Redemtech is an outsource leader in TCM (Technology Change Management) solutions that is revolutionizing IT asset recovery, data security and computer recycling for major, privacy regulated companies worldwide.
PRESS COVERAGE
Redemtech Hosts Nevada Governor Gibbons in Reno TCM Center

Tour provided an opportunity for Governor Gibbons to learn about the Redemtech’s state-of-the-art processes for reducing e-waste and sanitizing sensitive hard drive data for Global 1000 clients as well as federal, state and local agencies.
Leading the Fight Against Illicit E-Waste Exports, Redemtech Achieves E-Stewards Certification

Redemtech has again taken a leadership position in helping Global 2000 organizations manage IT assets and e-waste to the highest standards of environmental, social and financial responsibility by achieving e-Stewards Electronic Recycling Certification for all of its U.S. facilities.
Jill Vaske Promoted to Executive Vice President at Redemtech

Responsibilities include all customer-facing activities: Redemtech’s Practice Advisory, market development, services delivery, product management, product sales, international expansion, client relations and customer service.
Habitat, Redemtech Partnership Provides Refurbished Computers to Bring Families into Electronic Age

Partnership to provide low-income families an essential tool for 21st century success – a home computer. Redemtech donates 75 Red Rabbitt Microsoft Authorized Refurbished computers with Windows XP and Microsoft Office to jump-start program.
Green Computing More Hype Than Reality: Corporate Sustainability Falling Short, Assessment Shows

Companies are making limited progress reforming IT programs, show Sustainable Computing Assessment findings. Redemtech outlines five steps organizations can take to make Green IT programs more sustainable.
Redemtech Launches Red Rabbitt Line of Refurbished Computers

Microsoft Authorized Refurbished business-grade desktop and notebook computers installed with Genuine Windows XP Professional operating system can now be purchased on Redemtech’s online superstore RedRabbitt.com. Shop refurbished PCs
Cox Enterprises Partners With Redemtech to Ensure Sustainable e-Waste and Privacy Management

Cox Enterprises' new eCycling program through Redemtech greatly enhances its environmentally responsible disposal of electronic waste (e-waste), while also providing secure treatment of customer and company data.
Redemtech Releases Sustainable Computing Assessment

Free online tool helps organizations measure Green IT programs against best practices for saving money, protecting environment; identifies areas for improvement. Take assessment
Basel Action Network Launches e-Stewards Initiative

BAN creates first independently audited and accredited e-waste recycler certification program forbidding export to developing countries; Redemtech named an e-Stewards Founder.
Redemtech Releases IDC White Paper "Beyond Power"

Redemtech-sponsored IDC white paper provides roadmap for dramatic reductions in IT’s environmental footprint and recurring bottom-line gains through more sustainable IT lifecycle management practices. Learn more
Redemtech Helps Connect Seriously Ill Children with Outside World

KINfolk and a top five pharmaceutical corporation expand ongoing laptop computer donations program that helps more than 5,000 children stay connected online each year. Redemtech provides technology deployment and free recycling services for donated equipment.
Pepsi Bottling Group Entrusts Redemtech to Handle E-Waste Initiatives

World’s largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages has selected Redemtech to manage its e-waste initiatives. Redemtech tasked with developing and managing PBG’s comprehensive asset recovery and disposition program with goal of keeping company-owned electronic assets out of waste stream and from being sent overseas.
Redemtech Receives First IDC G.R.A.D.E. Certification

Redemtech is among the first recipients of IDC's Green Recycling and Asset Disposal for the Enterprise (G.R.A.D.E.) certification, recognized for its significant investments in establishing sound IT asset recovery and disposal processes and exceeding the passing grade of 75 percent required across 34 ITAD-related functions.
Redemtech Calculates Environmental Impact of PC Reuse

If U.S. businesses reused as many PCs as the rest of the world it would generate enough energy savings to power every household in Phoenix for an entire year. Get Ten Tips for Reuse
Redemtech Releases Off-Network Security White Paper

Seventy percent of data breaches result from off-network security lapses; learn six best practices to ensure data-bearing assets are protected as they move through, and outside, your organization. Download white paper
Redemtech Becomes Select Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher

MAR program supports Redemtech’s core objectives for increased reuse, PC lifecycles and customer value; allows the install of genuine Windows XP software on refurbished computers. Learn more
Redemtech Hires Jim Mejia to Lead Environmental Practice

Industry veteran to play a key role in expanding Redemtech’s technology recycling capabilities and environmental sustainability consulting services.

Ponemon Institute Examines Security Risks of Off-Network Equipment

New study National Survey: The Insecurity of Off-Network Security released at the Harvard University Privacy Symposium finds vast majority of data breaches involve unprotected confidential information on off-network devices.

Redemtech Acquires PC Asset Recovery, Inc.

Acquisition of IT asset disposition company provides Redemtech with solution tailored to small- to mid-sized businesses.

Every Day is Earth Day at Redemtech

Redemtech’s U.S. operations help to divert 26 million pounds of electronics from landfills in 2006 through assured recycling and technology remarketing.

