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How Can Your Company Benefit from IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)?

  If you haven't updated your computer equipment in a while, now is the time to do so. The old electronics might be sitting in your storage closet because you already replaced them. In either case, there is often some confusion regarding what to do with outdated assets, especially if they are still functional. Getting rid of them, and keeping them stacked up in your closet, is not something you want to do. If you want to sell your IT equipment yourself, there are several hoops to jump through. How do you get a fair price and ensure your data is secure? With IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) you can do that:- What is ITAD? This is the process of disposing of IT equipment -- sometimes called IT Asset Disposition or IT Asset Remarketing. This service can encompass a variety of services, depending on who provides it and the assets themselves. These include recording/asset tracking, data destruction, recycling, and remarketing (reselling). A technician from ITAD determines the best serv...

Selling Old IT Equipment Has Many Benefits

  Stop tossing your old IT equipment and start turning it into a new investment that will help you grow your business. To build your network, you can easily come up with a long list of advantages. However, tossing your outdated telecom equipment when your site or cabinet needs to be upgraded will lead to many benefits for your company. It's almost always possible to refurbish and make useful used telecom equipment that has been in the field for a decade. You can get the best network enhancements and a high price if you choose the right partner. Getting the best value shouldn't mean spending hours trying to find buyers or dealing with customer portals that deliver poor results. Selling all week erodes the value of your old tech. Even normal wear and tear can make used telecom and IT equipment unattractive to buyers when they're seeking a single piece. So, you could easily face a long selling process that ends with hard negotiating and a low price because you're eag...

Electronic waste: Are you aware of the shocking facts?

The truth is that, despite the fact that most electronic waste is recyclable, we are falling short of the mark when it comes to tackling the growing problem of e-waste. An estimated 45 million tonnes of computer, television, mobile phone, and other electronic items are discarded every year according to the United Nations University. E-waste ends up in landfills, despite the fact that many of the materials could and should be recycled. Sadly, there are plenty more statistics, facts and figures that demonstrate how e-waste affects the world in a negative way. In this blog, we'll examine the factors that cause e-waste and its effects, as well as the importance of ozone-friendly recycling of computer equipment. Growing e-waste problem: The facts and figures It's impossible to get rid of waste. We throw everything away, and it has to go somewhere. - Annie Leonard ·        The global amount of e-waste generated in 2014 was approximately 41.8 million tonn...

What is IT Asset Recovery, how it can help, and how to choose a vendor

  IT Asset Recovery: What It Is:- Information technology hardware must be retired as organizations grow and technology advances. Finding a new home for used IT equipment like servers and storage arrays can prove more difficult than expected. Often, it will be necessary to repair the equipment before it can be repurposed. On other occasions, the hardware will have little to no demand. It is always possible to recycle the replaced hardware, but recycling your still viable hardware can yield significant financial returns. You can recover some of the leftover value from retired equipment by using an IT Asset Recovery service. Their services include repurposing, remarketing, or otherwise decommissioning and liquidating retired equipment.   They also provide asset recovery services:- Providing companies, organizations, and all private and public corporations with innovative, comprehensive, effective, and efficient information recovery services is BayTech Recovery. Countle...

The complete recycling process of e-waste

As a result of technological advances, planned obsolescence, media and storage changes (tapes, CDs, HDs, SSDs), and easier access due to costs decreasing, the amount of e-waste generated worldwide has exploded in recent years. Globally, e-waste is becoming the fastest-growing waste stream due to increasing availability and use of electronics. Any electronic device that has reached the end of its useful life is considered e-waste. In reality, the majority of items that are labeled " e-waste " are not, since old devices that are no longer desired but still functional (or that can be repaired) can be donated, reused, or refurbished. Here are some of the types of e-waste. E-waste includes a broad range of products, with the following most commonly occurring categories: Small Appliances:- ·        vacuum cleaners ·        microwaving ·        ventilation systems ·    ...