…You might be surprised how much value is stored in the spinning disks in your data center. Just ask one long-time Horizon customer who returns
Approaches to data destruction in the enterprise data center vary widely. So, what are the steps your company should take when planning to wipe drives?
From HDD and SSD to memory cards and networking equipment, your data center is awash …
Nobody wants to leave money on the table. As companies focus on the role that hardware plays in driving digital transformation, the importance of IT asset recovery—the recovery of value from end-of-use equipment—to the data center grows. …
When it’s time to decommission data center equipment, planning is center stage. The tighter the project management, the more successful the decommissioning.
But the teardown won’t happen by itself. With every piece of data center equipment ultimately earmarked for retirement…
As a data center operator, you’re used to working as smartly as you can with the data center hardware you have. While new tools and technologies come onstream every day, the priority remains meeting immediate needs and ensuring uptime. Then …
You have potentially millions of dollars of hardware deployed in your data center. So when it comes time to retire a piece of equipment, why do so many data center operators voice reticence about redeploying or reselling their used assets? …
While the connection may not immediately appear obvious, the coronavirus—for all the havoc it is wreaking on the IT supply chain and the outlook for demand—will ultimately speed the development of the green data center.
Here are five reasons why …
Whether on Valentine’s Day or any day of the year, there is much to admire about the hard disk drive (HDD). From its rich heritage across centuries to its workhorse status in the enterprise data center, here are the five …
At the heart of the circular economy is a shift from a mode of production that emphasizes disposal to one based around reuse. This disruptive approach applies to most aspects of the physical world. But the application of circular principles …
In a world increasingly dependent on data, demand for data storage seems to know no bounds. But the growing importance of enterprise storage to everyday life comes at an ecological cost— the impact of power-intensive data centers on the conservation …
