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TotalCIO |
Brownie points for green IT will go away … and then?
As your companies brag about reducing their carbon footprint with energy-efficient data centers and telepresence, it is at least worth keeping in mind that your heavy-metal footprint could have as bad or even worse consequences, like turning a child’s brain green.
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ITAK Magazine |
Making the Grade: Tips for Choosing an IT Asset Disposition Vendor
When choosing an IT asset disposition provider, there are a number of criteria that you need to look at to ensure the vendor you select can meet your organization’s needs for asset recovery and disposition, sustainability goals and data security.
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Global Intelligence News |
ENVIRONMENT: Where That ”Recycled” E-Waste Really Goes
What’s a responsible person to do with their e-waste in the face of government negligence, manufacturers’ irresponsibility and recyclers’ greed? Basel Action Network e-Stewards program independently audits and certifies responsible recyclers.
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ITworld |
IT's social mission: Beyond power plays and trash talk
A growing number of IT executives are discovering that a socially responsible IT department can be good for both their business and the world. IT activities that are respectful of important social issues, including the environment and human rights, typically turn out to be smart business practices.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer |
Could your computer become a toxic threat?
Environmental activists Basel Action Network (BAN) announced that they are setting up a system to independently verify old computers and other electronic waste really are safely recycled rather than ending up a toxic trash in the Third World.
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ZDNet |
Coming soon, but not really soon enough
Basel Action Network (BAN), which is a watchdog on the problem of toxic waste around the globe, creates bonafide certification program to weed out shady electronics recyclers and prevent the export of used electronics to developing nations.
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BusinessWeek |
Microsoft: Reused PCs Need Windows, Too
The Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program is designed to make it easier for companies to install Windows on PCs they fix up and resell.
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BusinessWeek |
New Rage at Work: Used, Revamped IT Gear
With credit tight in a rough economy, businesses are offloading equipment while bargain hunters are picking up retooled hardware on the cheap. Redemtech is prepared to handle jettisoned surplus equipment and deliver economical, environmentally sustainable solutions.
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BusinessWeek |
Bargains on Reconditioned Technology
Many businesses impacted by the credit crisis are holding off on buying or leasing new hardware and finding some great deals on refurbished equipment if they know where to look.
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Processor |
Solutions To Equipment Disposal Issues
As technology innovation marches on, older equipment often gets left behind. But what happens to the tech being replaced? Because of data security and environmental concerns, used machines can’t just go out with the trash. Here are a few solutions for making sure equipment is retired properly.
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BusinessWeek |
E-Waste: The Dirty Secret of Recycling Electronics
Lax rules and weak enforcement allow scrap companies to profit by sending junked computers, printers, and TVs overseas, enmeshing the e-waste industry in questionable practices that undercut its environmentally friendly image.
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GreenerComputing |
Green Hardware Reuse Can Fatten Your Bottom Line
Green IT is about much more than virtualization and saving energy in the data center. Reuse and redeployment of existing equipment pays off very big financial dividends as well, while helping to fatten an enterprise's bottom line.
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InformationWeek |
Green TCO Includes Everything From Cradle To Grave
When it comes to the environment, we all foot the bill for IT’s total cost of ownership. And that’s why it’s important to consider IT sustainability in its entirety, from cradle to grave.
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ZDNet |
How green is your IT leasing company?
One might be tempted to consider leasing as an option when considering how to manage your company’s IT portfolio with an eye to green issues, but know what happens with your systems at end of lease.
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Chemical & Engineering News |
Passing The Recycling Buck
When Americans haul their junk computers, TVs and other electronic gear to local collection centers, they get that pleasant rush that comes with recycling and doing a small part to ensure hazardous waste is properly treated. However, that feel-good feeling may be mostly wishful thinking.
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GAO: U.S. EPA Turning Blind Eye to Toxic E-Waste Exports
The EPA is failing to prevent improper disposal of electronic waste; method of enforcement akin to "putting up a speed limit sign, but no one's writing any tickets." Get complete coverage ›
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Scientific American |
Trashed Tech Dumped Overseas: Does U.S. Care?
Some of the used cellphones, computers and televisions thrown out in the U.S. ends up shipped to developing countries where it is melted to extract valuable—but toxic—materials inside.
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Examiner.com |
GAO blasts EPA enforcement of e-waste disposal regulations
Despite an increased focus on reducing the improper disposal of electronic waste, the EPA has failed to adequately enforce regulatory controls - and the problem is likely much greater than the GAO report would indicate.
