Fragmentation in action (a video)…
If you've ever stopped by a Diskeeper booth at a trade show in the past few years, you may have seen our clear-case PCs. Inside those clear case PCs we have WD Raptor X drives with a see-through cover. That clear cover allows you to watch the disk head moving [...]
Field Test Sites Running Hyper-V Needed
We're looking for some current Diskeeper customers that are interested in getting a first look at a new technology for Microsoft's Hyper-V platform. Testing will start in a few weeks and we have a few openings left that we need to fill. If you are using Hyper-V and are interested [...]
Quick turnaround from Kaspersky
Kaspersky Anti-Virus is reporting a false alarm (known as a False Positive in software security terminology) on Diskeeper downloads as of late yesterday. If you tried to download our software (Diskeeper) from our website, it triggered a "Trojan" alert in Kaspersky. The issue was reported to Kaspersky yesterday and they [...]
Undelete for Windows Home Server update
We're planning to release Undelete HomeServer edition in mid to late April. It will be specifically made for the Windows Home Server (WHS) operating system. The price will probably be around $59 and include an Undelete license for WHS and also 10 Undelete Desktop Client licenses for your home-network PCs/laptops. [...]
Diskeeper is on Twitter
As of last Friday, Diskeeper Corporation is now on Twitter - https://twitter.com/diskeeper This will be a good place to hear about new events (releases, etc...). It's being run by our Channel Managers so the focus will be on activities, information, and opportunities for VARs, MSPs, partners, distributors, and resellers in [...]
Mac Fragmentation Field Study
We are looking for Mac users (OS X - Tiger and Leopard) who would like to participate in a short data gathering field test. We have an analysis tool that gathers data about fragmentation on the system and reports this data back to Diskeeper Corporation. (It does not send any [...]
New Boot-Time Defrag in Diskeeper (2008/2009)
A few weeks back we released the new Diskeeper 2009 and an update to Diskeeper 2008. Both include major changes to the Boot-time Defragmentation engine. For users of Diskeeper 2008, if you are running Vista SP1 or Server 2008, the boot-time defrag feature was restored (apologies on the delay). This [...]
We Didn’t Win 🙁
I've been a huge fan of Windows Home Server (WHS) from the first moment I got may hands on an early beta build. Even after testing the solid Windows 7 for several months, I'm still convinced WHS is the best OS from MS to date. If you have more than [...]
We’re Still Here
I say that for two reasons: 1. It's been over a month since the last blog posting. 2. All the doom and gloom news about the global economy might make people wonder if a company they purchase products from will be around the next day. Well, the reason for the [...]
Indistinguishable from Magic!
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke That "magic" is what our advertising team likes to embellish when describing InvisiTasking - please forgive them their marketing indulgences. 🙂 Speaking of Arthur C. Clarke, many know he was actively involved in scientific research projects such as [...]
HyperFast is also here!
Released side-by-side with Diskeeper today is the new product - HyperFast. HyperFast is the first ever file system based solution designed specifically to optimize NAND Flash devices. Most NAND Flash storage drives suffer from a different kind of fragmentation than what many are accustomed to. They do not experience the [...]
Diskeeper 2009 is Here!
Diskeeper 2009 has just been released. Here's a quick overview of major highlights: NEW! Titan Defrag Engine is the most powerful defragmentation engine ever built. Starting at 100 GB, it easily handles files fragmented into millions of pieces and volumes up to 20TB and more (available in EnterpriseServer edition). IMPROVED! [...]
Beta tester grand prize winner announced
Congratulations to David Samuels, the winner of the EEC PC Laptop. David was ecstatic to hear the good news and mentioned that he really enjoys field testing for Diskeeper Corporation. Congrats to David and thanks to all those who have helped us with beta testing. We're always looking to expand [...]
Boot-time Defrag Update (November)
As you may have noticed, I mentioned in previous comments we had expanded the Field Test for the new boot-time functionality to a "Limited Release". While the boot time defragmentation is working fine, we have seen other anomalies that we need to first sort out before we decide to release [...]
Diskeeper Corporation Field Test Program – Get in on the Action!
As a field test site, you would have the opportunity to test and provide input on the software before it's released publicly. The only prerequisite is that you need to be a Diskeeper customer. Become a tester now! Simply fill-out a Non-Disclosure Agreement and send it to our Field Test [...]