When Los Angeles businesses have used recording technology like LTO 3, LTO 4, LTO 5 or LTO 6 tapes, they contain huge amounts of data that presents security concerns, particularly when the drives are no longer being used.Rather than piling these expensive pieces of unneeded equipment in storage closets or worse yet having them destroyed, one company offers L.A. businesses the opportunity to recycle the drives for resale. This offers obvious opportunity for value recovery as well as the chance to appropriately dispose of them.Recycling LTO tapes is the most environmentally responsible way to take care of them, and ensuring that the data on them is digitally destroyed is a concern that is managed by Minneapolis-based OceanTech.OceanTech is R2 certified and 100% focused on serving Los Angeles businesses and companies throughout North America using the industry’s most thorough standards and procedures for secure hard drive sanitization and electronics recycling.When terabytes of data are involved, as with LTO 3, LTO 4, LTO 5 and LTO 6 technology that is no longer being used, security and thorough data destruction are the primary concerns.OceanTech manages the process from start to finish, providing a quote for the purchase of the used tapes and a competitive fee structure for the data destruction. In the electronics recycling industry, not all companies are recycling for resale, but OceanTech is, which means they pay as much as three times more than anyone else in the business.In Los Angeles, where huge businesses are recording gigantic amounts of data on these hard drives, the desire to find a reputable recycling company has led many to rely on OceanTech.OceanTech has a ready market of businesses that are looking for used LTO 3, LTO 4, LTO 5 and LTO 6 tapes to purchase, and the procedures OceanTech uses to destroy data and sanitize the hard drives ensures that there is never an issue with company data being compromised.If your Los Angeles business is ready to dispose of expensive hard drives that it no longer needs, you owe it to yourself to rely on the company that servers more than 1500 of the nation’s largest businesses with electronics recycling and data destruction services. Contact OceanTech to speak with a LTO drive expert to take care of used LTO tapes you no longer need.The company can be reached at 612 331 4456.
Effective ITAD strategies for Data Centers
In the ever-evolving landscape of data management, businesses frequently encounter the need to retire their data center hardware. Such scenarios often arise when companies decide to shut down all or part of a data center operation. The process of decommissioning a data center is riddled with logistical intricacies, and among these, planning for the disposition of retired assets stands out as a crucial aspect. The dismantling of data center equipment without a well-thought-out strategy for reuse, remarketing, or secure disposal can lead to a host of problems.
