Quantum Lifecycle Partners is likely Canada's largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) service provider. Even if it is competing with the likes of SIMS and Iron Mountain, I am not aware of an entity in the Canadian market that’s bigger than Quantum, and it is now expanding...
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Quantum Lifecycle Partners: Cementing Front Runner Status in Canada’s ITAD Market
Quantum Lifecycle Partners is likely Canada's largest IT asset disposition (ITAD) service provider. Even if it is competing with the likes of SIMS and Iron Mountain, I am not aware of an entity in the Canadian market that’s bigger than Quantum, and it is now expanding...
Enterprise IT in a Transforming PC Market: Strategic Insights for the Coming Year
Early this week, I was asked by a client, a large earth-moving equipment manufacturer, to share my assessment of the PC sector. In the months to come, the client plans to launch a wholesale refresh of its PCs and servers and has increased its spending budget for 2025...
Data Centers in Space and Under Water: Solving the Power Crisis Facing IT
As AI drives a 160% increase in data center power demand (Goldman Sachs), the IT industry faces a stark energy crisis. At the same time, companies are struggling to meet their zero-emission commitments, leaving a gap between environmental goals and operational realities.
What is Google telling us about the secondary market for IT and electronics?
Google’s Certified Refurbished Phone Program highlights a growing trend of OEMs entering the secondary market to control ecosystems, brand perception, and margins. This move disrupts traditional IT asset resale channels, creating challenges for ITAD vendors while underscoring the economic potential of refurbished IT assets. ITADs must adapt by focusing on premium services like ESG reporting and secure data handling to thrive in this evolving landscape.
First Impressions: Leadership Shift at Blancco: What Lou DiFruscio’s Appointment Signals
For as long as I’ve known Blancco Technology Group , the company has been making frequent adjustments to respond to market conditions. I started interacting with Blancco about two decades ago, when it began to penetrate the ITAD data erasure market, outshining various...
First impressions: Iron Mountain’s Third Quarter Results
Iron Mountain’s 3rd quarter results depict a strong performance for its Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM), where its ITAD operation resides. The revenue grown of 145% year over year to $102 million may be too premature to conclude that the tailwinds the company is...
Making the Case for Effective Decarbonization: Why Carbon Trading is Not Enough
In 2023 and 2024, the urgency for real climate solutions has hit us harder than ever. We’ve seen devastating storms, wildfires and floods in places like Florida, California, China, Libya, and even the mighty Sahara Desert experienced rainfalls that it has not seen in...
Recurring Compliance Issues: Walmart and Retailer Waste Disposal Challenges
In a recent issue, E-Scrap News reported that Walmart will pay $7.5 million in a settlement it reached with California's Attorney General over allegations of hazardous and medical waste disposal violations. For context, the settlement is the result of a lawsuit filed...
More Analyses
- The Climate Disclosure Laws that will Impact the ITAD, E-Waste and Recycling Sectors
- Despite AI, PC Market to Remain Dormant This Year. Implications on ITAD Sector
- Deep Dive Into the Education Sector’s ITAD
- New AI Features to Create More Data Security Risks, to Boost Onsite Data Erasure Services
- Strategic Foresight: The Future ITAD Factory is Already Here
- April Traffic to ITAD vendors’ online platforms up 16%
- Market Snapshot: Private Equity Firms Fueling ITAD’s Data Security Sector
- Regulators in Europe and US Push Against Greenwashing ESG and Sustainability in Investment Funds
- A Look at the ITAD Industry’s Evolving ESG Reporting Tools
- Dissecting Iron Mountain’s 1Q Financial Results: Is the ITAD Sector in Full Recovery Mode?
- The Politicization of ESG: How Various Business, Social & Political Groups have Divergent Views on ESG
- Prelim data shows March marketing activity in ITAD down 0.27%, as most leading vendors experience reduced visits to their sites
- ITAD Vendors Ratings Tables
- ITAD Vendor Reputation Rating Update & Assessing the Industry’s Readiness for ESG
- Questioning Lenovo’s ‘Sustainability-as-a-Service’ Offering
- February ITAD M&A and Transactions Update
- ITAD Marketing Efforts Drop in February 2024, Change in Top Leadership
- Microsoft’s new commercial laptops: Small push on the AI front, better sustainability and ITAD profiles
- ITAD’s Online Marketing Increases in January 2024, according to the ITAD Marketing Leadership Tracker
- ITAD Enterprise Trends: Discussion with Cascade’s Neil Peters-Michaud
- ITAD M&A and Business Transactions: January 2024 Update
- As predicted, the PC market ends 2023 with dismal results, and the writing was on the wall
- ITAD Sector’s 2024 Predictions
- Brief: Brace for possible weak PC sales in 4Q23, but ITAD vendors should benefit from that
- The shape of the hardware and device markets in 2024 and beyond with analyst Bob O’Donnell
- Recycling: 17% of US organizations dispose of their IT equipment as waste
- Active M&A period underway, yet assessing outlook remains unsettled
- Iron Mountain’s acquisition of Regency makes sense: it is getting a small but good reputation firm
- First Impression: Arrow Electronics’ 3rd.-Quarter Performance Confirms Weakness in the Component Sector
- A heated 2024: Intel on overdrive to get its ISV partners to join its AI PC program
- Microsoft’s message: “buckle up, 2024 is coming”
- The ITAD Sector’s Performance: Glass is Half-Full and Half-Empty
- Tech: Qualcomm’s huge ambitions in the PC market
- The AI Opportunity: How ITAD companies can leverage the AI Chips sector even before products are built
- Preliminary data shows improved ITAD industry sentiments in 3Q23, but market fundamentals remain weak
- The Analyst Corner: Tough Times for Marketers
- Market sizing: The challenges of estimating the US ITAD market
- California SB 253 and SB 261 are good news for ITAD vendors
- ITADs and the Labor Market
Analysis: Sage Expands Beyond ITAD, Breaks into the Break-Fix Market
On October 22, 2024, Sage Sustainable Electronics (Sage) issued a press release via Businesswire to announce its acquisition of an electronics repair firm called Relectro. This acquisition is somewhat unique in Sage’s context because Relectro does not operate in Sage’s traditional ITAD space. It offers board-level and post-warranty repair for devices like laptops, tablets, and mobile handsets, which means that it operates in a stage that precedes Sage’s typical involvement. As such, we perceive this acquisition as a pathway for Sage to expand upstream in the ITAM sector.
Research: ITAD & E-Recycling Industries End 2024 on Solid Note, Brace for Stronger 2025
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the ITAD market’s performance over the past two years, the key factors driving growth, and potential challenges. It also explores the strategic responses of industry leaders, including operational improvements and evolving service offerings, and assesses the outlook for 2025.
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