Semiconductor fabrication forms part of a complex global network that crosses borders, stokes rivalries and may just prove the key to future prosperity.
The modern world runs on computers. That’s been true for years, and is getting truer every …
Everyone knows the value of new enterprise hard drives when it comes to data center storage. But if you haven’t given much consideration to factory recertified drives, now might be the time to take a closer look. Here’s the lowdown …
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. …
While the history of hard drives continues to unfold, early attempts to mechanically store information go back centuries. In fact, it was the early days of the industrial revolution that gave rise to the technical concepts that power today’s …
If the current decade has seen the mainstream adoption of open source for software, the 2020’s may emerge as the golden era of open hardware.
Momentum behind open hardware, the application of open source methodology to IT equipment design, is …
Once you’ve taken the decision to migrate storage, what does this mean for your legacy storage assets? What steps can you take to recover greatest value from retiring drives and related hardware?
It’s not sufficient to plan for what happens …
Once you have taken the decision to migrate data to the cloud, how to prepare your data for migration? What options do you have, working with the large CSPs, to get data into the cloud as cost effectively and time …
IT asset disposition, or ITAD, may not be the easiest industry terminology to say five times fast. But anyone involved in the practice of ITAD knows the importance of responsible disposition for IT hardware.
They also know how much value …
Horizon Technology has added Responsible Recycling R2 Certification (R2:2013) to its list of industry certifications.
The R2 Standard, overseen by the non-profit Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), requires businesses that refurbish and recycle used electronics to comply with a …
As 2018 winds up, and with the new year on the horizon, it’s a good time to look at what’s in store for 2019 in the world of IT asset disposition.
It’s true, we spent most of 2018 …
