Whether you are using spreadsheets or an integrated system for asset management, you’re keeping track of a variety of data concerning your IT assets: their configuration, their location, which software is installed on them, which contracts and warranties are associated with them, etc. It’s just as important to close out your records accurately by collecting …
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Whether it’s because of a planned refresh cycle or a technology upgrade, you may be done with some of your IT assets but that doesn’t mean they don’t have some remaining life and value. Your technology assets could be worth something on the resale market. Remarketing is an opportunity for your organization to recoup some …
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Although it’s not always budgeted this way, the costs for IT equipment don’t end at the time of purchase. As you plan to acquire a piece of equipment, you need to consider costs it may incur throughout its life cycle – including the cost of disposition. Does your organization have a program in place to …
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Because it touches on so many important factors – cost, environmental compliance, and data security are just a few – the disposition of your retired IT assets is a process in which many different people and departments within your organization may have an interest. A well-planned IT asset disposition (ITAD) program is one that responds …
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Your IT staff works hard. They have earned your respect and confidence for their ability to handle many tasks at once, managing your organization’s IT infrastructure capably and efficiently, keeping everyone in the business up and running. It makes sense, then, that you would want to entrust your IT staff with data erasure during the …
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For over 17 years, the Department of Defense standard for data erasure – DoD 5220.22-m, often referred to in the industry as simply “DoD wipe” – has been accepted as the standard for data erasure. The DoD standard called for a three-pass approach: overwrite all locations on the drive with a character (for example, a …
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Simply believing data has been erased from retired equipment at some point is not enough to give IT managers peace of mind. Where is the equipment stored prior to erasure and where does it go after? With equipment coming and going and being processed through various stages of disposition, it can be difficult to control …
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From the perspective of environmental compliance, recycling your organization’s retired IT equipment can be a constant source of concern. The cost to your company — and your own professional reputation — of violating environmental regulations can be significant. Many organizations choose to partner with an IT asset disposition (ITAD) provider, but after you give your …
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For information security and risk management personnel, the stakes for IT asset disposition (ITAD) are high. If you are in one of these roles, you are tasked with ensuring that your organization meets your internal requirements and your industry’s regulatory standards such as HIPPA/HITECH, PCI, SOX, FACTA, GLB, FERPA. It only takes one drive to …
When the process is properly managed there can be a lot of benefits for your organization in leasing IT equipment. But when it comes time to return your equipment, having leased it does not let you off the hook for data security. Regardless of the terms of the lease, your company is liable for the …
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