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GreenerComputing |
EPA's E-Waste Policies Result in 'Anarchy,' Report Finds
The EPA's method of enforcing e-waste regulations in the U.S. is akin to "putting up a speed limit sign, but no one's writing any tickets"; GAO report finds EPA rarely enforces the only e-waste regulation on the books.
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E-Commerce Times |
GAO Slams EPA for Turning Blind Eye to Toxic E-Waste Exports
GAO undercover investigators find 43 U.S. companies expressed willingness to export CRTs, including some firms that shamelessly boast environmentally friendly practices on their Web sites and host Earth Day recycling events.
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PC World |
Audit: US Exporting Harmful E-waste to Other Countries
GAO report: U.S. is exporting used electronics containing toxic substances with little regulation and enforcement to protect people and the environment in those countries. Redemtech's refusal to export toxic e-waste "is vastly different than many other companies."
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InfoWorld |
It's not so easy being green
Where is your old computer? Under the bed? In the garage? Maybe today is the day to donate or recycle it? TechSoup and Redemtech have teamed-up and are expanding their Refurbished Computer Initiative.
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SearchCIO |
E-waste: A blight on the environment and a company's good name
Large companies are becoming sensitive to the damage done by dispatching toxic waste to countries with no health or environmental protections. The Pepsi Bottling Group, a recent Redemtech customer win, is an example. CIOs including PBG's Neal Bronzo are taking steps to keep their companies' hands clean.
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Resource Recycling |
Sustainable IT: Developing an efficient green strategy
Committing to a sustainable IT program can extend equipment lifecycles and increase utilization rates, while lowering an organization's overall costs.
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GoodCleanTech |
Tech Nonprofit Offers Refurbished Computer Initiative
Nonprofit tech firm TechSoup has teamed up with Redemtech to broaden its Refurbished Computer Initiative.
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eWEEK |
E-Waste Initiatives Will Soon Receive a Bigger Corporate Mandate
No matter which party dominates the upcoming general election in the U.S., the odds are good that e-waste legislation is going to get a lot tougher, which is one of the reasons that The Pepsi Bottling Group turned to companies such as Redemtech to help them define a corporate approach to e-waste.
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Redemtech Celebrates: A 10-Year History of E-Waste Accountability
Ten years ago, oil was $11 a barrel, power users had a Pentium II 233 on their desks and Redemtech launched the first fully accountable e-waste solution. Hundreds of millions of pounds of processed material later, we’re still showing our green roots and making a material impact on the environment.
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ZDNet |
Pepsi Bottling makes big green tech recycling commitment
Mammoth beverage manufacturer Pepsi Bottling is turning to Redemtech to develop a strategy in the United States and Canada for handling its e-waste, either through recycling or reuse.
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Security Management |
Off-Network Risks
Organizations spend a large amount on IT security, but they rarely devote enough resources to securing off-network assets. These devices and machines account for the majority of data breaches—70 percent of them.
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ZDNet |
Techie’s green pet: IDC develops new report card for tech asset recyclers
Does your IT services company make the grade when it comes to retiring and disposing of technology assets in the greenest way possible? For an idea of the right way, consider Redemtech and some if its best practices.
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InfoWorld |
Six Tips for Safely Choosing an IT Asset Disposal Partner
If your partners' practices end up being sloppy – or downright criminal – you could find yourself in regulatory and PR hell as confidential data protected by HIPAA or SarBox ends up in the wrong hands or 500 of your PCs end up in a landfill or river somewhere. Some points to ponder as you shop for an ITAD provider.
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Austin American-Statesman |
Research Firm: Five Companies Make GRADE for Tech Disposal
Technology disposal and recycling is growing into a huge business. But the industry is still quite fragmented. IDC hopes to inject a little more certainty into the process with a new certification process to grade the disposal programs. Five companies earned IDC’s G.R.A.D.E., including Redemtech.
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ITworld |
Off-network security: From knowing better to doing better
Most companies do nothing to measure or govern the policies for the handling of data-bearing equipment "off the wire.” Redemtech President Robert Houghton advises IT organizations to adopt five steps to rigorous off-network security discipline to make themselves less vulnerable to data breaches.
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GreenerComputing |
Sustainable IT: The Many Shades of Green
As a concept applied to IT, "green" is one of those terms in danger of becoming whatever the marketing departments at hardware and software makers want it to be, says Redemtech President Robert Houghton.
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Columbus C.E.O. |
Sustainable IT: Being Green Isn’t Just Better, But Cheaper
Companies making a commitment to sustainable IT are discovering a hidden virtue that will make environmentalists into heroes and their CFO smile: Done properly, being green is also cheaper, says Redemtech President Robert Houghton.
