Digital Information Security

NextPhase, a Peabody, Mass.-based provider of end-of-life IT asset management services, has launched what it describes as "the industry’s first and only complete online asset management tool."

The Asset Manager, available through www.nextphaseglobal.com, is an ordering and real-time reporting system that enables NextPhase customers to electronically manage the process of removing outdated and unwanted IT assets.

The Asset Manager combines the secure transit, data security, processing and documentation activities of retired IT assets into one Web portal. According to NextPhase, its customers can complete the entire disposition process directly through the NextPhase Web site, including scheduling pickups, viewing the real-time disposition status of assets, downloading custom financial and compliance reports and obtaining a customized estimate of asset remarketing values and disposal costs.

Chris Adam, director of NextPhase Services, says, "The NextPhase Asset Manager gives customers end-to-end visibility into our stringent physical and data protection processes, while also supporting compliant documentation and financial settlement requirements."

NextPhase is an enterprise-level service offering from Converge (www.converge.com), an independent distributor of electronic components, technology products and supply chain services. Its services include IT asset disposal, recycling, remarketing and secure transportation and logistics.

Reclamere, Tyrone, Pa., has announced that it has been endorsed for plant-based computer hard drive destruction by the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID).

"This certification is just another step that Reclamere has taken to remain the national leader in secure IT Asset Management," Angie Singer Keating, Reclamere vice president, corporate security and compliance, says.

"We take the security of our clients’ data very seriously and will work to educate them as to any new digital data breach exposure points," she adds.

As a NAID-certified operator, Reclamere is subject to an annual security audit and to surprise security audits in the future.