Redemtech Launches IT Asset Management Advisory Practice

New service to help customers identify operational gaps and implement measurable processes to improve ITAM results, return on IT assets; Barbara Scott hired as Sr. Practice Advisor.
Redemtech Creates Security and Asset Protection Practice

Practice area will audit Redemtech and customer practices for physical security and chain-of-custody control of data-bearing assets along the entire supply chain to tighten off-network security gaps.
Redemtech Offers Free Recycling Services for Donated Computers

TakeBack Program allows corporations to donate surplus computers to nonprofits with confidence, knowing that equipment will be responsibly recycled at end of life.
Micro Electronics Named to List of Largest Private Companies

Redemtech parent is 10th largest in technology among Forbes’ annual list of America’s Largest Private Companies.
Redemtech and Brink’s to Provide Secure Transport Service

New transportation security option ensures fail-safe moves of data-bearing assets; eliminates risky freight transfers with person-to-person, armed guard transport.
Redemtech, TechSoup Launch Refurbished Computer Initiative

Joint initiative improves access to technology for nonprofits, prolongs the useable life of computers and ensures responsible recycling at end of life.
Redemtech Opens TCM Center in Columbus

New 158,000 square foot processing facility consolidates existing central Ohio operations; provides enhanced material handling capability and 20 percent greater capacity.

Redemtech Institutes New Recycling Processes

Enhanced recovery and reuse processes to salvage components that would otherwise be scrapped, reducing e-waste and increasing parts availability for refurbishing programs.
Redemtech Becomes Community Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher

Redemtech is first commercial Community MAR in North America; can install select Microsoft operating systems for a nominal administrative fee on computers donated by corporate entities to eligible recipients.
Redemtech Releases Lock-IT Version 2.0

Unique data locking security utility now includes more options for unlocking secured assets, more granular administrative control and support for Certified Data Security Reporting.
Redemtech Opens Richmond TCM Center

New 115,000-square foot facility near Richmond, Virginia, helps organizations reduce the costs and risks of technology change.
Redemtech Releases Customer Service Center

New customer webcenter delivers world-class asset management tools, advanced reporting capabilities, greater speed and integration of Redemtech and client processes, and reduced overhead in managing technology change, enterprise-wide.
Redemtech Receives ISO 14001 Registration

Successful implementation of Environmental Management System (EMS) together with Recycler’s Pledge puts Redemtech on the leading edge of environmental advocacy.
Redemtech Pledges True E-Waste Stewardship

Sponsored by Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and Basel Action Network, the Pledge calls for the world’s most rigorous environmental and social criteria for e-waste recycling.
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NEWS COVERAGE
IT Expert Voice
IT Asset Disposition: Saving Big Bucks by Recycling Old Computer Equipment

IT asset disposition can no longer be an afterthought or a “waste-management” issue. Cost-savings imperatives, and security and environmental accountability have pushed IT asset disposition to the forefront.
Environmental Leader
Cox Recycles 500 Tons of Waste

Cox Enterprises succeeded in recycling 500 tons of waste last year, as the result of a partnership with Redemtech aimed at helping the company responsibly dispose of electronic waste (e-waste).
Center for Environmental Health
Healthcare Giants Endorse Strong Environmental Standards for Electronic Equipment

Redemtech clients Kaiser Permanente and Catholic Healthcare West are leading the way in healthier practices for electronics purchasing and management.
Computerworld
Tech recycling: Big IT shops get serious about asset disposal

IT departments that practice asset management are learning to master the art of retiring hardware at the right time. But making the decision to retire IT gear is just the beginning; tech managers also need to figure out what to do with the systems that are past their prime.
Processor
Eco-Friendly Equipment Disposal

Green IT as a buzzword has been around for several years, but as a concept it has become almost a distraction, at least when used in context of IT equipment disposal. Whether it’s being repurposed or recycled, make sure your old equipment is handled responsibly.
Popular Mechanics
The Ever-Changing Landscape of E-Waste Recycling

Electronic waste is the fastest growing category of trash in the U.S. and yet there are no government-issued labels to tell you where your recycled e-waste goes. Industry leaders and environmental groups are trying to change that with new e-waste recycling certifications. Here's what you need to know.
Computerworld
Pulling the plug on old hardware: Life-cycle management explained

It's a fine line, determining when to junk old IT equipment. You could invest in a crystal ball, or you could get serious about hardware life-cycle management.
Triple Pundit
How Earth Day Recycling Events Can Actually Harm the Earth

One Earth Day ritual that has picked up steam in recent years, e-waste recycling drives, is turning into a huge worldwide environmental problem.
Recycling Today
Certification Maze: Electronics Recycling

The events of the last few years, including the export of e-waste in violation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations as well as the dumping of toxic materials in developing countries around the globe, has lead to the growth of third-party certification programs geared specifically toward electronics recyclers.
USA Today
New program makes sure e-waste is recycled right

More companies and recyclers are taking steps to ensure that old electronic devices such as TVs and computers aren't dumped in poor countries. E-Stewards recyclers will also agree not to dump the waste in U.S. landfills and agree to meet other criteria.
The New York Times
A Program to Certify Electronic Waste Recycling Rivals an Industry-U.S. Plan

