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Office Decommissioning – Following RIF

Part 3 of 3 When you think about moving out of office space, data security isn't always top of your mind; it gets mixed in with what to do with unusable furniture, equipment, workstations, bookshelves, inventory racks, and more. There are many professional service providers available to assist with decommissioning an office, so it's importantContinue Reading

The Secure and Value-Wise Process of Parts Harvesting

Technology companies, IT departments, and data centers have been hit hard by the supply chain challenges of the last few years. Reduced budgets, rising prices, and global demand have added to the struggles for IT asset managers; however, there is one reprieve from costs and availability - parts harvesting. In addition to maximizing value, partsContinue Reading

Not All IT Technicians Are Equipped To Handle ITAD, Are Yours?

Data Destruction and Decommissioning Data center workloads have increasingly shifted to co-location facilities as an alternative to privately-owned on-site servers or data centers. Based on results, this trend will continue, mainly because of reduced downtime and the growing need to reduce IT infrastructure expenses, physical security, and high-power requirements. Data Center operators are great when

Sipi’s Box Program: essential for the work from home transition

Our country has been continuing to move forward amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Through stay-at-home orders and closed offices and stores, workers across many industries continue their hard work. This hasn’t come without sacrifice; for many workers used to “going to the office,” it’s been a major shift. This could be up to half of the

ITAD challenges CITOs are facing in 2019 and beyond

Secure ITAD and inventory is crucial for information technology officers

Being an ITAM superhero is hard. Here’s how we help.

As an IT Asset Manager, you’re fully engaged with boots on the ground. If it’s got an asset tag or a license, chances are you’re responsible for it. Not just in terms of managing the asset from acquisition to disposal, but also forming long term strategies and working across departments. Your role is also becoming

Changes in 2019 for IT equipment leasing organizations

Recently, business development managers and IT remarketing experts from the Sipi Asset Recovery team attended the ELFA Equipment Management Conference in Carlsbad, CA, US. As an exhibitor at the conference, Sipi’s mission was to leverage decades of expertise to manage end-of-lease IT equipment. The 2019 conference was an eye-opening one; there’s changes coming that will

CISO challenges are growing — and changing

Last year was a turbulent and fast moving one, especially for professionals in the security space. Tightening regulations on data security and compliance as well as new legislation (such as the passing of GDPR) were only part of the shift in landscape. The CISO’s new focus: risk management The role of the information security officer

4 Reasons Your Business Needs Inventory as-a-Service

Do you know precisely where all your IT assets are and where they fall in the lifecycle? Is there a possibility your assets have been misreported or it’s been a while since an audit’s been done? Maybe your company doesn’t have the time or proper resources to inventory all assets, or you simply “don’t know

4 Key Elements for Brand Protection in a High-Tech World

As Warren Buffett once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” This can be especially true today, secure data destruction of end-of-life and re-marketed assets becomes imperative. A company’s brand is among its most valued and most vulnerable asset in today’s ITAD industry. In fact, reputation-linked losses

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