About Windows Sentinel and OfficeBench
Register on this page to download the Windows Sentinel software agent and the OfficeBench benchmarking tool.
OfficeBench enables you to benchmark the performance of your version of Office for Windows (2000 and later) as it actually runs on your PC's configuration and compare that performance to the average performance of PCs throughout the world.
br />Windows Sentinel enables you to monitor the performance of up to three Windows desktop or server systems and set alerts for when your thresholds are exceeded. You can display this performance information on a personalized Web page, a desktop widget, or a widget on an iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Palm Pre, and many recent BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and WebKit-based Symbian devices.
Once downloaded, the agent samples performance data once per minute, enabling you to identify such bottlenecks as low memory or an underpowered CPU. Performance data is uploaded to the exo.performance.network, where your most recent one week of data is stored for viewing and analysis. Performance data will be shared in aggregate only and never identified as linked to your individual account.
While Windows Sentinel is not intended to compete with professional monitoring tools, it provides a free, lightweight solution for IT professionals and advanced individual users who want to determine whether a hardware upgrade is indicated, for example, or for to analyze the effects of new applications, hardware configurations, or Windows version upgrades.
Over time, as this uploaded information is pooled and analyzed, we will share the resulting new levels of insight about Windows performance on InfoWorld's Enterprise Desktop blog, with feedback encouraged via group discussions and surveys.
Windows Sentinel and OfficeBench are a joint project between InfoWorld and the exo.performance.network, founded by InfoWorld Contributing Editor Randall C. Kennedy. The Windows Sentinel service enables InfoWorld readers to monitor system, process, and network performance while contributing to a global repository of information that will yield an unprecedented, real-time image of Windows-based system performance and behavior. The OfficeBench tool lets InfoWorld readers assess the actual performance of Office on their PCs and see how they compare to the average performance of PCs worldwide.
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