CES 4 In-Article Experience IT asset disposition in the age of IoT

In the age of the IoT, companies need a reliable, efficient way to identify and properly dispose of E-waste

The continued rise of e-waste poses two types of risks to a company’s brand equity: data security and environmentally responsible recycling. Click through to learn four potential uses for end-of-life electronics.

Why? Information found by anyone other than its intended owner is still a data breach, regardless of where the device is reused, and organizations can be held liable under data protection laws.

When a business intends to redeploy electronics within the company, it’s important to first extract sensitive data.

Redeployment:

Thorough, professional data sanitization and refurbishment of electronic devices is key to their successful redeployment.

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Why? Remarketing an old device that has been sanitized of data can be reimaged with a new OS and used “like new” so that some of the expense for that device can be recovered.

Solution: ITAD providers are tasked with ensuring that data security and environmental standards are protected at every step of this process.

When a company does not intend to redeploy electronics within the company, the device(s) can instead be remarketed.

Reuse/Remarketing:

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Why? While there has certainly been an explosion in IoT solutions and connected devices lately, there is still a substantial part of the population that does not have access to technology.

Solution: Leading businesses will donate used electronics to a non-profit, with a professional ITAD provider serving to help ensure all sensitive data is removed and that any / all environmental standards are preserved.

Arrow is a leading ITAD provider, a service that is part of the company’s greater end-to-end lifecycle portfolio of solutions. Learn more.

Many people don’t have access to technology today, so a lot of companies will donate used electronics to help bridge the digital divide.

Donation:

Why? It is vitally important to protect the environment from the toxic components that make up electronics.

In some instances, it is possible to recover valuable components from a device for reuse in other electronics. When that’s not possible, these core materials can sometimes be sold and turned into new products.

It’s important to follow the highest environmental standards available so that the electronics do not turn into e-waste.

Recycle:

Arrow is a leading ITAD provider, a service that is part of the company’s greater end-to-end lifecycle portfolio of solutions. Learn more.