by Doug | Oct 30, 2020 | Industry News, ITAD, Policy & Law, Repair
Curated Content: This article originally appeared in The New York Times By Paola Rosa-Aquino, Oct. 23, 2020 If you buy a product — a car, a smartphone, or even a tractor — and it breaks, should it be easier for you to fix it yourself? Manufacturers of a wide range of...
by Doug | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog, Events, Industry News, Podcast, Repair
“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,...
by Amy Ralls | May 18, 2019 | Association News, Blog, IT, Member News, New Members, Podcast, Repair, Storage
“The ASCDI is a great community to join,” says Shirley Liu, President of Cloud Storage Corporation. Liu says she first heard about the ASCDI at a Brokerbin meeting and after doing some research she decided that the Ascdi was the right choice for her company. In this...
by Amy Ralls | Feb 23, 2019 | Association News, Blog, Industry News, Member News, Repair, Technology News
Elise Orlick, Director WashPIRG & WashPIRG Foundation wrote members of the ASCDI in the State of Washington, urging members to reach out to their representatives in Olympia to move Right of Repair out of committee. HB 1342 – 2019-20 and SB 5799 –...
by ASNAAdmin | Jan 29, 2019 | Blog, Industry News, Repair
There is a direct connection with the right to repair products and the ability to buy and sell used equipment. That is why the ASCDI has supported various “Right to Repair” bills over the years including the current Right to Repair bill in Minnesota. The bill...
by ASNAAdmin | Nov 1, 2018 | Nework products, Repair
The more we learn about the new Smart Licensing System being rolled out by Cisco, the more surprised we are by how many Cisco customers have yet to hear about it. The Smart Licensing System will require Catalyst 3650, 3850, and 9000 series switches to connect to the...