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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•Deal with companies who are following the ASCDI Code of Ethics
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•Upload spreadsheets of inventory for sale
•Search our database for the equipment you need
•Free trial available
$100 a month for ASCDI Members. $150 a month for non-members.
Resale and Service Industry News
Computer data storage – what’s next?
Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 in Storage, Storage Hardware Disk storage may be reaching a density of multiple terabytes per square inch, but the demand for increased capacity means that even that will not be enough. So while some R&D efforts are focused on...
Architecture of a Typical Telecom OSS System
This white paper describes the architecture of a typical OSS system, including an overview of the comprehensive domain model, scenarios, details of technologies and features of the software. Typical Telecom OSS Systems Architecture.pdf
The Insurance Industry Dilemma
The Insurance Industry is facing disruption to a great extent; most of the drifts in the Insurance Industry are either technology-related or have technology as one of the forces for change in the environment. Gone are the days when the conventional functioning of...
It Was All About the Cloud at Oracle OpenWorld 2016
David Eichorn on October 10, 2016 This year’s Oracle OpenWorld focused heavily on promoting Oracle’s position on the Cloud. Oracle looks to be squarely focused on gaining share from AWS and there appeared to be little mention of Azure at the show. Outside of the...
Crestmark Helps U.S. Manufacturers
The U.S. manufacturing sector represents 30 percent of Crestmark’s clients, according to Dave Tull, Crestmark founder and CEO. In Crestmark’s 20-year history, it has provided financing to scores of American manufacturing companies – often those that could not get...
Tech Leaders Unite to Enable New Cloud Datacenter Server Designs for Big Data, Machine Learning, Analytics, and other Emerging Workloads
- AMD, Dell EMC, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Mellanox Technologies, Micron, NVIDIA and Xilinx Launch OpenCAPI Consortium and Immediately Release New Specification Enabling Up to 10X Faster Server Performance - OpenCAPI Products Expected in Second Half of...
IBM Redefines Security, Availability and Economics of Storing Data in the Hybrid Cloud
- Company delivers new IBM Cloud Object Storage service, industry’s first object storage service for hybrid clouds; - New service rewrites the economics of object storage – demonstrating more than 25% lower cost over a leading vendor for the compared environments,...
SDS ends end of service life
Posted on Friday, October 14, 2016 in Cloud Storage, Storage Hardware, Storage In the past, we have talked extensively about support for end of service life (EoSL) equipment. After all, CDS specialize in delivering maintenance services for storage hardware long after...
The great vendor SDS swindle, and how to beat it
Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2016 in Storage, Cloud Storage, Enterprise Storage The future of on-premises storage is undeniably software defined. The flexibility and performance gains of abstracting management from the physical disks allows enterprises to build a...
Uncovering the truth about Cloud storage
Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 in Cloud Storage, Storage Cloud services are billed as the solution to virtually every IT challenge. With promises of reduced capital investment, simplified management, and superior uptime, the claims are extraordinary – as is the...