Dr. Anand Narasimhan presenting at the Gartner IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit in London, UK on September 21-22 Gartner, the leading provider of technology-based research, is at the forefront when it comes to delivering high quality IT conferences. While several topics are covered at the Gartner summits, the Gartner IT Financial, Procurement and…
Gartner, the leading information technology research company, is hosting live recordings of sessions that took place at the November 4 Gartner IT Financial, Procurement and Asset Management Summit in Grapevine, Texas. One session in particular given by Sean Magann, vice president of Sims Recycling Solutions titled “Managing Data Center Asset Disposition” discussed a case study…
The Information Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM) will be hosting a complimentary educational webinar regarding global IT asset disposition (ITAD) all day on December 9. For this day only online viewers can gain insight on best practices for managing an ITAD program for a global data center. The presentation, hosted by Sean Magann, vice…
Patricia Whiting, senior international policy analyst at Sims Recycling Solutions and Josh Lepawsky, associate professor of geography at Memorial University in Newfoundland recently launched a Controversy Mapping project as it relates to the transboundary movement of e-waste on behalf of the Solving the E-Waste Initiative (StEP). Controversy Mapping models are typically utilized to help experts…
Sims Recycling Solutions will host the next Basel Convention Environmentally Sound Management Expert Group meeting in San Francisco, Calif. on November 10-12, 2015. Experts representing Basel Parties attending the meeting include the U.S. government (a signatory but not a Party) and various representatives from academia, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. The group will meet…
This month we profile Maite Quinn, business development and marketing manager for Sims Municipal Recycling. When and why did Sims Metal Management launch Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR), a subsidiary focused on the processing and marketing of residential recyclables? In 2003 the city of New York stopped recycling residential glass and plastic because the overall cost…
Sims Recycling Solutions, a leading provider of IT asset disposition (ITAD) services officially relaunched a new global website. The objective of updating Sims Recycling Solutions’ website was part of an effort to streamline global company data and make it easier for users to find the information they need. Created with the user experience in mind,…
When one really dives into how most electronic devices are made it all starts with the mining industry, where the raw materials originate. The top 40 mining companies in the world reported 512B USD of revenue in 2013 and in order to keep the processes moving forward to continue earning a substantial amount of energy…
Every year electronics scrap processors, buyers, brokers, equipment manufacturers, waste haulers and industry trade associations gather in Orlando to connect and showcase the latest in the electronics recycling industry. Hosted by Resource Recycling, the 13th annual E-Scrap Conference is more significant than ever before as the IT and electronics industries continue to evolve. This year,…
Now that it’s time for your organization to retire technology assets, you’re probably looking for a solution to destroy data, resell equipment and responsibly dispose of retired electronic devices. Before selecting multiple vendors to manage these processes it’s important to carefully asses your organization’s goals to ensure you’re covering all of your company’s legal and…