Disposition facilities like HOBI process thousands of electronic devices including mobile devices, laptops, tablets, headphones and small household appliances. What many do not know is that processing looks very different for certain devices. For example, mobile device processing is much more complex and unique than processing other devices due to factors such as the operational…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the world hasn’t quite been the same. During the last two years society has changed in many ways, including how we do business. Prior to the pandemic, technology was already a mainstay in the business world, but when the virus forced a nation-wide lockdown it became the primary source of…
According to the 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study, a recent data security study conducted by Ponemon Institute and funded by IBM, about 25 percent of all U.S. data breaches were attributed to negligence, which includes failing to properly erase data from devices. In fact, the study reports negligent breaches are about half as…
The benefits of a comprehensive IT asset management (ITAM) program may seem obvious since it provides the data needed to strategically and tactically manage the lifecycle of IT assets from purchase to end of life. Of course, companies can leverage IT asset management to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, determine the full cost of existing…