Partnering with an ITAD provider helps bring businesses closer to achieving environmental sustainability goals through responsible IT asset disposition. ITAD providers can also maximize the value of retired IT assets with enterprise mobile lifecycle management. Value-added ITAD services such as repair, remarketing, data erasure, and donations programs help increase asset value and provide a second lifecycle for used devices.
When companies are ready to retire IT assets like phones, laptops, tablets, desktops, printers, etc., they often seek a disposal method without considering the possibilities. Still, the end of life doesn’t have to mean the end of use. ITAD providers like HOBI offer mobile lifecycle management services for enterprises seeking to maximize the value of assets after retirement. Not every piece of It equipment has reached the end of its life cycle when it is retired, and there are several ways to maximize the value of used IT assets.
Repair and remarketing opportunities help provide an alternative sales channel for purchasing new devices. With technology prices rising each year, many consumers are opting to either keep their electronics as long as possible or purchase used devices. This also helps reduce the demand for resources to manufacture new devices. Partnering with an ITAD provider offering remarketing opportunities can help an organization achieve environmental ESG goals.
Data security is crucial for any business, but a common misconception is that data is erased upon device reset. Unfortunately, data always remains on a device until it is properly erased, and ITAD providers offer data erasure to ensure no data leaks occur during disposition. HOBI uses an internally developed data erasure software, the HOBI Shield, that completely erases data from a device. Any devices that cannot be erased are destroyed via shredding technology to prevent further data leaks.
As companies become more environmentally aware and search for sustainable solutions to IT asset disposition, many have donated used electronics to those without access. During the pandemic, many schools had to learn to function remotely, creating a digital divide between those without access to technology. Organizations like after-school programs or nursing homes often need inexpensive IT assets to continue operations, and donation programs enable businesses to maximize asset value and achieve social ESG goals by providing a service to their community.
HOBI International is a premier IT asset management and disposition enterprise with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. Our Dallas and Phoenix locations offer mobile lifecycle management for mobility-managed services and focus on maximizing the availability of mobile assets during their useful life and disposition. HOBI’s MLM services include testing and repair, seed stock, refurbishment, liquidation, and reverse logistics management. These value-added services minimize the expensive costs of post-procurement support of enterprise mobility assets.
For more information about mobile asset management or our other ITAD services, call 817-814-2620 or contact HOBI at sales@hobi.com.