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While analyzing the results and statements provided in two recently published research reports on aspects of data security breaches, I was reminded of a lesser-known but poignant Mark Twain tale about a purloined pachyderm.
Let's pretend that we are all big PC manufacturers, and that we want to sell more boxes. Since everybody's talking about being more "green," maybe we could say that it's more environmentally friendly to trade in that old PC on a new one! Yeah, that's it—older PCs aren't worth as much, so companies might have to pay to recycle them. That makes buying new systems cheaper in the long run than keeping the old ones, right?
A big, global IT hardware vendor, a brand name you’d instantly recognize, apparently has gotten religion.
Someone had tried to paint the automaker’s brand name over the gritty rust stains on the tailgate that barely hung to the frame of the pickup truck in front of me in the fast food drive-through lane. I smiled, reminded of an old pickup truck I used to drive many years ago in my youth, with which I would haul anything for friends and neighbors. Eventually it got to look like the truck I saw in front of me, worn down by lots of miles and many loads of mattresses, furniture and at least one giant inflatable pig. But that’s another story.
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Three significant news articles in two recent publications have captured the essence of the serious e-waste crisis around the world.
Continue reading "News Media Increases Awareness of E-waste Crisis" »
One man stands with what appears to be an old seat cushion strapped to the top of his head, while another man welds steel while wearing a pair of cheap sunglasses and a piece of newspaper over his face. In another image, three hefty men stand on one end of a flimsy wooden plank while their coworker stands on the opposite end, which extends like a narrow bridge over a precipice so he can reach his work target.
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If you know anything at all about my employer, Redemtech, you probably know that it’s a business based on doing the right thing - for the environment, customers, shareholders, associates and the larger community. And part of doing the right thing in business, I believe, is looking very hard for a way to offer carrots to your customers rather than wielding sticks on them.
Continue reading "Why It Pays To Help Little Old Ladies Across the Street" »
As the turning of a new year takes me further into middle age (if this is my halfway point, I will live to 106), I feel that I have accumulated enough IT related wisdom to comfortably afford parting with some of it. The following does not necessarily represent the opinions of the staff or management of Redemtech:
