Below is a recap of this week’s blog posts including how ITAD services protect and repair IT assets from power surges, how to help reduce e-waste with an IT asset disposition provider, value-added ITAD solutions that benefit your enterprise, and meeting ITAD standards in a changing industry landscape.
ITAD Solutions Protect & Repair IT Assets from Power Surges
Seasons are changing, bringing an unstable atmosphere and increased risk of electrical damage, particularly from power surges. These surges are often caused by electrical overloads, faulty wiring, lightning strikes, or power restoration after an outage. Such events can severely damage electronics, leading to battery fires that may take days or weeks to extinguish fully. With large amounts of data stored in digital centers, preventing damage to IT assets is critical for data safety. In addition to surge protection, a comprehensive IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) strategy is essential to managing and safely disposing of damaged or retired equipment, ensuring environmental responsibility and data security.
Help Reduce E-Waste with an IT Asset Disposition Provider
Bred from the rise of a digital era, the issue of e-waste is a growing concern plaguing industry experts and environmentalists across the globe. The growth of online culture, such as content creation, reels, and even remote working, necessitates multiple forms of technological equipment like cameras, laptops, and other mobile devices, increasing device turnaround times and the demand for device manufacturing. Electronics have become so disposable that the amount of global e-waste generated rises every year, creating a nationwide e-waste crisis due mainly to irresponsible disposal of IT assets.
Value-Added ITAD: Solutions That Benefit Your Enterprise
Responsible IT asset disposition is more important than ever in the digital age, and having a disposition plan in place will simplify the process and help companies achieve ESG goals, improve communication, and protect sensitive enterprise data. IT asset disposition covers a range of end-of-use services and goes beyond discarding retired IT assets. Partnering with a vITAD provider includes value-added services that benefit your enterprise by protecting data, protecting the environment, and providing more transparency regarding how much energy a company saves.
Meeting ITAD Standards in a Changing Industry Landscape
The ITAD industry has experienced many changes, including new industry requirements such as support for remote working, ESG reporting and more, a change HOBI refers to as vITAD. Value-added ITAD services are new facets of the business in addition to the traditional core ITAD service offerings that work as tools to help providers navigate the evolving landscape. These changes have been underway for several years but are still confusing and overwhelming for many companies trying to get on the vITAD bandwagon. Below is a breakdown of several value-added services that will help ITAD providers meet the new industry standards.