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Sustainability

October 20, 2026

Eco-Friendly Server Disposal: How to Handle Retired Servers

According to a 2026 study in Resources, Conservation and Recycling, AI servers could generate 131 to 225 kilotons of e-waste per year by 2030, the same as Norway and Denmark combined. E-waste generation and technological advances are making retired server disposition a growing environmental challenge. But eco-friendly server disposal methods can reduce waste generation by 16% to […]

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Data Center

October 14, 2026

Data Center Migration Strategies and How to Choose

More than half of data center operators say their major outages cost over $100,000. For a second year in a row, 20% of them reported over $1 million in losses, according to Uptime Institute’s 2026 outage analysis. These losses are why a data center migration strategy deserves careful thought. How the migration should happen and […]

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Data Center

October 9, 2026

How to Build a Data Center Migration Project: 10 Step Plan

Most data center migrations fail in execution, not in planning. The project gets approved, the schedule holds, the budget is set, and the problems start when the work begins affecting live systems. That is when minimizing downtime starts competing with following the agreed sequence. Decisions get compressed: whether an undocumented dependency matters, whether a validation […]

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ITAD

October 6, 2026

Server Disposal: What Happens to Data and Hardware

In 2023, ESET researchers bought used enterprise routers off the resale market and could read configuration data on 16 of them. Nine still held sensitive company data, including network configurations and credentials from their previous owners. Servers carry the same kind of risk in their management controllers, but it gets far less attention. A single […]

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Data Center

September 30, 2026

Data Center ITAD: A Complete Guide

Retiring a server, storage array, or rack of networking gear isn’t a single event. It’s a series of decisions about data security, equipment condition, and where value can still be recovered before recycling or destruction, while minimizing environmental impact. Retired data center hardware can also retain more value than enterprises expect. A single decommissioned storage […]

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Sustainability

September 9, 2026

The Challenges of Sustainable IT and How to Solve Them

Corporate sustainability commitments are colliding with an IT environment that changes fast. It consumes more power, generates more waste, and turns over hardware faster than it did five years ago.  We live in an age where equipment has never been more power-hungry. Much of that growth is owed to the rise of AI integrations. Global […]

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ITAD

September 9, 2026

Hard Drive Destruction Regulations: What Compliance Actually Requires

What GDPR, HIPAA, GLBA, and NIST 800-88 expect when a hard drive reaches end of life, and what more than $155 million in penalties and settlement costs can teach organizations about secure disposal. In September 2022, the SEC hit Morgan Stanley Smith Barney with a $35 million fine for how it handled old hard drives. […]

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Data Center

September 9, 2026

How to Plan and Execute a Data Center Shutdown Safely

Taking a live data center offline introduces risk before any maintenance or infrastructure work begins. Once systems start going offline, the margin for error narrows and the ability to recover depends on decisions made before shutdown. An overlooked dependency can extend an outage beyond its intended scope. An unvalidated recovery plan can leave critical systems […]

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ITAD

July 30, 2026

How to Implement an IT Asset Management Audit Program

Even organizations with well-defined IT asset management processes can still struggle with inaccurate asset records, policy gaps, and inconsistent controls. Without a structured audit process, these issues often remain undetected until an audit uncovers them. These gaps matter most when enterprise hardware approaches retirement. At that point every device has to answer four questions. Is […]

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Data Center

July 28, 2026

Data Center Relocation Checklist: Preparing Enterprise IT Hardware for a Successful Move

A data center move puts every piece of hardware you own on the table at once. Some of it travels to the new site and goes back into production. Some of it gets refurbished and redeployed. The rest reaches the end of its useful life and needs to leave your custody in a way you […]

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Graphic illustrating the five key phases of global data center decommissioning throughout the secure infrastructure retirement lifecycle.
ITAD

July 7, 2026

The 5 Key Phases of Global Data Center Decommissioning

  Global data center decommissioning involves retiring, consolidating, or relocating data center infrastructure across regions. Since these projects span facilities, stakeholders, and regulatory environments, they require a structured approach to minimize risk and disruption. A phased decommissioning process helps maintain operational continuity while ensuring sensitive data is securely destroyed and retired assets are properly handled. […]

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ITAD

July 2, 2026

10 Practical Strategies to Boost ROI from Retired IT Hardware

Every hardware refresh cycle creates a window of opportunity to recover measurable financial value from retiring IT hardware, but the outcome depends on decisions made before and during the IT asset disposition process. Organizations that approach ITAD strategically can recover more value, reduce unnecessary costs, and strengthen compliance. Factors like processing speed, data sanitization, asset […]

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