Spyware may be one of the biggest annoyances of modern times, but at least you no longer have to wait for long anti-spyware scan times. A newly released white paper discloses how disk defragmentation speeds anti-spyware scans. The paper, written for Windows IT Professional Magazine by monitoring and security software expert, Joe Kinsella, reveals that fragmentation can have a severe impactdoubling anti-spyware scan times! According to Kinsella,
I found the performance impact of fragmentation on a spyware scan took 64.5 seconds in the defragmented image, 144.3 seconds in the medium fragmentation image.
The paper also reveals the massive performance impact of fragmentation on other common applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Anti-virus scans, and web browsing. The author concludes that a proactive approach is needed in dealing with fragmentation in order to maximize the performance of systems. In alignment with the growing trend, Kinsella recommends automatic defragmentation,
I strongly suggest the use of automatic defragmentation software in order to minimize the administrative cost of managing and the downtime required to implement your defragmentation policy.
In the enterprise environment, the number one automatic defragmenter used by IT Professionals is Diskeeper. The complete Windows IT Professional white paper, The Impact of Disk Fragmentation, can be downloaded at
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Whitepapers/
About Diskeeper CorporationDiskeeper Corporation (formerly Executive Software) is the undisputed leader in defragmentation technology. From its origins as the first defragmenter for Windows NT, Diskeeper has grown to become the Number One Automatic Defragmenter with over 17 million licenses sold. Corporations around the world rely on Diskeeper to provide daily automatic defragmentation, giving their systems unparalleled speed and stability. Diskeeper Corporation also provides up-to-the-minute data protection and instant file recovery with Undelete and easy-to-use automated patch and systems management with Sitekeeper. Diskeeper Corporation is located at 7590 North Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504. Phone numbers are (800) 829-6468 and (818) 771-1600. A variety of system management tools, trialware and free utilities are available at www.diskeeper.com.
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