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…
If somebody told me three months ago, the global economy would crash, millions would lose their jobs, and schools would be closed all in response to a global pandemic, just like the rest of us, I would not have believed them. Yet, here we are today. At the moment in most parts of the globe…
The abrupt exit of Arrow Electronics from the IT asset disposition (ITAD) industry has left Arrow Electronics customers scrambling to find a new ITAD service provider. If you are a former Arrow Electronics customer, are you doing your own research to compare ITAD vendors? SLS, as a leader in the ITAD industry, also offers a…