ITAD Service — What is it and What does it do?

Bringing new equipment into your home or office and just plugging it in to get started is easy. Manufactures have made the process of getting and setting up new electronics fun and easy.

The difficulty arises when the equipment reaches its end of life stage and needs replacement. This gave rise to ITAD (IT Asset Disposition) services, which are defined as the disposing of equipment that is at end-of-life stage or unwanted, but still has potential value. ITAD service providers responsibly dispose of all the IT assets safely and securely or remarket those which are still of value to help maximize the remarketing value of the device.

Dismantling of IT assets, data destruction and sanitization, logistics, asset refurbishment, asset remarketing, lease return management, disposition and recycling, reporting and certification are all integral parts of an ITAD services process. All of these steps are fully required and trackable.

All the leading certified ITAD service providers follow these steps in the disposition process as these make sure that the IT assets are getting disposed of in an environment-friendly manner or being resold and remarketed if appropriate. Additionally, special consideration must be taken to devices which are data bearing to ensure that data is properly destroyed by the ITAD service provider. Look for a provider with NAID certification, the gold standard of data destruction, and e-Stewards and R2, the gold standards for sustainability.

Do not dump your IT waste or IT electronic assets in the garbage or landfills. Hire professional ITAD service providers for this task to not only protect your data and be sustainable, but to maximize the potential value of your assets.