Computerworld's first issue of 2010 is out with its
Forecast 2010 Special Report, along with the headline
Ready to Roll. The premise? "IT budgets will be flat in 2010, but savvy IT execs are betting on new projects that have a big ROI and tap the best consumer technologies." Are ho hum topics such as defragmentation utilities, boot time defrag, and disk cleanup tools specifically in the report? No, but a lot that directly ties to defragmenting PCs is. Virtualization defrag, Windows 7 defrag, Windows Server 2008 defrag and a lot more are all connected. I'll be writing about some of these Computerworld topics and their relation to PerfectDisk and disk defrag software in coming posts.
And speaking of being ready to roll...the PerfectDisk 11 beta is too. We're anticipating our largest field test ever and are excited along with our testers to get it going. Because of the large number of testers at both the enterprise and consumer level, the test will be staggered a bit. So some of you may get access to the software before or after others. Please don't worry, you will be able to have at it soon. And I'll also be sharing bits about PerfectDisk 11 here from time to time and on up-to-the-minute news on
Twitter.
We appreciate your patience. As always, we're excited and looking forward to it all.
Here we go...
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PerfectDisk 11 defrag -- on the horizon
When looking to Windows defrag software for Windows 7, there are various defrag programs to choose from and decisions you need to make. Do you want to be able to do a boot time defrag in order to defrag metadata? Is free space consolidation important? Do you want to boot quicker? Are you running any disk cleanup tools? Are you going to defrag Exchange databases?
There may be many more questions and requirements. Or your list for choosing between defrag programs might be short and sweet - you want a faster computer. One criteria that many people look for is certification from Microsoft. To some, it's just a "feel good" thing. To others, it's critical. And to some, it means nothing.
To us, it's important. We know there are many people that look to certification from Microsoft. And we know that many businesses have a requirement that they will only run certified applications. So PerfectDisk is certified by Microsoft for Windows 7.
In reviewing a disk defrag program, you might ask yourself why a particular product is not certified by Microsoft. For example, one area that Microsoft focuses on is overly-intrusive installations and snap-ins to the operating system - if a disk defragmentation tool is overly intrusive, Microsoft won't cerify the product. Look, with all the positive feedback Microsoft has garnered from Windows 7, it is not about to put a stamp of approval on an application that takes away from the positive user experience people are receiving from the new OS. Microsoft also made changes to the boot process in Windows 7, and we modified PerfectDisk to address these changes.
So one can choose to tell the world that certification doesn't matter and the fact that a program just works with Windows 7 is good enough.
We choose a different path for our users -- no risk.
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