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TechNewsWorld |
Your Electronics Trash Is Best Buy's Treasure
Another major retailer announces a trial electronics recycling program, but are these programs doing any good? A vast majority of electronics collected for recycling are shipped overseas, says Redemtech President Robert Houghton.
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ITAK Magazine |
More Accountability – Less Risk
If data breaches were rare, IT budgets fat and disposal practices responsible then simple ITAD would suffice. But business demands—and risks—have changed dramatically, says Redemtech’s Robert Houghton.
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Server Watch |
Mitigate Storage Media Lifecycle Risks
Tape may not be glamorous, but it remains a key component of many storage infrastructures and accounts for a significant amount of IT spending. The medium itself carries several inherent risks when it comes to both buying and disposing.
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CSO Online |
Stopping Off-Network Losses: Practical Suggestions
Why are data breaches so persistent despite our best efforts? When data-bearing assets are removed from active production - taken "off the network" - they are literally off the radar for many organizations. Redemtech's Robert Houghton provides practical tips for robust off-network security.
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Asset Management News |
Proper IT Asset Disposal Can Cut Costs, Risks
Many IT departments have turned to asset management systems and practices to help them manage the procurement and tracking of computer equipment, but when it comes to IT asset disposition many companies rely on ad hoc disposal processes that are costly and inefficient.
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Processor |
Off-Network Security Best Practices
A good portion of the security focus is on protecting the network from intrusion, but it’s easy to forget about the devices that employees remove from the network. So what should your organization be doing to improve the security of off-network devices?
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Microsoft TechNet Magazine |
A MARvellous Initiative
See how the new Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) program can help companies deal with confusing software licensing issues when refurbishing old PCs.
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Processor |
Disposing Of Your Used Equipment
Six quick tips for you go about updating the ways your enterprise disposes of used equipment without impacting the environment unnecessarily or compromising confidential information still stored on it.
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Processor |
Smart Strategies For Recycling Tapes & Storage Media
What do you do with all those old tapes and hard drives? Leaving them to gather dust in a basement or warehouse certainly isn’t the best solution. That can lead to data insecurity.
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eWEEK |
Servers, Software and Savings
Technology companies are upping the ante in investments to combine good business practices with caring for the Earth. An opportunity emerges at the end of the hardware life cycle; the new Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program supports efforts to get more used equipment back into action, and out of the waste stream.
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Data Center Management |
Clear Out Old Gear
At year end, most articles focus on buying shiny new toys with next year’s budget, but something has to be done with all the old gear they replace. Redemtech and customer Catholic Healthcare West offer advantages of a financially and environmentally sound disposal policy.
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Processor |
Going Green In The SME
Green has reached the tipping point. But what does going green mean for your enterprise? Does it make sense financially to establish green initiatives? What steps can your organization take to put these initiatives into action?
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Processor |
Options For Equipment Disposal & Recycling
As technology marches on, it often leaves equipment in its wake. A small to midsized enterprise has to decide whether to hire a service company for the task or do the work internally. Much like other types of technology decisions, the choice depends on a number of factors.
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Waste News |
Microsoft to aid electronics recyclers
Microsoft launched a new Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program to help large electronic scrap recyclers refurbish and resell old computer systems. “By providing consumers and enterprises a means to purchase inexpensive refurbished systems with genuine Microsoft software, the secondary, or refurbished, PC market will be forever improved,'' said Robert Houghton, president of Redemtech. (Free registration required for access.)
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TechLuver |
Piracy Fight Makes Enemies: BSA Bullying Over Small Businesses
An analysis by The Associated Press reveals that targeting small businesses is lucrative for the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the main copyright-enforcement watchdog for such companies as Microsoft, Adobe Systems and Symantec.
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eWEEK |
Technology Lesson Learned
Tracking, deploying and managing computer equipment for a virtual school with 25,000 students across the U.S. was made a little less complicated with the help of Redemtech, which enabled K12 to implement Technology Change Management and at the same time save millions of dollars annually by reducing burdens on internal resources and quantifying the value of new technology.
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Inside Supply Management |
Data's End Game: Risk Prevention
Breach prevention is a necessary prescription for organizations seeking to eliminate old data and keep it from falling into the wrong hands. In this bylined article, Redemtech President Robert Houghton discusses why data destruction is a process that is prone to failure and must therefore be very carefully managed in order to be reliable.
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ITAK Magazine |
Manage Your Inventory - IT Asset Management Requires Measurement
Effective measurement is essential to optimizing IT asset management. But all too often, professionals with asset management responsibilities are challenged with what to measure and how to measure it.
