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…
Data breaches are expensive. According to research by privacy think tank Ponemon Institute, the average incident costs – after legal fees, regulatory fines, customer impacts and other liabilities – over $5 million in damages, as well as the lasting injury to reputation and customer confidence. Among the proactive steps proven to safeguard against sensitive data…
Gone are the days when you could call to have your electronics collected for recycling without much thought to data breach prevention and penalties for noncompliance. Increasingly comprehensive e-waste and data security laws have continued to make companies liable for their obsolete devices and the data contained on those devices long after they have been…
Vendors Evaluated on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision Sims Recycling Solutions, the global leader in electronics reuse and recycling, today announced that Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, has named the company as a “Challenger” in a recent report. The research and placement represented…
Sims Recycling Solutions opened its newest recycling facility in Dallas, Texas, to meet the growing need for risk-free electronic waste recycling. Open since October, the facility will allow Sims to offer secure, environmentally sound processing of end-of-life electronics to businesses and residents throughout Texas, including the Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston and San Antonio markets.…