BAN begins a new certification and auditing program for both recyclers and companies that generate electronic refuse that, in addition to outlining safe domestic handling and disposal practices for e-waste, effectively bars participating recyclers from exporting toxic, nonfunctional electronic waste to developing nations.
ZDNet
Progress on the e-waste recycling front

For those of you following the toxics footprint, as opposed to carbon footprint, BAN's e-Stewards program is officially under way and three organizations have passed the full-fledged certification including Redemtech with all of its U.S. facilities.
GreenerComputing
E-Stewards Launches with Major Corporate, NGO Backing

E-Stewards, the responsible electronics recycling certification years in the making has launched with support from leading global corporations and environmental groups, all aiming to make a dent in the world's massive e-waste problem.
USA Today
Electronics recycling gets new oversight

A new program to certify that electronics are safely recycled launched today that will compete with a less stringent one begun in January by the Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with U.S. manufacturers.
ITBusinessEdge
Basel Action Network to Certify, Audit Recyclers

BAN has announced the next phase of the e-Steward program: an independently-audited, ISO 14001-based certification program that is touted as "the most comprehensive and robust e-waste management system in the world."
Capital Journal
SD Head Start shares its prize computers

What started as a Tweet has now become a state-wide effort to help families in need. Redemtech “Serious Good” contest winner South Dakota Head Start Association is multiplying the good.
Forecasting Clouds
Just in time for Earth Day 2010: It's time to take real responsibility for our corporate e-waste

As the earth gets more crowded and as vast amounts of e-waste is created, it's more important for all of us, and our companies, to pay a lot more attention to what happens to our old equipment that becomes outmoded as the march of better technology continues.
Enterprise IT Planet
Be Careful With E-Recycling Around Earth Day

For IT organizations, Earth Day may be a tempting time to take a look around the engineering workshop and warehouses and discard that old router, switch, server, CRT monitor or hard drive array and take advantage of the many e-waste recycling drives being promoted around Earth Day. That could be a huge mistake, according to Redemtech.
ZDNet
If e-waste strategy is on your agenda, evaluate e-Stewards program

Given that more and more enterprise and midsize businesses are studying what they should do with their e-waste and how they should deal with it, it’s little wonder that there are several different industry efforts cropping up to claim their attention.
TreeHugger
Petition to Eliminate Tax On IT Repairs Takes Aim at Cutting Carbon and e-Waste

It's no revelation that repairing and maintaining computer equipment reduces overall emissions. Redemtech has shown how redepolying old IT equipment can boost bottom lines, reduce e-waste and get the most out of the embodied energy in computer equipment.
Network World
Recycle your computer electronics responsibly

Who wants to do business with a company that allows toxic waste to leech into the soil, pollute water supplies and cause birth defects? Learn how to select a responsible recycler. Learn how to select a responsible recycler that is certified to conduct its business in a manner designed to protect people and the environment.
IT Business Edge
Data Security, E-Waste Regulation Databases Can Fill a Gap

Customers and prospective customers can use Redemtech's databases to keep up with the latest legislative and regulatory requirements in both data security and e-waste management.
Processor
Expert Upkeep Advice

Creating solid maintenance tactics for physical building, equipment and network resources can prolong the life of a data center’s assets and stretch budget dollars even further.
IT Business Edge
Half the Battle Is Understanding Your Obligations

Redemtech's regulatory database and news bureau service work full time to help risk and compliance professionals understand their legal obligations for e-waste handling and formulate policy.
GreenerComputing
What Is -- and What Isn't -- Responsible Electronics Recycling

Companies want to do the right thing when dealing with their discarded electronics, but a recycling certification developed by the industry and manufacturers is only muddying the waters. How do you know your recycler is working in line with your principles?
ZDNet
New free database covers e-waste rules and other IT asset disposal regulations

Redemtech has published a database covering the various electronic waste and data security laws that may affect organizations trying to figure out what to do with older systems. More
Environmental News Service
Certification for Electronic Waste Recycling Gathers Support

The Natural Resources Defense Council endorses "sorely needed" e-Stewards Initiative, the first independent, third-party certification to govern e-waste recyclers that rely on unsafe and ecologically damaging methods.
CFO Daily News
Big savings bring vintage IT gear into fashion

Conventional wisdom used to be that it was far better to invest in the newest (i.e. most pricey) technology — but nowadays more companies are keeping their IT equipment longer and buying refurbished or used when it comes time to pick up new gear.
Capital Journal
A passion to pass it on

From large corporations across the country, refurbished computers are making their way to five South Dakota homes in the near future via Redemtech's Serious Good.
The OTG - Team Blog
"Maintained & Refurbished" is the new "Shiny & New"

Instead of replacing equipment as soon as something goes wrong or begins to age, we should consider preventative maintenance and willingly accept the expense it takes to fix it.
Network World
Does it have to be shiny and new?

