ASCDI Blog

“We have a slightly myopic viewpoint where we just focus on the physical asset, but what the clients are waking up to is, what about my data?”, says Steve Mellings of ADISA. In this podcast, Mellings discusses legacy habits from across the IT recycling community, where historically companies saw the physical IT asset as an item to resell, perhaps after some preparation, but often not with proper management and erasure of data still might reside on the equipment. Mellings defines ITAD and describes the challenge and also the opportunity ITAD holds. Mellings discusses how the AscdiNatd vetted his organization for bringing value to the members and how the new ASCDI-ADISA partnership was forged. “Our customer’s regulatory landscape is changing,” says Mellings. “Let’s manage risk management ...

by Bob Losey, Source Data Products, ASCDI Member Blog Ever notice how our journey toward our goals may not be as easy as expected. Even so, the twist and turns we face are what make it worthwhile. Some of the greatest successes are by people who dared to fail. They just NEVER gave up! Thomas Edison’s teacher told him he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He was fired from his first two jobs for being “non-productive.” As an inventory, Edison made over 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at creating the light bulb. When a reporter asked, “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” Edison responded, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 1,000 ways that won’t work.” I like an expression from Confucius, “Our greatest glory ...

U.S. General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service Office of IT Schedule 70 Contract Operations IT Schedule 70 RFI Response: Proposed SIN 132-4 and 132-9 Retirement I am President of AscdiNatd, the Association of Service and Computer Dealers International and the North American Association of Telecommunications Dealers, an international trade association based in the United States, made up of approximately 290 Member companies who provide technology business solutions, technical support and value added services to the businesses, not-for-profit institutions and public entities (http://www.ascdi.com/).  I am writing to provide information regarding the Proposed Retirement by the GSA of Schedule 70’s Special Item Numbers (SINs) SIN 132-4 Daily/Short Term Rental and SIN 132-9 Purchase of Used or Refurbished Equipment and to urge the GSA not to make such ...

To:  Office of the United States Trade Representative FROM:  Joseph Marion, ASCDI President Docket Number USTR-2019-0012 Request for Comments to Compile the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers Submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov Submitted on: October 10, 2019 The Association of Service and Computer Dealers International and the North American Association of Telecommunications Dealers (“AscdiNatd”) is pleased to have this opportunity to provide the US Trade Representative with an opportunity to expand international trade for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). AscdiNatd is a non-profit trade association representing almost 300 companies and an estimated 10,000 employees, engaged in the resale and servicing of both new and used computer and telecommunications equipment.  Our membership includes independent resellers and original equipment manufacturers. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court ruling this week threatens the tactic of using license agreements to exert control over items such as cars, tech products and appliances. Thousands of everyday items, from autos to refrigerators, rely on embedded software in order to operate. Increasingly, manufacturers try to leverage this software to maintain post-sale control over the items. Case in point: GM cars. The automaker has buyers sign a license agreement for software that’s essential for the cars to run. GM claims that under copyright law, this makes the car buyers mere “licensees,” not owners who can use, rent or resell their cars as they see fit. But the ruling by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman in the Cisco Systems Inc. vs. Beccela’s (BecTech) threatens to ...

A major reseller opportunity “Our whole business is built around certification, says Jeff Londres, CEO of NextUse. In this podcast, Londres outlines the care and precision that NextUse takes in IT asset disposition (ITAD) and data center decommissioning. Londres says, “We are the last line of defense,” in maintaining security and integrity in handling of IT products coming off line. In this special ASCDI podcast, Londres announces that NextUse is stepping up to fill the gap being left by Arrow Electronics departure from the asset disposition business. NextUse will be offering free pickups, fast track bids and a special customer on-boarding program. Londres also discusses a very accessible program for resellers and others to make revenue by partnering with NextUse. According to Londres, if a ...

AscdiNatd welcomes are newest member from Singapore. Access Televentures focuses on Network and Fiber technologies, supplying equipment from Cisco, Juniper, and other known brands.  They stock equipment from their Singapore central warehouse. Access Televentures prides itself on low price and fast delivery supplying and sourcing for IT vendors in the APAC region. For more information, please contact: Access Televentures Pte Ltd Address: Tagore 8, 421 Tagore Industrial Avenue #01-08 Singapore 787805 (201417132E) DID: +65-91975027, +91-9910991891 |Office +65 6251 9278 Email: Sales@actelv.com | Web: www.actelv.com.sg Skype / Trillian :anuragpandeyvns ...

ITAD Quick Switch Program Helps Former Arrow Clients and Partners With major player Arrow Electronics exiting the space, NextUse offers a solution Dover, NH: In the wake of Arrow Electronics’ July 15th announcement that it will be shuttering its asset disposition business, NextUse is offering a remedy its customers and partners. Arrow announced that it has initiated actions to close its personal computer and mobility asset disposition business as well as its enterprise IT asset disposition (ITAD) and data center decommissioning services and expects operations to cease by the end of 2019. In an open letter to its customers, Arrow noted that July 22 is the last day to schedule equipment pickups and August 5 marks the last day shipments will be received. As more and ...

“We’re trying to drive a higher level of quality,” says Pam Steed, Vice President Sales of Chipsalz. According to Steed, ESD packaging is critical, not only to successful shipping of memory cards and products, but to the image of the industry itself. In this podcast we learn how this new member of the ASCDI has developed a whole part of their business around offering the market bespoke trays and packaging to carry memory products with proper safety and security. “We call it nickels holding up dollars,” says Steed about how packaging that can cost as little as $0.03 per module can save on postage, shipping, and also expensive returns and failures. Steed also discusses Chipsalz traditional core business as a stocking reseller of memory, storage ...

Cast Iron Outcomes is U.S. based IT consultancy firm formed by founders who come from our hardware reseller industry, as well as the TPM industry, each with 20+ years’ reseller/TPM experience. They’ve designed a suite of services specifically designed to help lead enterprise IT decision-makers toward the independent provider community (especially resellers, TPMs and ITAD providers). Cast Iron Outcomes have been creating a significant amount of beneficial/influential content at their website and promoting it quite heavily across LinkedIn. Many of their blogs are directed at those whom have not tried hardware resellers or TPMs – especially, those who have hesitated due to FUD. Recently, they posted three reseller-promoting blogs. The content is short, to-the-point and can be helpful to many of your prospects, especially within ...