Who We Are
The ASCDI is an international, US based, non-profit organization, representing businesses engaged in the sustainable reuse, repair, refurbishment, resale, and responsible disposal of technology equipment, promoting ethical practices, and advocating for policies that advance responsible environmental and data protection practices.
Publicity
Published articles, press releases, and podcasts for member companies. Social media promotion to end-users and others in our industry.
Information
Fraud alerts, government legislation, and monthly newsletters to keep our members informed on pertinent industry news.
Charity
Our charity foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for scholarships and other worthwhile purposes.
Representation
ASCDI serves on various governmental and non-profit counsels to express the interests of the secondary IT industry.
Community
Member companies are vetted and voted into the ASCDI by the members to ensure only the most trustworthy companies are admitted.
Networking
Creates opportunities for member companies to meet with one another through in-person and virtual events.
Education
Webinars teaching industry-wide best practices and advice from experts in our industry.
Member Discounts
Members receive discounts to ASCDI and ASCDI Association Partner events.
Ethics
Promote and enforce high ethical standards of business conduct within the industry.
Benefits of Membership
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•Search our database for the equipment you need
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Resale and Service Industry News
Breaking the 60-40 barrier for digital transformation
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U2, Archive Data Storage and You Too
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Crestmark Closes 13 Transactions Totaling Nearly $17.9 Million in the Second Half of June
TROY, Mich., (July 6, 2017) – Crestmark secured a total of $17,814,000 in financial solutions for 12 new clients in the second half of June. A $100,000 accounts receivable purchase facility was provided on June 16 to a trucking company in California. The financing...
NCE WAS HONORED WITH NEW AWARD AT ‘THE STORRIES’
EL CAJON, Calif. – July 5, 2017 – NCE Group, a global provider of third-party data center maintenance and repair (storage, servers and networking equipment), independent provider of IT storage services, and full supply chain (screen/test/repair) services, announced...
Signs It’s Time to Outsource My IT Administration
As Innovative Companies Grow the Need for Customized IT Support Does Too A full-time IT support employee or team of employees can be an expensive investment with questionable ROI for many small and medium-sized businesses. In-house technical resources are often...
IBM Report: Half of Surveyed Chief Executive Officers Plan to Adopt Cognitive Computing by 2019
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Legacy Apps – A Waste of Flash Legacy Apps – A Waste of Flash
Although the future of enterprise storage is almost inevitably flash, a significant percentage of early adopters report that the newer technology fails to deliver on its promises. Indeed, as many as 16% report that their flash arrays have performed below expectations....
HCI – Do you need hyper-converged infrastructure for SDS? HCI – Do you need hyper-converged infrastructure for SDS?
EMC and NetApp have both been heavily promoting their new Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) offerings – hard to miss considering recent industry hype. The close integration of storage, networking and compute is hugely attractive for CTOs, particularly as these...
An ‘Outside-In’ Digital Infrastructure Solution Approach
Satish Sinha on June 29, 2017 In today’s world, CXOs, business stakeholders and IT leaders’ priorities (and most importantly their perspectiveabout IT services for end user communities) are witnessing a dramatic change. CXOs and IT leaders are now more focused on...
Maintech Announces Expanded Warehousing, Asset Management and Logistics Services
Maintech’s 200,000 sq. ft. technology center in Urbancrest, OH will allow Maintech to offer enhanced services for product staging, integration, warehousing, and logistics. CRANFORD, N.J., June 28, 2017 - Maintech, a third party maintenance company and a global...