By Frank Milia   

An office move can be a seriously frustrating, expensive, and difficult project to manage.  Many times when large entities are moving their headquarters, relocating offices, or downsizing/upgrading operations a whole slew of consultants, moving professionals, and services are considered and commissioned. 

Throughout the planning and chaos of an office move many times the expenditure of moving computer equipment and office electronics with marginal value is not properly thought out. 

In other words, when planning an office move one must consider the implications of moving computer equipment for a cost that is higher than what the machine is worth on the resale market.  One must also ask when will the next technology refresh be happening, will the phone system be used in the next building, are the network printers on their last leg worth moving? 

Anyone managing office relocations should be contemplating the move with the companies' overall technology plans and needs.  A reputable IT asset disposition firm will be willing to quote the value of your equipment at no charge, making it possible to inexpensively budget hardware planning and the benefits of cutting down the amount of fixed IT assets that need to be moved.      

It is important to understand that during any major commercial move retired, obsolete, broken, or otherwise unwanted IT equipment and computer assets are sure to surface and will be in need of a proper disposition outlet.  Computer liquidation is not a process that any company should be rushing in order to meet a property manager's deadline.  There are serious environmental and data security requirements that every company is legally liable to handle before and during disposing of computer equipment. 

Every company has sensitive data on their system's hard drives including but not limited to human resource information, credit card information, and other valuable proprietary data.  Implementing in house data destruction or commissioning a vendor to DoD wipe, or shred hard drives is an important step in the process of liquidating computers and a security plan should be in place during office relocations and computer liquidations.

For assets that are broken or obsolete it is important to find a vendor that will recycle computers properly and is recognized by the EPA.  All vendors that pickup computers should be able to issue a certificate of destruction for proper computer recycling, handling, and data destruction, as well as be able to openly report downstream recycling information. 

If you are planning an office relocation it is important to have an existing relationship with an IT asset disposition vendor.  There are many ways ITADs can be utilized to cut costs and risks during commercial moves, feel free to ask me more about it.   

ITAMG has been providing professional and competitive IT liquidation, E-waste Recycling, and Data Destruction services for over 11 years.