The Meteoric Rise of the SSD and what it means for reuse
The rise of new technology, gaming and business data demand is resulting in a growing, voracious appetite for data storage.
Category: Digital Data Destruction
3 Simple Ways to Decrease Your ITAD Security Risk this Data Privacy Day
Privacy issues can be detrimental to a business and IT asset disposition (ITAD) companies are vital in the process of protecting data.
COVID-19: What ITAD Challenges are Global Enterprises Faced with Today?
Major challenges facing enterprises today as they manage their global ITAD programs. Learn how you can overcome challenges brought on by the pandemic.
COVID-19: How is this affecting reverse logistics?
The pandemic has caused many businesses to scramble in providing the hardware and software support their employees need to manage their workload remotely.
A Year in Review: SLS’ Top Five Blog Posts of 2019
The SLS blog has continued to grow as a valued resource for distributing information regarding the company and the industry in general.
ITAD: 4 Strategies for Managing Risk and Data Security
An ITAD program needs to consider corporate risk management, business continuity and data security policies. These can all impact a global ITAD program.
4 Questions to ask before disposing of IT assets
Ten years ago, formalized selection processes for disposal of IT assets were rare and vendor vetting was mostly non-existent. Few questions were asked and most companies were satisfied with any service with the ability to quickly haul away their retired IT equipment. Gartner released their first “Magic Quadrant for North America Information Technology Asset Disposition”…
Facilities You Can Trust With Your ITAD Data Security
Processing sites in California and Illinois achieve ISO 27001 certification Sims Recycling Solutions (SRS) recently earned ISO 27001:2013 certification at two U.S. facilities in Roseville, California and West Chicago, Illinois. ISO 27001 certification is a standard which defines an organization’s commitment to information security. This systematic approach to managing sensitive company information oversees all processed…
Information Management: Bracing for the immediate impact of the GDPR
Why you need a secure ITAD program to comply with GDPR. The one certainty with the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation that takes effect this week is that it is complicated. It seemed like there was plenty of time to prepare for compliance when the GDPR was adopted in April 2016, but numerous studies…
5 Things You Should Never Do With Your Retired IT Equipment
Do you have a customer list? Do you store or process customer data? The reality is, most businesses across the globe store and process some level of personal data whether the subject is a client, patient, vendor, consumer or employee. Businesses are responsible for ensuring the security of this data however, according to FierceCEO, 53…