Even if the economy rebounds, some buyers might have learned the hard way it can make more sense to squeeze life out of existing assets than to buy anew. The savings are hard to ignore.
AARP Bulletin
The Truth About E-Waste

Are today's gifts tomorrow's toxic waste? Getting rid of old electronics isn’t always easy — or legal. Learn the danger of old electronics — and how to replace them.
Processor
Go Green Affordably: Join The Green Revolution With Minimal Investments

In today’s carbon-constrained, environmentally conscious world, becoming a “green” organization can result in real monetary savings. Redemtech recommends five steps organizations can take to make Green IT programs more successful.
Inc. Magazine
How to Cut Costs With Green IT

The Achilles' heel of the environmental movement is that all too often, the green option is the more expensive option. Green IT is one of the rare instances when you don't have to choose between the bottom line and doing right by the environment.
Computer Technology Review
Off-Network Security — It’s All about Asset Management

After a decade of privacy laws and billions of dollars spent on data protection, data breaches are still common and persistent. The majority of breaches occur when data-bearing devices are taken “off the wire.”
Redemtech
Redemtech Releases Gartner ITAM Webcast

Build support for your ITAM program: Cultivating the Stakeholder Value Tree, featuring a Habitat for Humanity case study. Gartner IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit webcast
ZDNet
Redemtech's green tech giveaway

Redemtech is running a “Serious Good” contest in which it will give away $10,000 of refurbished equipment to 10 non-profit groups, non-governmental organizations, schools or public libraries. Nominations accepted on Twitter.
Yahoo! News
Redemtech Launches 'Serious Good' Contest on Twitter

Program will award $10,000 in refurbished computers to community organizations; multiply the good by helping non-profits modernize with refurbished computers.
Network World
The Four Rs of sustainable IT: refurbish, reuse, recycle, ROI

In this era of green computing, the days of buy, use and dispose are over. It's time to implement sustainable IT by engaging with an asset management company that can provide the effective recovery, reuse and retirement of your old equipment.
EDUCAUSE Quarterly
Asset Management and Sustainability at the University of Richmond

The University of Richmond has committed to creating a comprehensive sustainability action plan to move the university toward climate neutrality and has contracted with Redemtech because they fit all their requirements for e-waste recycling.
SmartMoney
Want to Skip Windows 7? 6 Ways to Boost Your PC

In case you hadn’t noticed, practically the entire computer industry wants you to upgrade right now. Big computer makers would love to sell you a new computer to run the new Windows 7 operating system. But you don’t need a huge overhaul to get a better computer.
ITAK Magazine
Many Happy Returns: Celebrating the Benefits & ROI of ITAM

ITAM is complex and expensive, but is also a strategic capability which, when done right, delivers great ROI. Perhaps a majority of companies elect not to buy because decision makers are not consistently counting the beans that actually matter.
IT Business Edge
Does Your Tech Closet Need a Clean Out? CompTIA Thinks So

Recycling and environmental responsibility were big on President Obama's agenda. There's still no federal recycling requirement, but several states have them on the books or in the works.
Processor
Work With What You Have

How do you run when your foot is stuck in a bear trap? At companies both large and small, IT managers are stuck making do with what they have instead of buying what they need (or want) until happy budgetary days are here again.
TreeHugger
Amazing Race Contestants Break Into e-Waste, Make Light of Tragedy

Redemtech's (re)blog ripped into The Amazing Race, and rightly so for its electronics recycling challenge. Instead of being educational, it was horrifying for anyone familiar with e-waste problems, and was de-educational for anyone just learning about issues.
E-Scrap News
Amazing Race trips into e-waste controversy

CBS' hit reality television show "The Amazing Race" featured contestants in a Vietnamese e-waste shop, smashing end-of-life electronics as part of a challenge. Some reactions to the show have been strongly negative, saying the show's producers should be "ashamed."
GreenerComputing
IT Gets Its Thrift On

Recent economic realities are making a virtue of necessity for IT, as we are forced to put the brakes on planned refresh projects and extends lifecycles of legacy assets yet further. The cost of delayed obsolescence? Less than nothing - people are still productive and savings have multiplied like rabbits.
GreenerComputing
Amazing Race: E-Waste Violators' Best Friend

Fans of the TV series Amazing Race were treated to a disturbing and disheartening spectacle Sunday night - all in the name of supposed recycling. Perhaps the show should be renamed Amazing Waste?
Computer Outlook Radio
Redemtech Featured on Computer Outlook Radio Talk Show

Redemtech credited with leading change in the IT Asset Management industry, providing critical insurance policy against corporate liability in this special edition recorded at the IAITAM 2009 Annual Conference.
E-Scrap News
From the Source: Redemtech's Bob Houghton on Data Security

Data and asset management has emerged as a parallel avenue of development for the electronics recycling industry. What effect does this have on e-waste recycling? Bob Houghton addresses this and other issues.
Processor
Tracking Green IT

Although some companies are settling for simply starting green initiatives and hoping for the best, the really business-minded ones are tracking the progress of those initiatives to measure their effectiveness.
Processor
Keep Thieves Out Of Your Enterprise

Information thieves use many complex methods to steal confidential business information, but the most effective form of thievery might be the simplest: physical theft.
Business First
RetroBox founder upset after stake in acquiring company wiped out

