The threat of data loss, coupled with increasingly stringent environmental regulations, has IT pros rethinking their disposal methods for computer gear. Getting rid of obsolete IT gear isn’t as simple ...

Disposing of outdated computing equipment is a costly proposition for companies--even if they manage to sell off some gear, a new study says. Released Monday by research company Gartner, the study ...

Between Washington Mutual getting blackmailed after selling computers with sensitive information and now another firm's ATM disk drive showing up on eBay, banks might need to think harder about how ...

Just in time to deal with that dead scanner: hardware hacker Phillip Torrone points to Earth 911, a nation-wide database of computer and electronics recycling and donations centers. Enter your U.S.

HP, based in Palo Alto, Calif., has announced the results of a survey of 300 corporate management and IT executives at companies with 500 and more employees. According to HP, the results reveal that ...

I love disposing of problems. The other day, I was presented with a disposal problem. As I was walking down the hall, I noticed a lot of old computer equipment sitting next to a pile of trash. My ...

This policy provides guidelines for requesting the disposal or transfer of IT equipment and removable media no longer needed and for ensuring confidential data, as defined in UD’s Electronic Use of ...

Recycling is never really free. Someone has to pay for it, and traditionally it’s been government or the public. Take electronics, for example. Just weeks ago you might have shelled out $30 or more to ...

Disposing of outdated computing equipment is a costly proposition for companies--even if they manage to sell off some gear, a new study says. Released Monday by research company Gartner, the study ...