Raxco Software Sets All-Time Records for Sales of PerfectDisk® Version 8
Latest disk defragmentation tool in high demand.
Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) September 28, 2006
Raxco Software, the leader in disk defragmentation software, announced today that its latest defragmentation software, PerfectDisk® Version 8, has shattered the nearly 30-year-old company’s all-time records for single-day downloads and online sales, racking up a 240 percent increase over the same two-week period following the launch of Version 7.
Immediately following the introduction of PerfectDisk Version 8 on September 12, Raxco recorded the highest level of ecommerce revenue it has ever earned in a single day, pulling in 68 percent more than its previous high. The company has already smashed its sales record for online revenues for a single month, before September is over. In addition, PerfectDisk downloads set an all-time single-day record on the day of the launch, with a 64 percent increase over its previous single-day high, and thousands of visitors from six continents flooding the Raxco web site within an hour of the launch.
“Right out of the gates, the sales performance of PerfectDisk Version 8 has exceeded even our own expectations,” said Robert Nolan, president and ceo of Raxco Software. “We developed this product according to the detailed input of our customers, and the overwhelmingly positive response we’ve had from new and existing customers tells us we’ve hit the nail on the head in terms of functionality and value.”
Winner of the just-announced 2006 Windows IT Pro Magazine’s Readers’ Choice award, PerfectDisk answers the unique needs of users in the enterprise, SMB and home office environments. For IT managers in large enterprise environments, the new Command Center provides a dashboard view of all servers and PCs being managed. Other key new features include:
Resource Saver™ – patent-pending technology that speeds defragmentation Space Restoration Technology™ – PerfectDisk’s unique single-pass free space consolidation now provides a Consolidate Free Space Defrag, giving users the ability to quickly consolidate the free space on a drive AutoPilot Scheduling™ – enhanced scheduling that enables users and administrators to schedule defragging whenever and wherever it is convenient Intelligent Screen Saver-mode – defragments drives when system is idle CPU and I/O throttling – automatically adjusts defragmentation activity depending on other resources being used Single-File Defrag – allows just a single file to be defragmented, benefiting anyone with particularly large files that need immediate attention Drive Health Indicator - tracks fragmentation of files and free space over time
About Raxco Software
Raxco Software has been helping large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers with their computer resource management needs for more than twenty-five years. Its PerfectDisk is Windows® Certified by Microsoft®, and optimized for Windows XP. The PerfectDisk line has a long award-winning history, most notably its perfect 5-star review from CNET Download, winner of the Windows IT Pro 2005 and 2006 Readers’ Choice Awards for Defragmentation Utility and Storage Management Tool, and Redmond Magazine’s Best of the Best Award for 2005, and having won PC Magazine’s Editors Choice award for the past two years. In addition to its PerfectDisk line, Raxco also produces PC optimization software, including system recovery and disk repair products for Windows operating systems and HP’s OpenVMS operating system. Raxco Software can be found on the Web at www. raxco. com.
Contacts:
Meghan Searles
LEWIS PR
617-226-8844
Sherry Murray
Raxco Software, Inc
301-519-7836
Copyright 2006, Raxco Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
PerfectDisk, Resource Saver, Space Restoration Technology and AutoPilot Scheduling are trademarks or registered trademarks of Raxco Software, Inc. Windows and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks or trade names are the property of their respective owners.
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