The founder of an electronics recycler is crying foul over his company’s 2005 acquisition deal and threatening his former Intechra business partners with litigation, questioning business decisions culminating in the sale that largely wiped out fellow investors’ stake in the company.
eChannelLine
The business case for sustainable IT

When the idea of green IT includes ways in which IT can help businesses become more sustainable by reducing their carbon footprint -- and saving money in the process -- the prospect of selling green solutions becomes imminently more promising.
Ohio Public Radio
Bottom Line: Green

More than 3 million tons of trash is created in the US each year when people toss out their old electronics as they upgrade to the latest gadget. No longer built to last very long, the amount of this "e-waste" is escalating.
GreenerComputing
The Five Things You Should Know About Green IT Baselines

Whether you have a green IT program or you're thinking about implementing one, a baseline of your current IT operations is critical to your success. Yet, many companies are skipping the assessment process. Take assessment ›
PM Network
Electronic Trash Can

The massive mountain of e-waste just keeps growing and companies finally seem to realize there might be a problem, not only for the environment, but for their security. Story on page 13.
GreenBiz
Federal Bill on E-Waste Policies Moves to Senate

The Electronic Device Recycling Research and Development Act provides almost $85 million over the next three years to help spur the growth of electronics recycling practices in the U.S.
Internet Evolution
Decommissioning: A Tough Mission for IT

Properly disposing of IT equipment has become more problematic than ever and the process isn't getting easier; it can require as much planning as introducing new gear.
Grove City Record
Old computers find 'redemption'

Under a partnership forged between Redemtech and Habitat for Humanity, refurbished computers are finding "redemption" in the homes the charity built for local families.
GreenerComputing
Discarded E-Waste Could Be Put to Work in Medicine

Researchers at the university's Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence have found a way to recover a chemical that's widely used in LCD displays and put it to use in medicine.
GreenerComputing
E-Waste: When Landfills Are Not an Option

Environmentally focused companies are taking a hard-line approach to e-waste management, investing time and money to ensure that every piece of obsolete technology is recycled or refurbished in an environmentally appropriate manner, not dumped in a landfill in China.
The Dispatch
PCs donated for Habitat homes

More than 100 families who might otherwise never have used a computer are getting ones of their own, thanks to a new partnership between Redemtech and Habitat for Humanity. Press release
Computerworld
Used IT gear: How to get good stuff cheap and avoid the lemons

When Cox Ohio Publishing needed to buy 600 laptops, it decided to buy used gear from Redemtech -- and saved approximately 70% of the cost of going with new units.
GreenerComputing
Responsible Electronics Recycling: Turning Policy into Practice

Why is eBay a bazaar for hard drives containing corporate and personal data? How is it possible that most e-waste still is being exported to developing countries? Blame fraud the lack of governance and downstream transparency.
InfoWorld
7 green technologies poised for success

Companies seeking to embrace greener practices have a seemingly endless list of technologies from which to choose. IT asset disposal and recycling among seven green IT offerings that will flourish, Forrester predicts.
Microsoft Midsize Business Center
5 smart green ways to save money for your business

Skeptics suggest an economic crisis will stall sustainable business practices. They cling to the myth that going green costs more money. But many businesses are discovering green habits save big money, especially when it comes to information technology.
ITAK Magazine
Electronics Recycling: Certification is the Silver Bullet

IT professionals have become good environmental and privacy stewards during the past 10 years—on paper. In spite of our official intentions, policy objectives go unfulfilled for fundamental shortcomings.
Columbus C.E.O
Being Green

It's not always easy. But there are ways to make your business friendlier to Mother Earth. Extending the life of older computers can have a real impact on the environment.
TechWorldNews
Windows XP: The Legacy Lives On

The end of mainstream support by Microsoft for Windows XP ended, but for the minions of enterprise, small business and consumer users XP lives on, at low cost, through the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher program and Red Rabbitt product line.
IT Business Edge
E-Waste Recycling: A Costly Predicament or Social Imperative?

Is e-waste recycling a social responsibility or not? While many would answer yes, companies have to worry about escalating costs across the board, and therefore cannot take on lots of additional expenditures.
IT Business Edge
In the Business of E-Waste Recycling

How do e-waste recyclers convince would-be customers to take advantage of their services when companies everywhere are tightening belts? Maybe it's all in the way they make their pitch.
IT Business Edge
Congress E-Waste Recycling Day a Success

Redemtech calls the first electronic-waste recycling day for U.S. Congress staffers a success. According to ITWorld, enough equipment was collected to fill half of a big truck.
The Vancouver Sun
E-waste handling remains primitive

We love our technology, particularly when it’s newer, smaller and faster. But our upgrade culture is starting to create an overwhelming amount of waste. And our handling of that e-waste remains primitive.
ZDNet
Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly?

