CR Magazine released its list today of the 2012 100 Best Corporate Citizens, a ranking of the top companies graded in 318 elements across 7 core corporate responsibility (CR) categories. Topping this year’s list is Bristol-Meyers Squibb, IBM and Microsoft. CR Magazine analyzes seven categories for the rankings – environment, climate change, employee relations, human…
Matt McLarty’s article “BYOD is unstoppable. Smart companies must build apps” on Gigaom.com earlier this week reinforces the prevailing mindset that the bring-your-own-device trend is going to have to be accepted by companies. McLarty, like many others in the IT industry, believes mobile is going to “dominate enterprise IT transformation over the next decade.” Mobile…
Still need a reason to launch your IT asset management program? Here’s 16 benefits of a responsible and successful ITAM initiative: 1. Identifying opportunities to reuse have significant positive affects on an organization’s carbon footprint, employee satisfaction and the organization’s reputation within its community. 2. Organizations engaged in reuse programs see a fiscal return of…
Sustainability programs are a relatively new corporate phenomenon. Many Fortune 2000 companies have yet to adopt a corporate-wide sustainability position, but for those that have, sustainability strategies are as diverse as the corporations that employ them. Companies embracing sustainable business philosophies are often defined by very involved and thorough programs with many goals and significant…
HOBI International Inc., a global leader in the IT asset disposition, management, resale, remarketing and recycling of IT and mobile phone assets, marks its 20th anniversary today. Since 1992 HOBI has provided comprehensive solutions for the re-marketing and environmentally responsible recycling of electronic assets as a leading IT asset disposition and electronics recycling company serving…
The results of a Gartner survey of CIOs released Jan. 18 show that IT organizations around the world are facing increased priorities with “flat IT budgets in 2012.” Worldwide, budgets increased an average of just half a percent, while spending is decreasing in North America and Europe. The added weight to the 800-pound gorilla on…