R2: Responsible Recycling
While buying refurbished electronics, we are always in doubt about its functionality. Is there a way to ensure that the acquired equipment works well? All you can do is to buy from a specialized certified company.
Author: Melannie Cruz
While buying refurbished electronics, we are always in doubt about its functionality. Is there a way to ensure that the acquired equipment works well? All you can do is to buy from a specialized certified company.
Is your company closing? Many companies had permanently closed their doors because of the pandemic. These companies were financially unable to maintain themselves after rough months of no business. Closeouts are complicated but liquidating your IT equipment is even worse because you are now under the work of getting rid of everything in a short period. Plus, you are under the stressful commitment of deleting confidential data of both your company and clients.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues crashing the economy, especially talking about our country. It has been almost 3 months since the global population stays quarantined and many businesses had temporarily closed their doors. Since the pandemic escalated in March, more than 100,000 local businesses have been down permanently and at least 7.5 million are at high risk of closing permanently their doors in the next months if the coronavirus pandemic continues
So, you “delete” your data, but what happens to those “deleted” files? Time ago, I deleted some pictures in my old iPhone because I was running out of space, but I was shocked when I bought a new iPhone, and then all those "deleted” pictures suddenly came back to my phone. I was in doubt about if I had sold my phone without wiping data because I only deleted data, but it could just appear in my old phone just as it happened to me. Fortunately, I had no confidential or private data, but at this point, I feel afraid about how harmful an event like this could be.
Kids are back to school, and with online classes, they will need at least a tablet or a laptop to continue with this process. Being parents, we are under the task of finding IT equipment according to our children’s needs. If your son loves to play online games, you could surprise him with a big gaming monitor, and it will be great for both school and fun. You can also be a little bit extra and get him an extra monitor. If you prefer to go simple, get him a laptop, and it will be portable and easy to go with you wherever he goes.