Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) has recently published our updated version of our ITAD RFP template to address specific customer needs when it is time to prepare for an updated asset disposition program.
Sims Lifecycle Services is proud to have exhibited at IAITAM ACE 2023, held at the esteemed Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The event brought together leading ITAM and ITAD professionals from around the world to discuss crucial topics within the IT industry. It was especially thrilling to embrace the event’s country theme, with attendees…
Host In Ireland, a community of global companies with a collective interest in raising awareness of Ireland’s role in global digital infrastructure, has released their 2023 Ecosystem Report. This year’s report focuses on the Irish data center ecosystem in action, emphasizing that data center expansion and decarbonization be inextricably linked in order to achieve a…
Several of Europe’s flagship data center industry events fall into the first few months of 2023, kickstarting the new year with insights, trend reports and networking opportunities. In February, Host in Ireland brought all their partners together in Dublin and the Dutch Data Center Association hosted over 1200 delegates at the Kickstart Europe Conference in…
Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) just wrapped up another successful year as Diamond Sponsor and exhibitor at RLA Conference & Expo. The 3-day event took place in Las Vegas from February 7-9, encompassing discussions and networking within the reverse logistics space. Many conversations focused on the importance of sustainability and the circular economy. SLS global president,…
Europe’s data center market is evolving. FLAP (Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris) is still dominant but is seeing competition from “tier two” locations which offer vast amounts of land and energy required by data center operators at a lower cost than FLAP. While no single factor is driving growth in these cities, each has a something…
Speed. Strength. Reliability. As technology manufacturers race to innovate and maintain momentum, the world of 5G is opening new levels of speed and acceleration. The worldwide 5G network infrastructure market revenue will almost double in 2020 to reach $8.1 billion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc., and enterprises are spending almost $200bn a…
Written By: Patricia Whiting, Sr. International Policy Analyst for Sims Lifecycle Services U.S. Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Relations, and Special Projects holds Hearing to review U.S. Efforts to Address Ocean Plastic Pollution Background Plastic ocean pollution is an emerging issue, widely covered by the media and increasingly the focus of public policy initiatives aimed…
The coronavirus has continued to impact telecommunications and technology industries in many ways. Recently, the tech industry has shown a 14 percent decrease in global device shipments. IT spending, purchasing and manufacturing is down, but cloud infrastructure is currently coping with increased traffic. These behaviors have led to a sustainable trend of resourceful IT asset…
Written By: Patricia Whiting, Sr. International Policy Analyst for Sims Lifecycle Services Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretariat of the Basel Convention* recently announced that the Bureau of the Basel Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) determined it not feasible to organize the upcoming face-to-face meeting June 22-25, 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland. Rather, the Bureau has…