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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 ...

We are pleased to announce the addition of Chipsalz to the membership of the AscdiNatd. Contacts: Pamela Steed, Vice President  psteed@chipsalz.com Scott Levin, President scott@chipsalz.com Telephone: 949-842-6898 Website:  www.chipsalz.com Navigating the memory market cycles, can be a risky business and it is paramount to have strategic suppliers with the right resources and product ready to ship. Chipsalz is such a partner.   ...

by  Todd Bone on October 30, 2018 Cisco is rolling out their new Smart Licensing System (Cisco FAQ) that looks very concerning as it will give the keys to your Cisco device to Cisco. What is Smart Licensing? For the new IOS XE version, 16.9 and later beginning with Catalyst 3650, 3850, and Catalyst 9000 series switches, these devices will be required to connect to the internet daily with call home feature to Cisco’s entitlement system to validate licensing. That takes the license entitlement off the devices and onto Cisco’s servers. Licenses now become subscription based instead of a perpetual license. If the device does not connect to the internet or validate entitlement, daily, and the device does not check-in within 30-days, the device will have ...

AscdiNatd Member, NexTech Operations, LLC, a MS-based IT services firm is pleased to announce that it has obtained R2:2013 Standard certification, which is the industry- leading certificate for e-waste disposal that provides for quality, transparency, and environmental and social responsibility. NexTech, founded in 2008, works with clients in healthcare, legal, defense, banking, financial services and manufacturing industries by providing specialized IT services known as ITAD –Information Technology Asset Disposition. ITAD services encompass the removal and disposal of e-waste that includes decommissioned and discarded IT assets/equipment such as network servers, laptops, monitors, and almost anything that plugs into an outlet. The ITAD process involves reverse logistics, data destruction, and recycling of those discarded IT assets/equipment. R2 certification requires adherence to proper and legal standards for IT ...

Congratulations to ASCDI Member, XS International, Inc. for being awarded a group purchasing agreement for Third Party Maintenance with Premier.  Effective April 1, 2019, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for Third Party Maintenance.  Details here ...