New Diskeeper Administrator Reigns in Performance-Crippling Fragmentation Across the Enterprise

Market Wire, July, 2004

Executive Software® has announced the recent release of a Diskeeper® Administrator version, with improved Active Directory integration, giving system administrators the ability to handle performance problems from their desk. Diskeeper Administrator also allows greatly expanded centralized network control, detailed reports and automatic alerts for dangerously low free space and disk corruption problems.

Anne Hart from the Michigan Dept. of Information Technology found several desktop disk problems with Diskeeper. Diskeeper was then deployed remotely, using one server and 1750 desktop licenses. According to Anne, "The new Diskeeper Administrator Edition makes my life much easier. I can see at a touch what machines have the software or not and if they are scheduled. The financial benefit is related to how much of the technician's time it would take for them to defrag each of the 1750 desktops individually. The new Diskeeper 8 Administrator Edition takes care of that problem and the related challenges by defragmenting automatically on a regular basis."

Diskeeper is the first defragmenter to quantify the effects of fragmentation on performance of both Windows workstations and servers. Diskeeper enables system administrators to be proactive in maintaining system performance. Diskeeper even alerts system administrators when it encounters potential data corruption with an email detailing the exact machine and the problems found.

Disk defragmentation cripples system performance while also causing needless wear and tear on disk drives. According to IDC, "Although many companies acknowledge that file fragmentation is a fact of life on most modern distributed systems, few are aware of just how much it is costing the bottom line in terms of lost performance and downtime." According to IDC, costs of handling fragmentation manually, like using the built-in rather than a network defragmenter, ranged from $25,000 for 10 systems to well over a million dollars a year for 5000 workstations and supporting servers.

Diskeeper 8.0 ships as specialized editions designed for each 'flavor' of the Windows 2003 server platform and for desktop editions from Windows 95 and upwards. New Diskeeper 8.0 Editions are now available for sale and can be purchased through your favorite reseller. For more info, go to: http://www.executive.com/diskeeper/

About Executive Software

Founded in 1981, Executive Software specializes in focused development of system management tools for corporations globally. The company is the world leader in system performance/defragmentation software for Windows NT®, Windows® 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and OpenVMS® operating systems, producing more than 98 percent of the network defragmenters used in the corporate market. Executive Software is located at 7590 North Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504. Phone numbers are (800) 829-6468 and (818) 771-1600.

Executive Software and Diskeeper are registered trademarks owned by Executive Software International, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact: Colleen Toumayan Tel: 800-829-6468 ext. 1610 Email: ctoumayan@executive.com