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IT Business Edge |
No Real Need for Chief Green Officer
Chief Green Officers are unnecessary because other C-level executives have better visibility into their particular operating environments and understand the impacts of modifying business practices that their organizations support, says Barbara Scott, senior practice advisor for Redemtech.
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AFCOM Communiqué |
Dispose of High Tech Gear Properly
Not that long ago, equipment disposal from the data center was easy – just ask for bids. Buyers would write a check and make the obsolete stuff disappear. Today, good equipment disposal practices have become a strategic part of infrastructure management. Redemtech president Bob Houghton discusses how IT asset disposition can also provide new ways to realize a material financial upside.
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Columbus CEO |
Into the Breach
Data forensics analysis like that conducted by Redemtech is the key to truly sanitizing computer hard drives and other electronic devices. Redemtech President Robert Houghton notes that off-network data security threats continue to increase, requiring better methods of data sanitization.
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Server Watch |
Server Disposal Goes Green
Compliance with environmental regulations and social responsibility are important, and assurances are to be gained by effective data management at the end of the lifecycle with a validated audit trail. Redemtech president Robert Houghton says proper disposal of electronics equipment requires proof as to how that equipment was handled and guarantees that it did not wind up in a landfill or some overseas dismantling site wrought with toxic dangers.
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IT Business Edge |
The Executive Permission Conundrum
Despite heavy financial repercussions associated with off-network security breaches, many corporations do not commit IT resources to security defenses until a breach occurs, says Dr. Larry Ponemon, founder and chairman of the Ponemon Institute. Ponemon cites a study conducted with Redemtech that reveals many serious data security issues that do not directly involve IT.
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Electronic Reality Solutions |
Off-network data greater risk than hackers
The story of corporate data breaches is nothing new. But a new study commissioned by Redemtech suggests the true enemy is not an outside hacker, rather the careless employee within.
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Wall Street Journal Online |
Who is Responsible for Device Security?
Companies may be overlooking a critical part of their information-security strategy: How to protect data on mobile devices–such as laptops, BlackBerrys and USB drives–that are in the hands of employees and out of the information-technology department’s reach.
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'Off-Network Data' Is Major Security Threat For Companies
With recent security breaches at the likes of Boeing, the Veteran's Administration and the FBI making headlines, a Ponemon Institute study finds that 70% of breaches result from the loss of off-network equipment—and it's possible that the numbers are worse than reported. InformationWeek
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InfoWorld |
Data lingers in off-network devices
Data breaches could be avoided if companies did a better job of managing and defending information stored on devices that move off of corporate networks.
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NetworkWorld |
Survey: Security policies neglect off-network devices
Most companies don't have policies in place to protect corporate data on electronic devices that leave the confines of the network, Ponemon Institute study finds.
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NetworkWorld |
Ponemon: Off-network security is a huge problem
Ponemon Institute founder explains why companies that don't secure their data and devices when they leave the safety of the network are at risk for security breaches.
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Broker Dealer |
What happens to the old machine?
With so much encryption software being purchased and implemented, confidential data still seems to find a way to get in front of the public eye. Redemtech President Bob Houghton discusses preventative steps that can be taken to protect important data.
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Recycling Today |
2007 Electronics Recycling Supplement - Embracing Change
When Kaiser Permanente lacked processes for managing end-of-life technology, the nation’s leading integrated health plan turned to Redemtech to establish an asset disposal process that would exceed the highest standards for environmental accountability and patient privacy.
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IT Business Edge |
Network Security: Only One Part of the Data Protection Job
Greg Sewell, security and asset protection manager for Redemtech, is interviewed on topics ranging from the impact of negligent data loss to off-network security breach policies.
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Computerworld |
Greening up is about more than just energy
Few businesses are looking holistically at the data center to reduce the impact on the environment. Catholic Healthcare West has worked with Redemtech and other environmental stewards to increase recycling and ensure that none of its products are shipped overseas.
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Green Supply Line |
Keeping count of e-waste reductions
Do e-waste/energy saving figures help encourage companies to implement recycling and energy-saving initiatives? Redemtech helped companies responsibly dispose of nearly 15 million pounds of obsolete U.S. electronic equipment in 2006.
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InfoWorld |
PC vendors seek profits in recycling
The profit motive has become a major catalyst for companies to start sustainable IT programs and maintain green IT practices. Redemtech President Bob Houghton explains how being green saves overhead and money.
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Dark Reading |
Redemtech Disposes of E-Equipment
This record amount for the company exemplifies Redemtech’s continued commitment to the safe disposal of today’s high-tech waste.
