Case Studies

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IT Asset Disposition

Avaya Rings Up Security and Savings
Avaya Inc. is a global leader in enterprise communications systems that provide unified communications and call center technology. Positioned on the leading edge of an ever-changing marketplace, Avaya’s IT strategy is to refresh its IT's equipment to ensure that engineers have the right technology tools to continue developing superior solutions for customers. The challenge facing Avaya was implementing an effective way to manage the disposition of thousands of pieces of hardware (servers, laptops, desktops, monitors and printers) in different stages of their refresh cycle, from all the company’s U.S. locations.

Internet-Based Company Upgrades Data Centers
A well-known global Internet-based company reached out to Converge for assistance in identifying its obligations to compliantly disposition retired data center equipment. The company required a sustainable global solution that was focused on data security, environmental impact and recovery of residual value remaining in the equipment being retired. It reviewed a number of disposal alternatives and struggled to find a flexible provider that could address all three objectives in one global solution.

Business College Tutored in ITAD Remarketing
Converge was approached by a prestigious New England business college that manages a mobile computing program of approximately 4,500 computers a year. The institution faced the ongoing challenge of properly disposing of 1,500 retired notebooks turned in by students annually and wanted to find a more cost-effective and efficient means of dispositioning the hardware - all while recovering value from the used systems with minimal hassles.

Untapped Residual Value Found in IT Assets
A financial services firm with over 500 U.S. locations recognized that the escalating cost to recycle its retired IT assets was becoming unacceptable, and searched for a better alternative to properly dispose of the assets while mitigating costs. The firm moved from a recycling-only strategy to an integrated plan of remarketing system components and saved 40% in IT asset disposition costs the first year.

On-Site Data Destruction Meets High Security Requirements
When a global management consulting firm upgraded its data center, it took great care to ensure the secure disposal of thousands of retired hard drives and back up tapes containing private information. Driven by a strong sense of responsibility to his firm’s customers, shareholders and employees, the IT director would accept nothing less than witnessed, secure, and environmentally friendly destruction.