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Case Study: Close the Loop’s FY25 Loss Highlights the Danger of Chasing Volume Over Value in ITAD
Case Background Close the Loop Limited (ASX: CLG) is an Australia-headquartered circular economy company with operations across North America and Europe, and services extending into New Zealand. Its Resource Recovery division is central to its IT asset disposition...
Cautious Optimism: Market Signals Warrant Vigilance in the ITAD Sector
In the final week of August and the first days of September the ITAD and electronics‑recycling world took something of a breather. There were hardly any new deals or major operational changes, and the only real headlines came from earnings calls of companies...
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AI-Readiness & Relevance: A Strategic Roadmap for ITAD Providers
These are recommendations that ITAD companies should consider to remain visible, discoverable, and verifiable in an AI-driven procurement environment. Staring page 13.
PDF Report: AI Adoption in ITAD Procurement
This report looks at a Compliance Standards survey of 400 US organizations and reports on the use of AI in RFPs, what has changed and what's ahead.
Maturity Self-Assessment Grid for Strategic Alignment
The last two pages of this document, titled 'ITAD Strategic Alignment Report: Mid-2025', contains a 'Maturity Self-Assessment Grid."
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The Independent ITAD Dilemma: HPE’s Growth Unlocks Volume but Locks Out Opportunity
Hewlett Packard Enterprise released its third quarter fiscal 2025 results on September 3, showing strong growth across servers, networking, and hybrid cloud. Revenue reached $9.1 billion, up 18 percent from a year ago. Servers brought in $4.9 billion, an all-time high...
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Windows 10’s August Spike: Final Surge Before Sunset, Driven by the Secondary Market
When StatCounter released its global operating system figures for August 2025, one line on the chart stood out. See chart below. After months of steady decline, Windows 10 unexpectedly gained back a few points of market share, nearly crossing paths with Windows 11 in...
Report: Abnormal Surge in PC Activity and What It Means for ITADs
Executive Summary For this report, titled: Abnormal And Temporary Surge in PC Activity: What It Means for ITADs, Compliance Standards LLC reviewed the main segments of the PC industry at the end of August 2025: the large OEMs such as Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, and ASUS;...
HP Inc.’s 3Q2025 Earnings Results & Implications for EOL Sectors
HP’s third quarter 2025 earnings delivered a stable financial performance, with 3% revenue growth and strong free cash flow. Behind the numbers, HP revealed stronger-than-expected PC sales driven by education demand, enterprise refresh cycles, and accelerating...
ITAD Receives Strategic Investments from Two Private Equity Firms
In the fragmented IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) sector, two recent announcements highlight the sustained investor interest in the industry. The first is Achieve Capital announcing a strategic investment into Vantage Point ITAD, a move aimed at scaling a regional...
ITAD Certifications Under Scrutiny: Governance, Accountability, and the Path to Enterprise Credibility
Amid an ongoing debate over the value of ITAD certifications and despite their importance, this report argues that the existing ITAD certification frameworks are not sufficient on their own to meet enterprise-grade risk, governance, and compliance expectations. While...
AI’s Transformative Impact on ITAD Procurement
This report is about how artificial intelligence is quietly but decisively transforming the way enterprises evaluate ITAD providers. Compliance Standards just concluded a survey of 400 US companies and found a substantial shift taking place in the way RFPs are...
Strategic Alignment Report: Mid-2025. What ITAD CEOs Must Do Now to Win in 2026
We are publishing the Strategic Alignment Report – Mid-2025, a practical executive guide for ITAD leaders navigating cybersecurity demands, ESG pressure, secondary market growth, and global expansion. The guide offers: -9 Strategic Imperatives-CEO Metrics & Action...
State of the ITAD and Material Recovery Sector: First Half 2025 Review and Outlook
Research: The first half of 2025 didn’t bring a boom or a bust—but it may prove to be a pivotal moment for the ITAD industry. While enterprise clients recalibrated budgets and extended refresh cycles under geopolitical, regulatory, and AI-related pressures, top ITAD...
Why the Healthcare Sector Shows Strongest ITAD Activity Among All Industries: Security, Compliance, and Strategic Shifts
Research: As ITAD demand patterns shift in 2025, one sector stands out—healthcare. In our mid-year analysis based on interviews with 37 ITAD executives and follow-up insights from hospital CIOs and CISOs, a clear theme has emerged: healthcare is leading the current IT...
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