V-locity is here!
The new virtual platform disk optimizer for Hyper-V platforms is now available for sale and as trialware. V-locity with InvisiTasking technology installs on both the Windows Server 2008 OS that is running the virtual host and all Windows virtual machines (guests). Each component optimizes its respective Windows OS and performs [...]
Techworld interviews Diskeeper Corp exec about new technology
A while back we undertook some interesting research projects. We built some high-tech tools to collect data about Windows behavior during the boot process. After analyzing that data, we realized we had a fantastic opportunity to dramatically improve system boot up for common Windows desktop platforms. Techworld recently broke the [...]
Going Virtual – faster and more reliably
Here is a cool success story I thought I'd share: "We find Diskeeper to be vital and we use it for our virtual servers (VMware) as well. We redirect our user desktops and My Documents folders to network shares and have found the response times improved quite a bit after [...]
Major Technical Breakthrough in Windows Boot-Times
We issued a press release on an upcoming technology. Initially you'll see this new software on PCs from popular systems manufacturers. Read the early info here. [Link missing - originally published with Marketwire]
Complimentary license for “XP Mode”!
We are following suit with Microsoft, which is offering an additional complimentary license of Windows XP for users of high end Windows 7 editions. That "feature" is called XP Mode. All of our current and future products (Diskeeper, HyperFast, Undelete) will include an allowance to install a second instance of [...]
In the beginning…
A long time ago in a server room far, far away there was the weekend effort of IT to "backup, reformat, restore". Alternatively one could "squeeze" all the data to the front of the disk/volume after taking the volume offline and running special utilities. This was how fragmentation used to [...]
Coming Soon to a virtualization platform near you
Find out (a little bit) more here at Microsoft's Virtualization Partner site.
What is Newskeeper?
Newskeeper is a monthly/bi-monthly print magazine published by Diskeeper Corporation. We mail it out to enterprise customers quite regularly. It contains technical info and articles that help IT professionals better understand and use our solutions. A highlight in this issue is an interview with the Technical Manager (George Dzieciol) for many [...]
Not Just Another Pretty Sticker:
The current issue of Redmond Mag has an 18 page pullout from Microsoft about the value of their Windows Server certification program. In it is a highlight about the benefits we've seen by routinely certifying Diskeeper. Achieving certification certainly results in a better experience for customers. Centrify Corp, one of the [...]
At a computer trade show near you?
Diskeeper has a booth at both the Microsoft Tech Ed trade show this week in Los Angeles, and the Interop show next week in Las Vegas. If you are attending, stop by and pick up a cool comic book, some software, and maybe even catch a sneak peak presentation of [...]
Move over Comma Separated Values, there’s a new acronym in town
John Savill (formerly of NTFAQ.com) and currently of Windows IT Pro's "FAQ for Windows" just added a new topic on defragmenting [link is gone now - was windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/102013/q-do-any-third-party-disk-defragmentation-tools-support-cluster-shared-volumes-csvs] Clustered Shared Volumes (CSV). As if IT doesn't have enough 3-letter acronyms already, CSV is a major feature in the upcoming 2008 Server [...]
Diskeeper Administrator 2009 Update
The following changes are included in the new Diskeeper Administrator 2009 incremental. Most are changes to address either tech support issues (bugs or otherwise) or internally found errors. Like the Diskeeper "defragmenter editions", the update will be released in all supported languages over the next couple of weeks. 1. The [...]
Saving 10 minutes the hard way. A WHS tale.
Enough dry blogs now behind me, I thought I'd entertain a more informal post. Can data centralization create euphoria? If Philip K. Dick can ask if androids dream of electric sheep I feel I'm entitled, right or wrong, to ask the above question - well at least on this blog [...]
New White Paper From Windows IT Pro
Check out the new study done by IT guru David Chernicoff on the "Impact of Fragmentation on Servers" here. It is also posted on SlideShare here. Testing was done on various server-based applications such as file hosting, SQL, Exchange, virtual machines, and more, with performance increases in the range of [...]
New Diskeeper 2009 Update (13.0.844)
Below is a list of what's new in the latest Diskeeper update. We'll be rolling out this update (you'll be notified from the Check For Updates feature in Diskeeper) over the next couple of weeks, starting with the English language updates first. Shortly thereafter you'll be able to get the [...]