What if we said you might be sitting on value you don’t even know is there? Now what if we told you that there is value in the old IT Assets and Electronics sitting in your IT closet just waiting to be replaced or upgraded?
Inefficiencies in the data center can cause equipment failure leading to downtime. And this
could impact your entire business operations. Knowing what’s in your data center is the first
step toward improving energy efficiencies and reducing costs.
Given the complexities and manpower needs of decommissioning a data center, it’s important to hire a professional who specializes in it.
The question is not, “Do I need an ITAD program?” You do!
Not only do you need a program, but your program must ensure it includes 100% of devices that company owned, as well as those that are employee or contractor owned and have company data residing on them.
Once you’ve determined you need a more solid platform strategy for your data center,
the next step is to migrate and/or consolidate. To achieve this goal in a timely and secure fashion, it may require the help of an IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) provider, such as OceanTech, that understands the varying dynamics of the data center environment.
off-premises. However, the process of migrating data does open up the possibility of key risks and vulnerabilities. For this reason, it is important to have a robust strategy in place for mitigating the cybersecurity risks during cloud migration.
The term “circular economy” is a rather new concept. It’s much more than just a catchphrase – it’s a totally different approach to IT Asset Disposition (ITAD), as well as waste and asset management, that ensures sustainable growth over time. A Circular Economy reduces material use, redesigns materials to be less resource intensive and recaptures “waste” as a resource to manufacture new materials and products.
off-premises. However, the process of migrating data does open up the possibility of key risks and vulnerabilities. For this reason, it is important to have a robust strategy in place for mitigating the cybersecurity risks during cloud migration.
One of the greatest benefits of utilizing cloud-based data centers is that your organization’s data is held securely
off-premises. However, the process of migrating data does open up the possibility of key risks and vulnerabilities. For this reason, it is important to have a robust strategy in place for mitigating the cybersecurity risks during cloud migration.
E-waste refers to electronic products that are unwanted, not working and nearing or at the end of their useful life, ie., computers, VCR’s, fax machines, IT servers and racks, and almost anything that has a battery or basic cord. Because many people don’t give much thought to where their e-waste goes, you might not know of any other way to dispose of it other than to simply throw it into the trash, which ultimately ends up in landfills – which is bad for the environment.
As Earth Day 2022 draws near, let’s take a closer look at how ITAD services can help organizations manage their e-waste correctly.
Over the next few years, data center technology spending will unsurprisingly continue to grow. Once your new IT assets arrive, the old ones need to be taken offline and decoupled from the corporate infrastructure. Each data-bearing device must be completely uninstalled, stripped of its network and accounted for.
With millions of electronic devices reaching end of life every year, businesses inevitably question, what to do next? Knowing when to initiate a technology refresh, or finding the asset value recovery ‘sweet spot’, can be very perplexing. The make and model of the asset, market demand, and depreciation rate make a massive impact of determining when it’s best to retire asset and purchase new ones.
If you let cost and location overshadow other, more important, factors when selecting an ITAD partner, you could pay a high price in the long run. Inadequate sanitization, the accidental release of sensitive data, disappointing resale revenue, out-of-the-box solutions, and lack of transparency each outweighs the benefit of going with a quote that seems too good to be true.