ITAD basics
What Is IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)? A Plain-English Guide for Businesses
A practical introduction to retiring business technology: agree the scope, protect data, assess reuse and keep records through project closeout.
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ITAD & Hardware Knowledge Center
Practical guides for retiring business IT, protecting data, recovering equipment value and sourcing hardware. Find advice for your project, industry and equipment.
Start here: six foundation guides
Understand the process before planning a collection, data-handling scope or recovery assessment.
Data security
Data Sanitization vs. Physical Destruction: Which Does Your Retired Equipment Need?
Choose a data-handling route based on media, information sensitivity, policy and evidence—not only the equipment’s remaining resale value.
Chain of custody
ITAD Chain of Custody: What to Document Before Pickup
Connect the release list, collection handoff, intake reconciliation and final records so equipment remains identifiable throughout an ITAD project.
Asset recovery
How IT Asset Recovery Works: From Intake to Settlement
Follow retired equipment from the initial inventory through inspection, data handling, reuse assessment and a clearly explained financial outcome.
Buyback
IT Equipment Buyback Guide for an Accurate Quote
Send the details that make a buyback assessment useful: exact equipment, realistic condition, release requirements and the costs that affect net recovery.
Recycling
Business Electronics Recycling in Tampa: Options, Rules of Thumb and What to Ask
Before scheduling recycling, separate reusable equipment, identify storage, confirm accepted materials and agree collection and final records.
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ITAD basics
Five Old Computers or Fifty: Preparing a Small Business IT Pickup
Have five old computers or fifty? Start with a rough equipment list, then confirm data handling, building access, collection responsibilities and costs.
ITAD basics
IT Equipment Retirement for Tampa Bay Banks and Credit Unions
A practical equipment-retirement plan for Tampa Bay banks and credit unions: identify assets, define data handling, organize collection and review the final records.
Packaging & shipping
How to Ship Used Business Laptops with Lithium-Ion Batteries Safely
Learn how to prepare used business laptops with installed lithium-ion batteries for safer shipping, including condition screening, protective packaging and carrier checks.
Chain of custody
ITAD Chain of Custody: What to Document Before Pickup
Connect the release list, collection handoff, intake reconciliation and final records so equipment remains identifiable throughout an ITAD project.
Buyback
IT Equipment Buyback Guide for an Accurate Quote
Send the details that make a buyback assessment useful: exact equipment, realistic condition, release requirements and the costs that affect net recovery.
Recycling
Business Electronics Recycling in Tampa: Options, Rules of Thumb and What to Ask
Before scheduling recycling, separate reusable equipment, identify storage, confirm accepted materials and agree collection and final records.
Asset recovery
How IT Asset Recovery Works: From Intake to Settlement
Follow retired equipment from the initial inventory through inspection, data handling, reuse assessment and a clearly explained financial outcome.
Data security
Data Sanitization vs. Physical Destruction: Which Does Your Retired Equipment Need?
Choose a data-handling route based on media, information sensitivity, policy and evidence—not only the equipment’s remaining resale value.
ITAD basics
Data Center Decommissioning Checklist: What to Settle Before the First Rack Is Powered Down
A data-center retirement needs an approved release plan before removal begins. Inventory, application dependencies, data responsibilities, site access and recovery goals should ...