Almost every corporate enterprise is concerned about risk. In business terms, risk refers to the uncertain factors that can negatively affect a business’s objectives and its bottom line. The task of identifying these factors and accounting for them – minimizing the likelihood of their occurrence – is risk management. Identifying and planning for risk can …
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Is your company’s retired IT equipment ready to leave your facility? Before your IT asset disposition (ITAD) vendor shows up at your loading dock to collect your assets for disposition, there are several factors to check to ensure the ITAD procedure isn’t costing your organization more than it should, that you’ll get the maximum value …
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Your company’s IT assets are just that: assets. Even after they’ve been retired and written down to zero on your books, they often still have market value. Through remarketing, your company has a chance to recover some of its investment in IT equipment. The money your organization gets from remarketing its IT assets can also …
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One of the most significant cost drivers for IT asset disposition is the need for data security. The costs of a data breach of any type have skyrocketed – both in fines and bad publicity for your company. If you want to make sure the sensitive data stored on the drives of your company’s retired …
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Partnering with an IT asset disposition (ITAD) provider can save your organization significant money and aggravation. The disposition of your retired IT equipment carries the risk of significant costs, data breach, and environmental violation. But with the right vendor, the burden is transferred into experienced hands with the facilities and logistical capabilities to meet your …
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Your company’s retired IT assets might still have some remaining life and value on the resale market. Remarketing them is a great way for your company to recover some of its IT investment. If you’re concerned about the cost of IT asset disposition, remarketing might cover some or all of your disposition costs. But if assets …
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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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