At Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS), innovation, inclusion, and sustainability are more than just values; they are the foundation of our work. This commitment was recently celebrated as two of our team members were honored by Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) for their contributions to the digital infrastructure industry in these areas. Ingrid Sinclair, our global president, received…
Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) has once again been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2024 Gartner® “Market Guide for IT Asset Disposition.”1 We feel this acknowledgment, our fifth inclusion in the Market Guide2, highlights SLS’s commitment to delivering world-class IT asset management and disposition solutions that meet the highest standards of data security, sustainability,…
Rack Renew repurposes pre-owned OCP equipment to drive cost savings and sustainability within the data center industry. Six reasons for you to buy refurbished OCP servers from Rack Renew include: Economic Benefits: In addition to providing environmental benefits, circular economy principles also make economic sense. Enterprises and data centers purchasing refurbished OCP equipment can access…
The Open Compute Project (OCP) is a collaborative community founded in 2011 to focus on redesigning hardware and software technology to support the benefits of open source and open collaboration within data centers and the IT industry. Expanding on the internal work initiated by Facebook in 2009, the OCP’s mission is to provide a structure…
Our newest Circular Center, in Eindhoven Netherlands, is well equipped and positioned to strategically serve European enterprise businesses and the rapidly expanding data center market. The site features the latest innovations in the ITAD industry and positions us to continue to expertly process end user and data center equipment on a larger scale. Conveniently located…
With data breaches having become a regular occurrence, there are obvious benefits to encrypting and protecting your IT devices and the sensitive data they hold. In fact, the latest IBM Data Breach Report revealed that 83% of organizations experienced more than one data breach during the past year, and the global cost of a data…
IT asset management (ITAM) denotes a systematic method to how assets are purchased, installed, moved, managed and tracked within your live environment. When assets are removed from the live environment, a complementary program, IT asset disposition (ITAD) refers to a disciplined approach to retiring, redeploying, selling or recycling these same IT assets. Particular attention is…
As we have closed out another successful year, we celebrate our 2023 achievements: In 2023, SLS repurposed and redeployed 3.8 million cloud units, drawing nearer to our goal of repurposing or redeploying 8.5 million units by the end of FY25. These activities avoided 755,000 tons of CO2e compared with manufacturing those same units: 2023 Sustainability…
How educated are you when it comes to the state of your ITAD program? Do your IT requirements demand complete knowledge of all assets across the globe or merely a general inventory? Maybe you fall somewhere in between. The details of your program are directly related to how well you will be able to track…
Lifecycle management of IT assets for enterprise companies involves a systematic approach to the acquisition, utilization, maintenance, and eventual reuse or retirement of technology resources. This blog post explores the complementary relationship between IT Asset Management (ITAM) and IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) programs and how their collaboration is instrumental in optimizing the entire lifecycle of…