Puerto Rico recently made landmark strides toward the domestic management of e-waste with their first multi-stakeholder meeting. Discussions involved pivotal deliberations on how they can regulate and educate businesses and consumers on the new electronics recycling law – approved September 2014 – which amended the 2012 Puerto Rico electronics recycling law. In collaboration with Nova…
The only constant in business is change and in order to remain a leader it must evolve to the dynamic needs of its customers. Following the recent announcement by Sims to implement a five year strategic plan for restructuring its focus in response to changing market demands, Sims took some time to identify significant service…
The earliest efforts at developing electronic health records originated in the 70s around the same time the digital movement began elsewhere.[i] Through government and industry interest these small scale databases have transformed into extensive organization systems with a myriad of data on thousands of patients. As these dynamic records evolve, dialogue on patient privacy and…
Since the first IBM personal computer hit the market in 1981, the desktop PC has increasingly come to dominate the global computing landscape, with an estimated one billion machines in service globally in 2008. Until very recently, that appeared to be the high water mark for the PC. With the popularization of tablets, smartphones and other mobile…
Sims Recycling Solutions’ Nashville facility opened in 2001 and has since become one of the top performing IT asset disposal sites for the company. This year the site was recognized by the Nashville Business Journal as a top technology service firm in the area. “We take pride in our Nashville site and invest a great…
A new and convenient on-site service that was recently introduced by Sims Lifecycle Services is providing customers with the capability to witness the shredding of their old hard drives without leaving their office parking lot. The new high-capacity hard drive shredding vehicle was custom made to allow clients to observe the destruction process safely through…
When asked about the importance of risk reduction by securing data throughout the IT asset disposal (ITAD) program, 74 percent of companies felt it was extremely important, according to the International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM). Many companies opt for in-house data destruction so they can destroy the hard drive themselves. Hard drive overwriting…
Data centers have become the center of most businesses today as well as a growing segment of everyday life. These large, energy intensive facilities contain banks of powerful computers and related cooling and power equipment. Recognizing that this progress comes at an increasing environmental cost, the technology companies that contribute most to data center development…
The Asset Disposal and Information Security Alliance (ADISA) was launched in 2010 in the United Kingdom as an industry standard for companies who participate in IT asset recovery services. This standard was designed to measure the security aspects of the asset recovery process to ensure assets and data are managed correctly. Organizations working with ADISA-certified…
Organizations everywhere have discovered the many benefits of today’s mobile data availability. Team members, now are able to instantly access the company IT infrastructure from any location and can deliver both customer service and actionable intelligence on a far more consistent, rapid and flexible basis. Productivity is increasing and the effective creative power of a…