Raxco Software and PerfectDisk Achieve Microsoft Gold Status Again

Award-winning disk defragmenter certified for 8th straight year.

Gathersburg, MD (Vocus) January 2, 2009 -- Raxco Software, the leader in disk defragmentation (http://www.perfectdisk.com/) software, today announced that it has achieved Gold Partner Status from Microsoft® for the 8th consecutive year. Microsoft's Vista and Windows Server® 2008 certification of Raxco's award-winning PerfectDisk (http://www.perfectdisk.com/small_medium/small_perfectdisk_professional.cfm) disk defragmenter were key components leading to Microsoft's honor.

Microsoft's Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft's technologies and have the closest working relationship with Microsoft. With PerfectDisk, Microsoft states that Raxco has "proven expertise in developing and marketing packaged software applications based on Microsoft technologies."

"We're very happy to continue our status of Gold Partner with Microsoft," said Joe Abusamra, vice president of operations of Raxco Software. "We've worked hard through the years to deliver the fastest, most thorough, and most efficient disk defrag (http://www.perfectdisk.com/small_medium/small_perfectdisk_professional.cfm) solution with PerfectDisk, and PerfectDisk 2008 is no exception. Users around the world, and Microsoft, recognize these efforts."

About Raxco Software

Raxco Software has been helping large enterprises, small businesses, and consumers with their computer resource management needs for thirty years. Its PerfectDisk 2008 is Windows® Certified by Microsoft® for Vista and Windows Server® 2008, 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 Readers' Choice Awards for Defragmentation Utility and Storage Management Tool, Redmond Magazine's Best of the Best Award, and PC Magazine's Editors' Choice award. Raxco also produces optimization software, for HP's OpenVMS operating system. Raxco Software can be found on the Web at www.perfectdisk.com.

Contacts:    Sherry Murray

Raxco Software, Inc

301-519-7836

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