Author: Alex

Why the IT Asset Management Process Matters In today’s fast-moving business environment, organizations rely heavily on technology to stay competitive. Yet many companies overlook a critical practice that impacts both the bottom line and security: a structured IT asset management process. By understanding each stage—from acquisition to retirement—you…

Data centers are the backbone of the modern digital world—but what happens when that backbone starts to crack under pressure? From skyrocketing energy consumption to the silent decay of storage media, the risks are mounting faster than most businesses want to admit. In this blog, we’ll…

The Myth of “Safe Recycling” When you send your old laptops, servers, or data tapes off to be “recycled,” do you actually know what happens to them? Most companies assume recycling equals safety, compliance, and environmental responsibility. In reality, much of that IT equipment—whether hard drives,…

Is Tape Really Obsolete—Or Are We Just Being Sold a Story? For the past 20 years, storage vendors, cloud providers, and even some IT executives have repeated the same line: “Tape is dead.” But if that’s true, why do some of the largest, most…

Introduction Corporate ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting has exploded in the last decade. Major enterprises publish glossy annual sustainability reports filled with charts, colorful infographics, and bold statements like: “We diverted 100% of e-waste from landfill.” “We’re committed to a circular economy.”…

Why This Debate Matters Now For the past decade, cloud storage has been marketed as the ultimate solution for big data management — flexible, scalable, and “greener” than physical infrastructure. But is that narrative really true, or just a multi-billion-dollar sales pitch from hyperscale cloud providers like AWS,…

Why the Tape Shortage Conversation Matters Now For decades, enterprises have relied on magnetic tape—especially LTO and IBM 3592 cartridges—as the last line of defense in data protection. But in 2025, that safety net is under threat. Tariffs, supply chain disruptions, and skyrocketing demand for storage are creating…

What Is M8 Formatting? (And Why It Still Matters in 2025) M8 (also written M-8) is a special formatting mode that allows LTO-7 tapes to store 9TB native / 22.5TB compressed when used in an LTO-8 tape drive. That’s a 50% boost in capacity…

For decades, businesses have been told that recycling is the gold standard for sustainability. “Don’t dump it, recycle it,” has been drilled into our collective consciousness. But what if recycling—especially when it comes to electronics and IT equipment—isn’t the green solution we’ve been led to believe? What if,…

Key Takeaways Simply deleting files or resetting the device isn’t enough; certified NIST 800-88 data destruction ensures sensitive data is permanently unrecoverable. Meet strict regulations like HIPAA, GDPR, and PCI DSS with documented certificates of data destruction and a secure chain of custody.

Data centers are the backbone of the digital world—but what happens when they run out of power? With AI workloads exploding, cloud adoption accelerating, and hyperscale facilities popping up across the globe, power supply has become one of the most pressing issues in technology. Are we facing a…

Why ESG and ITAD Are Now Intertwined For years, IT asset disposition (ITAD) was treated as a mere afterthought—a logistical detail that came after the excitement of deploying new hardware. Old laptops? Ship them off. Retired servers? Call a recycler. Data tapes? Shred them and move on.