Redemtech is an outsource leader in TCM (Technology Change Management) solutions that is revolutionizing IT asset recovery, data security and computer recycling for major, privacy regulated companies worldwide.

Beyond Responsible Recycling

As a new wave of environmental consciousness sweeps Corporate America, implementing methods beyond responsible recycling has become a priority for many organizations with ambitious sustainability goals. In this feature article, see how environmentally responsible approaches to IT asset management, such as extending equipment lifecycles and increasing reutilization, can generate savings while supporting corporate priorities. You will get insightful information about how Microsoft Vista is the latest operating system that threatens to drive a new wave of refresh programs, and how you can put processes in place to track equipment through the entire lifecycle to ensure “true” environmental stewardship.

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feature: Beyond Recycling
True environmental stewardship requires all three Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle.

guest: Spread Good Word
Bob Houghton discusses the importance of communications in creating positive change in ITAM.

expert: Eric Vetrano, COO
Eric answers important questions related to reuse.

success: Benefiting from Change
Large HMO transcends environmental responsibility while saving millions.

inside: Happenings at Redemtech
Off-network study, mid-market acquisition and major news stories.

Why do 68% of senior IT security professionals lack confidence their organization’s procedures and controls will prevent the loss of confidential information from data-bearing devices taken off network? Read the groundbreaking new study National Survey: The Insecurity of Off-Network Security and find out.
Spread the Good Word
Robert Houghton
President and Founder of Redemtech
When we launched Redemtech in 1998, there was little awareness of the hazards of electronic waste or identity theft, and virtually no accepted best practices for dealing with either. Nearly a decade later, industry best practices are lagging behind media coverage of everything from the dumping of electronic waste in developing countries to data breaches exposing millions of customers’ personal information. What stands in the way of more rapid progress? Corporate senior management needs better business cases for supporting asset management best practices.

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Ask a Redemtech Expert
Eric Vetrano
Chief Operating Officer
Eric Vetrano answers some important questions related to technology reuse and what your organization can do to implement this practice, including:

Q.  How do I set standards for what’s reusable and what’s recyclable in my organization?
Q.  How do I categorize warehoused inventory to determine if equipment is reusable?
Q.  What if I don’t even know how much and what equipment I have?

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Benefiting from Change
Seven years ago, in an effort to responsibly deal with numerous stockpiles of unused computers, one of Redemtech’s clients instituted the Technology Change Management (TCM) program. Since then, the company has exceeded the highest environmental standards for electronics disposal, extended equipment lifecycles where appropriate and optimized the value of leased equipment. Learn why this large healthcare organization has made a commitment to environmentally responsible business practices that transcend industry standards, and how its asset disposition program has paid off.

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Industry Quotables
  • Almost seven out of 10 companies—68 percent—are losing sensitive data or having it stolen out from under them six times a year. An additional 20 percent are losing sensitive data a whopping 22 times or more per year.
    — IT Policy Compliance Group

  • Every year, an estimated 400 million units of obsolete electronics are scrapped. By 2010, this figure will rise to three billion units annually.
    Green Citizen

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What does it take to manage IT assets and sensitive data with the highest possible standards of financial, social and environmental responsibility? More than you may realize. Learn, converse, debate on our weblog.
  • Ponemon Institute and Redemtech Partner to Examine Off-Network Security Risks: groundbreaking study reveals vast majority of data breaches involve unprotected confidential information on off-network electronic equipment.
  • Redemtech Acquires PC Asset Recovery: provides company entrée into small- and mid-sized markets.
  • Every Day is Earth Day: Redemtech’s U.S. operations help to divert 26 million pounds of electronics from landfills in 2006.

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