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Secure Business Destruction |
A Seamless Transition
Redemtech seeks to close relationships with its clients to ensure a smooth transition during asset disposition. The company has successfully weathered the high-tech transformation of the U.S. economy and now is primed to expand its business.
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Law.com |
MoFo IT Gets Its Green On
Redemtech customer Morrison Foerster has put programs in place that not only help the environment, but also generate real savings.
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Computerworld |
Tech Trash: Still Stinking Up the Landscape
The days of tossing out corporate electronic waste like common trash are pretty much over. Redemtech customer Kaiser Permanente is a leader in handling its electronic waste, and it has the track record to prove it.
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Recycling Today |
Redemtech Offers Free Asset Recovery and Recycling of Donated Computers
TakeBack Program allows corporations to donate unneeded computers to nonprofits with confidence knowing equipment will be responsibly managed at end of life. Wyeth is the first Redemtech client to use the company’s program with its donation of more than 2,000 laptops.
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Baseline |
Where PCs Go to Die
What to do with computers that have passed their expiration dates?
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Bank Systems and Technology |
Off-Network Computing Assets Represent Risk to Information Security for Banks
Computers obviously are an integral component of the modern banking infrastructure. But what becomes of a computer once it is removed from a bank's network?
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SearchSecurity.com |
Where hard drives go to die, or do they?
Do you know where your company's most sensitive data is right now? Would you be surprised to find it on a laptop listed on eBay?
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Computerworld |
Idaho utility hard drives – and data – turn up on eBay
Anybody with five bucks and a little patience may be able to score sensitive corporate or customer data on eBay.
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Salon.com |
Where computers go to die – and kill
More than 50 percent of our recycled computers are shipped overseas, where their toxic components are polluting poor communities.
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New York Times |
Growing Worry for Businesses: Old Computers
It could contain traces of mercury, cadmium, fire retardant and up to five pounds of lead, making it one of the biggest sources of hazardous waste in the country… It is your aging personal computer.
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Computerworld |
Increased Attention to Disposal Yields Unexpected Dividends
Opinion: Redemtech’s Robert Houghton reviews the environmental, economic and security reasons to take more care with the disposal of old IT assets.
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Washington Post |
'Digital Dumps' Heap Hazards at Foreign Sites
Each month, hundreds of thousands of used computers, TVs and other electronic components arrive in Nigeria … at least half is unusable and ends up in landfills.
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The Nation |
Toxic Recycling
Recycling electronics using US prison labor is a booming business, with a captive workforce paid pennies per hour for dangerous work that is largely unregulated.
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IFMA |
Data Security: Is your organization doing enough?
New regulations and an increasing amount of privacy-related issues have created new challenges for facility managers.
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Healthcare Informatics |
Disposing of Idle Technology
Kaiser Permanente restores resources and preserves peace of mind with above-reproach method.
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Computerworld |
Kill Your Data
Follow up to "Dawn of the Undead Data," how businesses face liability issues from data theft.
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Datamation |
Hardware Today: Putting Your Server Out to Pasture
There comes a time when servers must be disposed of. The question then becomes what should be done with it?
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eWEEK |
E-Cyclers Embrace Data Destruction
A growing debate about the security of data has grown to include the computer recycling industry, which is now being asked to verifiably destroy data along with physical components.
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Computerworld |
Old computers: An IT department liability that's costing more
Resellers of old computer equipment say they will no longer accept used equipment without charging for erasing hard drives to ensure they aren't held liable for exposing sensitive data...
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SearchCIO.com |
PC Disposal - don't get caught by TCO's Last Surprise
Fined for illegal dumping? Prosecuted for consumer privacy violation? Scrambling for budget to cover disposal costs? You've just experienced "TCO's Last Surprise”…
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IT Business Edge |
3 QUESTIONS: IT's Disposal Problem
With Bob Houghton, President of Redemtech. The challenge of excess gear is staggering. According to the company, the EPA reports that 250 million computers will become obsolete in the next three years…
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InfoWorld |
Disposing of IT Assets
How confident are you that your discarded end-of-life IT assets aren't going to come back to haunt you? How to make sure the equipment you throw out today won't become a security threat...
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Computerworld |
Toxic Legacy
Improper disposal of obsolete IT equipment is fast becoming a major liability for corporations. When Kaiser Permanente began a program to dispose of its obsolete computer equipment two and a half years ago…
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Computerworld |
Dawn of the Undead Data
Many IT organizations now find themselves in a similar nightmare as data they thought was dead and gone has risen from the storage crypt. When hackers, competitors or governments apply the right technologies…
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