Diskeeper Corporation announced today the launch of a PC Speed Contest where contestants are asked to Show – via a picture or short video and Tell – the remarkable gains that they have received in accelerating PC performance using Diskeeper® 2011 performance software.

Diskeeper increases the speed and reliability of all PCs by improving system performance, faster boot-up times and increased speeds on everything from internet browsing to antivirus scans. Diskeeper 2011 gives PCs faster-than-new speed without any effort from the user.

The grand prize winner will receive a new Laptop computer and a copy of Diskeeper 2011 Pro-Premier software.

To enter the contest: http://tinyurl.com/3b37ayq

Improve Data Performance 

For years, we have loved Diskeeper and the way it works in the background to keep your hard drives defragmented. Defragmentation programs have been available for decades, but Diskeeper is among the true innovators.With the release of 2011, the tool has gotten even better. 

Basic Bits 

Drive defragmenters aggregate the data—which drives normally break into chunks and store wherever necessary— into contiguous blocks. This speeds access time (and therefore system performance), and can literally prevent a drive from crashing.  Diskeeper takes a multipronged approach to defragmentation that eases its system impact and helps keep your drives humming along smoothly. For one thing, its IntelliWrite technology prevents fragmentation before it happens. Its new Efficient Mode feature improves the defragmenting process by identifying problem fragmentation. The Instant Defrag feature tidies up any leftover fragments it cannot process during the initial file save. Both of these happen on the fly, in the background,and with little to no impact on system resources.  

The full review is located here.

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Mike sent us his Diskeeper 2011 Disk Performance Report showing 322,347 Disk Access I/Os saved! 

Mike is the winner of the drawing for the $100 American Express gift card!

“Good results? … you mean GREAT right!  Allow me to explain,

We are an architectural business and work with many small interrelated files that can get highly fragmented, so for us using Diskeeper Server is a must to maintain our performance. For the past few years Diskeeper has been working full time on all file servers in Michigan, Arizona even Utah, and the result has been significant improvement in the user experience.  Back before Diskeeper, (a time I would rather forget) we suffered from literally days of waiting for Windows built-in defrag to try and cope with our TB size volumes.  Finally Diskeeper came along and we have seen those issues vanish.”

Then we worked up a fine case study about the performance benefits to his company and now they are deploying Diskeeper on all of their servers and workstations company-wide!  

Michael Vizard, Industry leader and IT Editor wrote an article on Diskeeper 2011 and stated,

"But as more applications begin to share the same IT infrastructure thanks to the advent of virtualization and cloud computing, the more fragmentation becomes an I/O performance optimization issue."

 The full article is located here: http://www.ctoedge.com/content/intelligent-disk-defragmentation

Diskeeper 2011 received a 5 star review on Bright Hub.

The reviewer states,

On April 10, 2002, Diskeeper enjoyed 15 seconds of TV game-show fame on the TV show Jeopardy with the answer: "Diskeeper is software to do this, reorganize your computer’s files."  The contestant won $2,000 by correctly providing the question, "What is defragment?"

Diskeeper Corporation was awarded the Gold Independent Software Vendor/Software Competency—the highest competency bestowed within the Microsoft Partner Network.

 “When you achieve a gold competency, you’ll represent organizations and associated individuals that have demonstrated the highest, most consistent capability and commitment within a targeted Microsoft business solution area.”—Microsoft Partner Network Web Site 

To earn a Microsoft Gold Competency, organizations must complete a rigorous set of tests to prove their level of technology expertise, have the right number of Microsoft Certified Professionals, submit customer references and demonstrate their commitment to customer satisfaction by participating in an annual survey. The Microsoft Gold Competency signifies to the market that a company has demonstrated the highest level of skill and achievement within a given technology specialization.  

“It is  Diskeeper Corporation’s job to provide Windows users with the fastest, most reliable, longest lasting and energy efficient systems possible,” notes Derek De Vette, Diskeeper VP for Global Alliances & Partner Affairs. “Working closely with Microsoft’s Partner Network competency program ensures that our technology meets the highest standards possible for our enterprise class customers.”

Apparently some of the staff at our UK office have too much time on their hands, and filmed a fun holiday short.

Click on the images (above or below) to see Santa and a 6'7" elf and friends defragment X-Mas, load up the sleigh, and then celebrate with some kind of dance-type-thing (I don't know what else I would call it). 

Happy Holidays!

Short 1950s style defrag ad here. Free trialware here.