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Data Security

Robust Data Security for Retired Assets with IT Disposition 

Data security is becoming increasingly critical in a digital age where every piece of information is stored on electronic devices. From smartphones to vehicles and even smart appliances, exponential amounts of personal data are being stored on IT equipment, and the only way to protect data is proper data sanitization with responsible IT asset disposition. 

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Value-Added ITAD Services That Benefit Your Business 

Many changes have occurred in IT asset disposition, transforming the industry into a landscape of broader services. These changes include new facets of traditional ITAD services that adjust to clients’ evolving needs, such as support for remote workers, ESG reporting, reverse logistics, reimaging and asset redeployment, and employee buyback and donation programs. These value-added ITAD services benefit enterprises that partner with vITAD providers like HOBI. 

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Leverage Mobility Managed Services with an ITAD Provider 

Environmental awareness has grown significantly within the last decade, and many companies are aware of the dangers of throwing away IT assets. However, many still need to figure out what to do with them, which leads to an abundance of assets stored in closets, piled on shelves, or discarded in drawers. Utilizing mobility-managed services with an ITAD provider eliminates potential risks and ensures mobile devices are disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. 

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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (6/17-6/20)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including closing the loop with repair and redeployment, implementing diversity with a WBE-certified ITAD provider, sustainability practices for asset disposal with ITAD, and preventing e-waste hazards with proper IT asset management. 

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IT Asset Management

Preventing E-Waste Hazards With Proper IT Asset Management

E-waste is considered hazardous because many of our electronics today contain lithium-ion batteries notorious for their explosive nature. When electronics overheat, the batteries will swell and often result in battery fires. This can be especially dangerous to ITAD facilities that store large amounts of IT assets, which is why proper IT asset management is crucial for risk prevention. 

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Sustainability Practices for Asset Disposal with ITAD 

ITAD providers like HOBI provide several sustainable solutions to the e-waste crisis through electronics recycling, and implementing sustainability practices will help companies protect the environment, enterprise data, and achieve ESG goals. 

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ITAD

Circularity: Closing the Loop with Repair & Redeployment 

A circular economy targets sustainability with four pillars, reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover, that eliminate waste by recovering reusable materials for redistribution and recycling. In a digital era consumed by technology, eco-friendly disposal is critical; ITAD providers offer services such as asset refurbishment and redeployment that support circularity. 

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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (6/10-6/13)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including why ESG reporting by your ITAD vendor is crucial for success, maximizing data center IATD efficiency with reverse logistics, ensure ITAD compliance with certification and data security, and challenges and ITAD solutions for government agencies. 

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Challenges & ITAD Solutions for Government Agencies

Government agencies are held to a higher standard in every aspect, including IT asset disposition. Government agencies must comply with various regulatory standards because they are the governing forces of multiple environmental initiatives and safeguard exponential amounts of sensitive data. Responsible IT asset management is the first step to compliance with e-waste disposal. Below, we will discuss some challenges and explore ITAD solutions for government agencies, such as data security, strict regulatory compliance standards, and environmental responsibilities. 

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Compliance

Ensure ITAD Compliance: Certifications & Data Security Tips

IT asset disposition consists of many facets, including data security, reverse logistics, data center services, and more, but compliance is crucial to a successful ITAD infrastructure. ITAD compliance is a regulatory requirement and  a critical component of maintaining data security and environmental sustainability. In the ITAD space, compliance represents a commitment to transparency and accountability for asset management and disposition, and following industry regulation standards. 

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HOBI Weekly Blog Recap (6/3-6/6)

Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including ITAD best practices for data center decommissioning, building a winning ITAD program: key elements and best practices, mobile ITAD data security and environmental compliance, and optimizing reverse logistics for ITAD can boost performance.

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