ITAD

Q4 Refresh Planning Starts Now: Building ITAD into Your Hardware Budget

Most hardware budgets are written as though retired assets simply disappear. The capital request covers new laptops, servers, or handsets, and the outgoing fleet becomes somebody else’s problem in January. That gap is where ITAD budgeting earns its place in the planning cycle. Disposition carries a cost, a schedule, and a recovery value, and all three are knowable in August in ways they aren’t in the second week of November. Most enterprises are already in

Michael Blankenship August 31, 2026

AI Carbon Footprint: Why Employee Use Counts as Scope 3

Employee AI use is quietly inflating your AI carbon footprint. Here is why it belongs in Scope 3 Category 1 and how to report it before regulators ask.

Michael Blankenship June 29, 2026

Reverse Logistics

Scope 3 and IT Hardware: How Reverse Logistics Cuts Embodied Carbon

Reverse logistics keeps IT hardware in use longer, avoiding the manufacturing emissions behind Scope 3 and cutting a device’s embodied carbon footprint.

Michael Blankenship June 24, 2026

WBE

Heading to WBENC 2026: Why Supplier Diversity Belongs in Your ITAD RFP

HOBI heads to WBENC 2026 in Salt Lake City. See how a WBE certified ITAD provider helps procurement hit diversity goals and de-risk ITAD vendor selection.

Michael Blankenship June 8, 2026

Data Center Services

Data Center ITAD Faces Liquid Cooling, Sealed Hardware, and a New End-of-Life Reality

Underwater pods, immersion tanks, and liquid-cooled AI racks are rewriting data center ITAD. Here’s what changes for recovery, sanitization, and value.

Michael Blankenship June 3, 2026

Reverse Logistics

Reverse Logistics in ITAD: Why the Return Journey Determines Your Recovery Value

In ITAD, reverse logistics determines your data risk and recovery value. See how pickup, transport, intake, and triage protect compliance and resale return.

Michael Blankenship June 1, 2026

ESG

Inside Our 2025 ESG and Carbon Impact Report: A Year of Disciplined Execution

HOBI’s 2025 ESG and Carbon Impact Report covers the metrics, methodology, and 2026 targets ESG-driven enterprises need from their ITAD disposition partner.

Michael Blankenship May 27, 2026

Mobile Devices

Enterprise Mobile Device Disposition at Scale: A 10K Fleet Guide

Managing a large-scale mobile fleet retirement? This guide covers MDM offboarding, iOS and Android erasure, chain of custody, and maximizing remarketing value.

Michael Blankenship May 20, 2026

ITAD

HOBI Conversations Returns: Craig Boswell on the Forces Reshaping ITAD in 2026

Episode 2 of HOBI Conversations is live. HOBI President Craig Boswell sat down to cover the issues commanding the most attention in the ITAD industry right now, and a few that haven’t received enough attention yet. Craig has spent more than three decades building and running one of the most respected IT asset disposition companies in the country. His perspective on where the industry is headed isn’t theoretical. It comes from processing millions of enterprise

Michael Blankenship May 6, 2026

IT asset value depreciation curve illustrating ITAD value recovery timing in 2026 trade environment

Enterprise Asset Services

Tariffs, Trade, and Your IT Refresh: What the 2026 Import Landscape Means for ITAD Strategy

Enterprises are holding onto aging IT equipment longer, creating hidden data risks and shrinking asset recovery windows. Here is your ITAD action plan.

Michael Blankenship May 4, 2026

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