]
Here is the short list of adjustments. These changes were done to accomodate requirements our upcoming certification for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003. There aren't any "bug fixes" that would require you to install this newer build. This info is just to give you [...]