Building IT Asset-Value Recovery
Recycling IT assets is simply a cost of doing business and many organizations pay to sanitize and dispose of IT assets that are no longer in use. However, keep in mind, there is a huge global resale market for used data center equipment. If you’re still selling equipment through an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), you’re not tapping into the global market. By taking advantage of the global market, your organization can recover significant value from end-of-life IT equipment and reinvest those funds into upgrading your IT infrastructure.
Most OEM’s aren’t equipped to utilize the global market on behalf of their clients. They rely on their IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) partner to manage that process, and so should you. Look for the following three things when setting up your ITAD partnership.
Your company will be better served by building asset-value recovery into your overall IT life-cycle management systems and processes. According to Gartner, ITAD providers return an average of 60 to 70 percent of revenues from sales of used data center equipment on the global market to the company disposing of such assets. Money recovered from those assets can then be used to upgrade your organization’s IT infrastructure, etc.
Look for a top ITAD service provider that handles all phases of the ITAD process. A good partner understands your goals and objectives and is willing to serve as a resource. They can closely track inventory and provide effective refurbishment and resale, all while helping you build asset-value recovery into your IT life-cycle management systems.
It’s also important to find an ITAD partner with well-established connections to the global market and the capacity to get large batches of price-sensitive components onto the global secondary market quickly. This not only lowers your storage costs, but it diminishes depreciation and helps secure the highest possible return.
Choose the right ITAD partner and your organization will quickly realize that smart IT asset distribution focusing on value recovery is a significant improvement over traditional OEM trade-in deals. It is possible to reach your data security, social responsibility, and asset recovery goals while creating a more sustainable data center.
