Windows Sentinel | Randall C. Kennedy

Vista PCs: the hardware resources they are so hungry for

Randall Kennedy — 2008-05-06T02:45:25-08:00

Cross-tabular analysis. It's one of those nerdy-sounding terms that statisticians like to use when expounding upon their latest data-mining gems. It's also the lifeblood of the Windows Sentinel project. We use cross-tabular analysis to extract all sorts of interesting statistics from the exo.repository, including how a platform shift can directly affect workload composition. [ Add your Windows systems to the exo.performance community, plus monitor how they specifically perform, with InfoWorld's Windows Sentinel tool. ] For example, did you know that Vista-based PCs are working harder than ever? Aside from the obvious fact that they run slower than they did under... READ MORE

Application usage summary: 4/18/07

Randall Kennedy — 2008-04-18T09:32:29-08:00

The place for real-world Windows performance data

Randall Kennedy — 2008-04-15T03:00:00-08:00

Welcome to the Windows Sentinel blog. Here, you'll learn all about real-world Windows performance based on analysis of data and trends extracted from the exo.repository of Windows performance data. That repository contains aggregated data on more than 1,000 systems -- a number that will grow as people join the InfoWorld Windows Sentinel monitoring service. Monitor your Windows systems over the Web Windows Sentinel is a free performance monitoring and analysis service for Microsoft Windows-based systems. Delivered through a partnership between InfoWorld and Devil Mountain Software (the creators of the exo.performance.network), Windows Sentinel allows you to monitor system, process and network... READ MORE