IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)
Complete IT Asset Disposition Services
DataShredder manages retired technology from the moment it comes off the rack or the desk through to the final documentation that closes the project out.
Retired technology is a project, not a pickup
Most organizations discover the size of an ITAD project halfway through it. Equipment is spread across floors, closets and storage rooms. Some of it holds regulated data. Some of it is still worth money. Finance wants an asset list, security wants certificates, and facilities wants the space back by the end of the month.
We take the whole thing. One team removes the equipment, records it, transports it under chain of custody, destroys the data, evaluates what can be resold, recycles the remainder responsibly and hands back a documentation package that survives an audit.
DataShredder has been doing secure destruction and recycling in Massachusetts since 2005, and our destruction operation is NAID AAA Certified. ITAD is that same discipline applied to the full hardware lifecycle.
How an ITAD project runs
Assess, remove, account for, destroy, recover, recycle, document
- 01
Assess
Evaluate equipment, project requirements, security requirements and potential asset value.
- 02
Remove
Safely disconnect and remove servers, racks, computers, networking equipment and other technology.
- 03
Inventory
Identify, serialize and document applicable IT assets.
- 04
Secure Transport
Securely transport equipment while maintaining chain of custody.
- 05
Destroy / Sanitize
Destroy or sanitize sensitive data according to applicable requirements.
- 06
Recover Value
Evaluate equipment with remaining market value for resale, remarketing or buyback.
- 07
Recycle
Responsibly recycle end-of-life electronics and technology.
- 08
Document
Provide applicable inventory reports, certificates and final project documentation.
Data-bearing devices
Anything that stored information is treated as sensitive until it has been destroyed or sanitized and documented — including the devices people forget about.
- Hard drives and SSDs
- Server and array storage
- Backup tapes and optical media
- Laptops, desktops and workstations
- Phones, tablets and thumb drives
- Copiers, printers and multifunction devices
Reporting you can file
The documentation is the part auditors ask for, sometimes years later. We agree the format up front so it matches how you track assets internally.
- Serialized inventory of applicable assets
- Certificates of destruction
- Recycling documentation
- Chain of custody records
- Settlement statements on recovered value
Value recovery
Retired does not mean worthless. Servers, switches, enterprise storage and recent laptops frequently carry real market value that can offset the cost of the project.
- Evaluation before anything is destroyed
- Remarketing of resalable equipment
- Direct buyback where it makes sense
- Responsible recycling for the remainder
ITAD questions we get asked
Request an ITAD assessment
Tell us roughly what you have and where it is. We will scope the project, tell you what can be recovered and give you a schedule.