Burbank, CA 4/8/2011 3:19:29 AM
News / Business

Plan for Future Growth by Protecting Your Computer Network System with Data Performance Software

Companies must always seek new ways to save money and reduce operating costs. This allows them to bring in maximum profits and grow their revenue streams. Some companies choose to reduce costs by cutting staff, freezing employee pay or reducing budgets. These are effective means of cutting costs but can hurt the company in the long run. By limiting staff or the resources that employees use companies hinder the ability to produce efficiently.

When a company decides to limit its resources – employees, spending or otherwise – they are also creating environments that are not operating efficiently. An employee who has avoided a round of layoffs will constantly be worrying about being the next person let go. In a similar fashion an employee who must perform the same duty with fewer resources must take extra time to adjust. These problems lead to less efficient employees.

The first thing a company should do when they are looking to save money and reduce operating costs is examine the essential tools that they use in their daily operations. Many companies use computer network systems to handle the tasks that they cannot do without. From hosting inter-office communication, sharing software and hardware and keeping in contact with clients, computer network systems do it all. They even make sure that essential company data is backed up.

If a company has not ensured that their computer network system is running optimally it can experience slow operations and experience problems with completing these daily tasks. Work piles up as jobs take more time, employee frustration grows and clients become impatient as they are shown neglect. No company can continue to operate if clients are not satisfied by the service that they receive.

There are many different reasons for computer network systems to slow down. The most common reason has been shown to be fragmentation of the system’s disk. Fragmentation occurs when the integrity of a file is corrupted. The file is broken into pieces of information that are stored in several places around the disk rather than as a whole. As time goes on fragmentation can slow the entire computer network system down to a crawl. If it remains unfixed fragmentation can also cause a complete network crash. These crashes mean that company data is lost and hours of work must be put on hold until the problem is fixed.

Companies are recommended to deal with fragmentation head on. The problems that it causes are so severe that waiting too long can create massive losses in revenue, clients and prestige. If your company has seen a decrease in network performance recently you are the most at risk for a catastrophic system failure.

Because the problem of fragmentation has such immense consequences the Diskeeper Corporation has introduced new software to combat it. Diskeeper 2011 is data performance software that allows companies to defragment their computer network systems. Defragmenting the system restores damaged files and helps protect the system.

A computer network system with data performance software will last longer than one that does not have protection. It will require less upkeep and reduce IT costs. Data performance software also makes it easier for employees to access the information that they need to do their jobs day in and day out.  As an added benefit, data performance software provides another level of security for the company’s sensitive data. By preventing fragmentation and the network crash that can result, files are kept out of harm’s way.

Before a company decides to limit spending in an effort to improve revenue, they need to make sure that their computer network system is using data performance software. Cutting wasteful spending  on the network system means that they can focus resources elsewhere and retain the ability to grow into the future.