Compliance has been a key requirement driving enterprise IT asset disposition (ITAD), and is indeed a major component of the entire IT asset management domain. Within the broad compliance domain, data security has been, and remains the number one issue of...
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Tough Times for the ITAD/Electronics Recycling Sector
The IT Asset Disposition space, and extending into electronics recycling are witnessing an unprecedented state of retraction. Growth has been lagging, as volumes and prices have been moving in directions that do not help the industry maintain proper...
Will Arrow Electronics Focus on Cleaning Up its ITAD Acquisitions?
It’s been a while since the late October release of Arrow’s results for its fiscal third quarter. Arrow Electronics results are important considering it has some 11% direct penetration rate of US enterprise ITAD, and it is therefore relevant in the assessment of the...
M&A Heats up in IT Equipment Recycling: Ingram Micro Acquires CloudBlue
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ITAD Outlook: What to Expect
Welcome to this podcast, dated September 16, 2013. This podcast came as a result of a keynote address I gave last week...
Recycling Smartphones: Think Data Security Too
There is growing concern in corporate circles that BYOD and the rise of consumer smartphones that access their...
The Seven Functions Involved in Enterprise Asset Disposition
A confluence of events has created an interesting environment in the recycling and IT asset disposition sector over...