There was a massive electronics collection day this week in Washington, D.C., coordinated by asset disposition company Redemtech. One U.S. House of Representatives employee rode his bike into the Capitol from Arlington, Va., with a desktop strapped to the back.
CIO
U.S. Congress Hosts E-Recycling Day

The first electronic-waste recycling day for U.S. Congress staffers was a success in terms of the amount of equipment collected, raising awareness of e-waste issues.
PRNewswire
Brown Applauds Success of Employee Electronic Recycling Day

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) said the first-ever Capitol Hill recycled day, managed by Redemtech, "demonstrates how innovation in business can create green jobs in Ohio and address environmental threats that endanger public health."
IndustryWeek
Green Computing More Hype than Reality

Survey indicates corporate sustainability efforts are missing the mark; most companies lack holistic policies for promoting all four cornerstones of sustainable computing.
GreenTech
First Ever Capitol Hill Electronics Collection Day

In the U.S., there's no national system to ensure the proper collection and disposition of reusable electronic equipment or end-of-life e-waste. It is, perhaps, a sign of the times that Congress is going to clean out its closets and hold an electronics collection day for the first time in its 220 year history.
The Hill
Make haste for e-waste

Rep. Mike Thompson is so enthusiastic about eliminating e-waste, he's turned to trickery to entice Congressional staffers to bring their retired personal electronics to the first-ever Capitol Hill E-Waste Recycling Event, managed by Redemtech.
Computerworld
Green gotchas: The pitfalls of tech recycling

Redemtech customer University of Richmond knows all about the pitfalls of recycling old equipment: its previous vendor had been selling hardware they paid to have recycled. Learn how the University turned its program around with Redemtech's help here.
IT Business Edge
The Biggest E-Waste Recycling Problem: Exportation

Especially in an economic slowdown, recycling electronics is just smart business. But the recycling industry in general has become pretty expert at finding the loopholes and cheating.
InfoWorld
4 tasks you fear to outsource but should try

Even as budgets are slashed, many IT shops are feeling increasing pressure to pursue "green" business practices. Outsourcing is a potentially cost-saving way to offload ongoing eco-tasks -- such as environmental audits and hardware disposal -- that lie outside of an IT shop's core competency.
IT Business Edge
Is Your Recycler an E-Steward?

What do you do with your end-of-life electronics? Redemtech offers the "full complement" of TCM from refurbishing, remarketing and reuse to recycling, and everything else in between.
Information Management
Companies’ Green IT Initiatives Largely Fallow

Going “green,” as a concept, continues to gain traction in both popular and corporate cultures. The savings from green initiatives, both to companies, the Earth and employees’ peace of mind, can be significant.
InfoWorld
Aramark cuts print waste with better devices, software

Aramark wanted to reduce cost, waste and the number of support calls to the IT support desk, so it retired old stand-alone single-function printers and responsibly recycled them through Redemtech.
ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals
Green IT: Find Your Sustainable Computing Baseline

As hospitals look for ways to cope with the economic downturn, experts predict Green IT will grow because it's seen as a way to cut costs. Compared with the narrow focus of Green IT, sustainability can be measured and managed.
eWEEK
Nine Companies Meeting IDC Green Certification

Redemtech among companies having met the certifications of a green-focused initiative developed by research firm IDC, to set standards in the growing IT asset disposal industry. A Microsoft program has also offered a boost to refurbishers.
ZDNet
Research: Thumbs-up for IT's attention to energy efficiency, thumbs-down for lifecycle management

Since more of you are likely to be reading about environmental issues today, it being Earth Day and all, see where your own company stands from a new Sustainable Computing Assessment benchmark. Take assessment
eWEEK
Green IT and Green Computing Slideshow: Every Day is Earth Day

"Green computing" has been tossed around by marketers with as little regard for real meaning as "organic," but it represents a growing, and very necessary, trend toward more thoughtful end-of-life practices, among other things.
ZDNet
I challenge you to ask yourself: Will not-new technology do?

Does your company always need to buy new systems? Redemtech's new Red Rabbitt line is a great option for companies (commercial or non-profit) that want to save a little money that don’t necessarily need all the latest bells and whistles (or the much-maligned Windows Vista OS). Shop here
PC World
Laptops Bring Youth off the Streets

Laptops can be easily taken for granted by those who have direct access to them, but the devices are a salvation for some at-risk teenagers and young adults caught up in gang and drug-related activity in San Francisco.
Computerworld
Used IT gear: Good stuff cheap -- just not always

When Cox Ohio Publishing needed to buy 600 laptops, it decided to buy used gear from Redemtech -- and saved approximately 70% of the cost of going with new units.
KP News Center
Kaiser Permanente Recognized by U.S. EPA for Commitment to Protecting Environment

As a global leader in sustainability, Kaiser Permanente is recycling electronics responsibly. Through a partnership with Redemtech, Kaiser Permanente either resold or recycled 74,000 pieces of electronic equipment in 2008.
Yahoo! Finance
A Solution for Tough Economic Times: Redemtech Launches Red Rabbitt Brand of Refurbished Computers

The Red Rabbitt product line, available at www.RedRabbitt.com, features certified genuine Windows® XP Professional operating system on a wide range of top-brand business-grade desktop and notebook computers, refurbished to the highest standards and upgraded to meet OEM specifications. Shop here
eSchool News
Schools look to save money with IT reuse

