Winternals Defrag Manager(TM) 4.0 Features Comprehensive Enterprise Defragmentation Capabilities; New Version Adds Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Integration, Windows x64 System Support, More Real-Time Status Reports and Alerts.AUSTIN, Texas -- Winternals Software(R), a leading provider of Microsoft systems recovery and data protection solutions, today announced the release of Defrag Manager 4.0, the latest version of the company's Windows enterprise defragmentation See defragment. solution. Version 4.0 retains the product's system performance benefits and advanced management capabilities, while extending its ability to support the evolving Windows enterprise. "Defrag Manager has always been an important component of Winternals' strategy to help our customers achieve a highly optimized Windows enterprise and the greatest possible return on their Microsoft infrastructure," said Edwin Brasch, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Winternals. "The latest version of Defrag Manager continues to deliver unmatched manageability while ensuring that the product will maintain its value as enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. requirements change in the future." Defrag Manager 4.0 is the first commercial defragmenter to integrate with Microsoft Operations Manager See datacenter manager. (MOM) 2005, Microsoft's enterprise operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. solution. To facilitate integration, the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Management Pack is available for download directly from Winternals (www.winternals.com/support). The Management Pack is imported into an existing deployment of MOM 2005 and applied to centrally monitor scheduled defragmentation events on the main Defrag Manager Console server A console server (also console access server or console management server or serial console server) is a device or service that provides access to the system console of a computing device via networking technologies. . Defrag Manager 4.0 also offers full support for Windows x64-compatible systems, ensuring that as organizations migrate to 64-bit systems, Defrag Manager will also evolve to meet future enterprise requirements. 64-bit systems are incorporated seamlessly into existing defragmentation schedules, without requiring additional installation or deployment tasks. New reporting capabilities included in Defrag Manager 4.0 provide greater efficiency for managing the defragmentation of large Windows environments (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. by allowing administrators to monitor the status of Defrag Manager operations such as success and failure details, space analysis, and disk and partition information. Reports are available for any system scheduled for defragmentation -- whether a single PC, a group of computers, an Active Directory Organizational Unit In computing, an Organizational Unit (OU) provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name (John Doe in OU "marketing" versus John Doe in OU "customer , or an entire domain. Administrators can also receive real-time email alerts of defragmentation status in HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. or plain-text format. In addition to MOM 2005 integration, support for x64-based systems, and reporting, new features in Defrag Manager 4.0 include: --Certified for Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. 2003 Standard Edition - Defrag Manager 4.0 meets Microsoft standards for security, reliability, and manageability in the Windows Server 2003 environment. --Advanced Mode(TM) defragmentation enhancements - Defrag Manager 4.0 integrated CD burning. This simplifies the process for configuring Advanced Mode defragmentation -- an offline environment that safely defragments all files, folders, and metadata regardless of Windows version, cluster size, or permission settings. --Usability enhancements - Optimized user interface makes it even simpler for administrators to quickly complete defragmentation tasks from the central console. Many of the new Defrag Manager 4.0 features were added at the request of customers to ensure that the product continues to provide the most comprehensive enterprise defragmentation capabilities in the future. "We're running a dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. , multi-site enterprise with thousands of Windows systems, so we need a defragmentation solution that can be set up, deployed, and managed from one centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. location," said Kirk Plyler, Senior Systems Administrator with Sun Healthcare Group Inc. "Winternals Defrag Manager meets all of these requirements. I've recognized a significant performance increase on my servers since I started using this automated defragmentation solution." About Winternals Defrag Manager Defrag Manager remotely schedules, deploys, monitors, and controls defragmentation throughout a Windows-based network from a single console, without requiring any client installations or new, continuously running services. It deploys a low-system-overhead defrag agent to every client according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a schedule that the administrator designates. The agent utilizes a proprietary defragmentation algorithm that automatically completes the defrag process, and then removes itself from each system. All defragmentation tasks can be controlled and configured from one system, regardless of the number of computers in the enterprise or the physical location of the machines -- including mobile PCs disconnected from the network. Administrators can schedule defragmentation for a single PC, a group of computers, an Active Directory Organizational Unit, or an entire domain with a single drag-and-drop. Every version of Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003 is supported, so separate defragmenter products do not have to be maintained. Defrag Manager maintains 100% compliance with native Windows file system APIs, ensuring thorough, safe boot-time defragmentation in every mode of operation without file system corruption or data loss. There is never a need to perform additional backups before running Defrag Manager. Using Defrag Manager in the Windows enterprise results in better application and system performance, averted hardware upgrades, shorter start up times, reclaimed disk space, and reduced workload for the IT staff. Availability Defrag Manager 4.0 is available now directly from Winternals and through the company's network of resellers. For additional product information go to www.winternals.com/Products/DefragManager. To locate a reseller, visit www.winternals.com/partners/. About Winternals Founded in 1996, Winternals provides systems recovery and data protection solutions for Microsoft-based enterprises worldwide. Winternals solutions empower IT professionals to rapidly resolve the daily emergencies that arise when administering Windows systems and maintain high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. of mission critical systems. By accelerating recovery, improving data integrity, increasing productivity, and optimizing performance, Winternals reduces the total cost of ownership for the Microsoft-based enterprise. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Winternals is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner that counts among its customers 49 of the Fortune 50 and 97 of the Fortune 100. For more information on Winternals visit www.winternals.com. Product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners Registered Owner An individual or organization to whom certificates are directly issued and who, as a result, is recorded on the corporation's securityholder records (as maintained by the transfer agent). . |
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