Issue 5: Market Signals, OEM Control, and the Coming Hardware Wave

Issue 5: Market Signals, OEM Control, and the Coming Hardware Wave

The first week of September brought little movement in the IT asset disposition and electronics recycling sector. There were no new mergers, expansions, or major policy announcements. To make this week’s edition useful, we are drawing from six of our latest research...

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 Gains Momentum on Strong Demand, Tight Supply.

An analysis by David Daoud for Compliance Standards LLC: Our latest ITAD industry analysis shows the market is gaining momentum on strong demand and tight supply. The IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) market is experiencing a significant acceleration, primarily driven by...
ITAD Industry Analysis: A 7/10 Rating on Constructive Momentum

ITAD Industry Analysis: A 7/10 Rating on Constructive Momentum

Compliance Standards’ IntelliTAD rates the ITAD industry’s current state a solid 7 out of 10, reflecting a period of constructive, incremental strengthening. This positive score is driven by the significant mainstreaming of the secondary market, favorable...
ITAD Industry Analysis: A 7/10 Rating on Constructive Momentum

Issue 3: Constructive Momentum with Rising Standards

Momentum Rating: 7/10. We evaluated the industry on a scale from 1 to 10. A rating of 1 describes an industry facing significant economic headwinds and systemic disruption. At the other extreme, a 10 depicts a sector at peak performance, characterized by substantial...
Issue 2: ITAD Gains Momentum on Strong Demand, Tight Supply.

Issue 2: ITAD Gains Momentum on Strong Demand, Tight Supply.

Download PDF Report Click here to download the full newsletter [clients only] Our Take In this second edition of the IntelliTAD newsletter from Compliance Standards LLC, for the week ending August 12, 2025, we reaffirm that enterprise refresh volumes remained high and...

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...
AI’s Transformative Impact on ITAD Procurement

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...

ISO 27001 Certification Process for Secure Compliance

With the advent of the online-first phase, businesses need to constantly ensure that their information is secure, that they are compliant with regulations, and that their stakeholder’ trust is not broken. Cyber-attacks and data breaches continue to grow, and...
Corporate Sustainability Brief: Samsung Electronics

Corporate Sustainability Brief: Samsung Electronics

I recently moderated a session at REMA 2025 in San Diego with Samsung Electronics’ sustainability leaders, Daniel Araujo and Jenni Chun. It was a great conversation about what one of the world’s biggest technology companies is doing to make sustainability...