Schools such as the University of Richmond are increasingly recycling and reusing computers, servers, and other IT equipment to offset rising technology costs as the faltering economy forces officials to slash budgets, while going green in the process.
IT Business Edge
Equipment End of Life: Recycling and Proper E-Waste Disposal

Given the new administration's push for "green" initiatives, it's not suprising that many companies are refocusing their equipment recycling efforts. But as of now, there is no all-encompassing federal mandate in the U.S. that addresses e-waste.
KP News Center
Kaiser Permanente Recognized for Efforts to Spread Health by Curbing Climate Change

Kaiser Permanente has been named a Climate Action Leader for voluntarily calculating, verifying and publicly reporting its greenhouse gas emissions. The company dispositioned 74,000 pieces of electronics through Redemtech in 2008.
The McGill Daily
Electronic afterlife

No one knows exactly how many millions of tonnes of discarded cell phones, computers, televisions and other forms of electronic waste are exported annually from OECD to non-OECD countries, but their health and environmental effects are devastating.
Processor
Recycle Used Equipment

In an economy that favors lean operations IT managers are increasingly facing the question of what to do with machines that are ready for retirement. Here are some quick tips for making sure that equipment is recycled safely and swiftly.
ONN
Green Ohio: E-waste Recycling

90% of electronic recyclers have a dirty little secret: rather than actually recycling equipment back to raw materials, they ship it overseas to developing countries where the costs of recovering the materials are much less. One Ohio-based company is an industry leader in e-waste recycling. Watch video
InfoWorld
7 easy ways to cut IT costs you may have overlooked

There are literally hundreds of ways to reduce IT costs. But after IT has taken even the most obvious steps, while bringing all assets and spend under control, CFOs are demanding even more of IT. These methods don't require a big investment or a lot of time to try.
Reader's Digest Canada
Reduce Your E-Waste: Your Guide to a Greener World

These days it’s cheaper to throw that broken DVD player, cell phone or TV out and buy a new one. This “replace-rather-than-repair” mentality is polluting the planet with electronic waste. What can you do to reduce your e-waste?
InfoWorld
To upgrade or to replace?

It's often greener and cheaper to upgrade computer components than to buy a whole new system, but even then, not all things are what they seem.
Enterprise Management Quarterly
Redemtech has a zero tolerance policy for e-waste

Redemtech was the first company to draw a line in the sand about zero export of e-waste and have become market leaders in its responsible disposal. They now provide a free tool for assessing how green an IT department is.
T.H.E. Journal
The Dirt on E-Waste

Environmentalism isn't measured only by green purchasing. A healthy, green disposal method is the back end of a district's responsible energy plan.
RiverWired
Assess the Benefits of Green IT with Free Online Tool from Redemtech

Would your company benefit from greener IT practices? A free online tool from Redemtech can help you find the answer. Take your assessment here
ILTA Peer to Peer
Lessons Learned: Grassroots Greening

Morrison Foerster Purchasing Manager Tony Hoke explains "How I bootstrapped green initiatives at my firm and saved the day" using Redemtech to ensure responsible e-waste recycling and secure data destruction while reducing costs.
National Post
Eco-friendly power grab

For years, the information technology sector has been focused on one goal: Delivering fast and reliable technology. Now it's caught between the demands of a new breed of electronics and the need to reduce energy consumption.
National Post
Primitive end for technology

We love our technology, particularly when it's newer, smaller and faster. But our upgrade culture is starting to create an overwhelming amount of waste. And our handling of that e-waste remains primitive.
ITAK Magazine
Establish Sustainability - First Things First: Building Your Sustainability Baseline

Green IT is supposed to use less power, produce less waste and somehow be better for our companies and our planet, but so far is more about selling IT hardware than establishing sustainability. Green IT requires quantification of projected performance above a baseline.
Recycling Product News
Letting your IT equipment live life to its fullest

While it certainly takes time and thought to implement a green initiative centered on an organization’s IT assets, the long-term benefits far outweigh the short-term burdens. Learn how going greener can be cheaper.
Smart Business
Making the push

Redemtech's founder and president shares his deep thinking strategies about how to get employees involved in making key decisions.
Enterprise Management Quarterly
What to do with that old IT equipment

There are many environmentally-friendly options your company can explore when deciding what to do with old IT equipment from properly disposing of it, giving it an update, selling it to another organization or donating it.
ZDNet
You against the green IT world. Do your practices stand up against the best?

For those of you whose favorite “F” word these days is “free,” asset disposition company Redemtech is touting a new online tool that will let your team run a Sustainable Computing Assessment for your company.
GreenerComputing
Free Online Tool From Redemtech Helps Companies Assess Green IT's Benefits

Redemtech has released a free Sustainable Computing Assessment tool, sponsored by GreenerComputing.com, to help companies take advantage of best practices for ways that green IT can be a cost-cutting strategy.
USA Today
Old TVs cause new problems

With the switch to digital, many people are ditching their old TV sets, and what's inside can be toxic to the environment. Materials often end up in developing countries, where labor costs are lower, because recycling doesn't pay for itself here.
Network World
Are your old computers poisoning people in third world countries?

