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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, SSDs, servers, data tapes, or cell phones—doesn’t get responsibly processed. Instead, it’s shipped overseas, often under the false label of “reuse” or “refurbishment.” The result? Entire containers of discarded technology dumped in developing nations,

If you’re considering hiring a data center liquidation company, there are a few things you’ll want to check first. In this article, we’ll cover what to look for in a data center liquidation company, so that you can be sure you’re getting the best possible service. Datacenter liquidation is the process of permanently shutting down a data center and selling off all of its assets. This can be done for a variety of reasons, such as when a company goes

The IT world is changing and progressing every day with new products and opportunities demanding new technologies and strategies.  With rapid evolution comes general excitement over new and valuable opportunities for businesses to reorganize, expand and improve. Nevertheless, changes in technologies also provides businesses much to think about as the learning curve becomes sharper and the rate of shifting operations becomes tougher to keep up with. As companies continue to make headway into the future defined by 5G and AI,

Corporate social responsibility and increasing overall sustainability continues to be a rising concern for many businesses. Yet there remains to be a vast amount of organizations that are oblivious to the impact of technology on the environment. We’ve compiled some statistics to aid your organization’s IT department in becoming more sustainable in 2020 and years to come. Reduce the Amount of Emails You Send A recent report by OVOenergy found that over 64 million unwarranted emails are sent per day, in

Warning: Owners of HPE Solid State Drives Need This Updated Immediately ATTENTION! Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) recently announced a critical customer support bulletin regarding the expected failure of a wide range of the enterprise-class solid state drives currently being used in some of its products. In the recently released report, HPE reveals the discovery of a firmware bug that will inevitably cause drive failures. If the drives in question have been in use for 32,768 hours or (3 years, 270

When thinking about recycling used materials, more often than not the three R’s will come to mind. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. How do they relate to items that aren’t just plastic bags, glass bottles, and aluminum cans? The concept of e-waste is relatively modern when you consider the fact that civilization wasn’t so dependent on computers and cellphones half a century ago. However, it is still just as harmful as any other form of waste, if not more. We’ve compiled

Why Electronics Don’t Last Like They Used To It often feels like the moment you buy a new laptop, phone, or TV, a newer and better version appears almost overnight. What once felt like a long-term investment now feels temporary. Decades ago, families expected electronics to last ten years or more. Today, many devices are replaced every two to five years—or even sooner in business environments. So what changed? The short answer is competition, consumer demand, and how deeply technology