Many business organizations use electronic recycling service providers to dispose of old computer equipment. The recyclers are supposed to meet stringent laws and guidelines for recycling hazardous materials, but far too many do not.
InfoWorld
Turning green into green

The Refurbished Computer Initiative provides corporations with an easy way to donate old assets (complete with all regulatory compliance and tracking) while helping non-profits get computers they otherwise could not afford.
Computerworld
HP expands the PC trash-to-cash market

There are many ways to get rid of your personal PC. Throw it in the basement or closet, drop it off at a local recycling center, advertise it on Craigslist, and now, sell it to an asset recovery company.
Recycling Today
Rules of Engagement

Since the EPA announced their "Responsible Recycling (R2) Practices for Use in Accredited Certification Programs," some have endorsed the voluntary guidelines for electronics recyclers while others have labeled them substandard.
USA Today
USA's trashed TVs, computer monitors can make toxic mess

Money drives electronics waste exports. By exporting old TVs and computer monitors, recyclers can ditch them or make a few dollars. More companies - fearful of being exposed as global polluters - are now auditing recyclers to make sure they don't export refuse from electronics to poorer countries.
The Columbus Dispatch
Is 'good as new' good enough?

Your kids probably want the latest and greatest new gadgets as holiday gifts this year. But it might be possible to appease them with "reasonably recent, still pretty good" refurbished electronics instead.
KP News Center
Recycling Math 2.0: Redemtech + Kaiser Permanente = Zero (Landfill)

Recent coverage about environmental destruction in the Third World due to questionable recycling practices has many organizations looking at how they recycle their tech waste. At Kaiser Permanente – thanks to a corporate commitment and an enlightened business partner – one thing stands out: Zero. Zero exporting of e-waste. Zero e-waste sent to landfills.
ZDNet
White paper: Green IT is not just about power consumption

Did you know that moving from a three-year to four-year lifecycle could save $325 per PC? $500 per PC if you extend that another year? IDC white paper, new informational website aggregates information that helps IT managers take a more holistic and less tactical view to the Green IT challenge.
GreenerComputing
Green IT: Looking Beyond the Data Center

For IT departments, the first response to the emergence of "green IT" has been to focus on data center energy consumption. And many programs have never moved beyond that. But the reality is companies can do much more to reduce IT's environmental footprint while significantly reducing costs.
Sustainable Life Media
How to Deal with E-Waste from Company Layoffs

IT departments are forced to deal with hundreds and even thousands of desktops and notebooks that are no longer in use due to massive layoffs such as at Citigroup. Get advice on what to do with extra IT equipment.
ITAK Magazine
Many Shades of Green: A Practical Roadmap to Sustainable Computing

Going green has provided an opportunity to sell new hardware in the guise of energy efficiency—not a very Earthfriendly outcome once all of the environmental impacts are added up. Sustainability can be measured and managed, offering quantitative benefits to our businesses, society and Earth.
The Columbus Dispatch
Boom time for shredders

Identity theft hurts consumers, and it can cost companies that have put private data at risk thousands of dollars in fines. Data-destruction companies watch demand grow as state regulations get tougher.
The Daily Reporter
Local company specializes in disposal, but also can refurbish businesses' old computers

Electronic gadgets are everywhere, and just like any other products, they occasionally need to be replaced. But unlike many other products, disposal of a computer, for instance, is not as simple as tossing it in the trash can.
eWEEK
After the Layoffs: Collecting 52,000 Laptop and Desktop Computers

The possibilities of what to do with older PCs or ones no longer in use range from recycling older desktops and laptops to repurposing machines for new tasks and even charity donations.
American Scientific
Not in My Backyard: Stopping Illegal Export of Junked Televisions and Computers

The EPA's R2 standard does nothing to prevent e-waste export, keep it out of landfills nor ensure proper disposal. A new standard would certify that toxic-laden electronics are recycled responsibly, but needs government backup.
The Epoch Times
'Recyclers' Illegally Exporting Electronic Waste

Disposing of electronic waste in an environmentally friendly way is proving complicated and open to abuse. Although Canada is a signatory to the Basel Convention enforcement is lax and loopholes in existing laws mean they are not very effective.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Business First
Switch to digital TV could result in tidal wave of old sets put to curb

Not all recycling companies are cut from the same cloth. E-waste recyclers have come under fire for shipping electronic scrap overseas where labor is cheap and working conditions poor, while others incinerate or even put e-waste into landfills.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
GoodCleanTech
Tech Nonprofit Offers Refurbished Computer Initiative

Nonprofit tech firm TechSoup has teamed up with Redemtech to broaden its Refurbished Computer Initiative.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.
InformationWeek
'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.
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.
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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
Secure Destruction Business
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.

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.

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.

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.

Baseline
Where PCs Go to Die

What to do with computers that have passed their expiration dates?
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?

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?
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Healthcare Informatics
Disposing of Idle Technology

Kaiser Permanente restores resources and preserves peace of mind with above-reproach method.
Computerworld
Kill Your Data

Follow up to "Dawn of the Undead Data," how businesses face liability issues from data theft.
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?
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.
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...
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”…
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…
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...
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…
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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