(re) blog: dialogue with Redemtech

Red Rabbitt Lights Up New York’s Times Square

Even amid the glitz and glamour of New York’s Times Square - the world’s crossroads of illuminated advertising - the Redemtech Red Rabbitt name got a chance to stand out from the crowd of other modern companies striving to get their name in front of millions of people. 

Let’s Not Drink a Toast to Crumbs on the Keyboard

Now that the animated characters of The Simpsons have been deemed suitable subject matter for U.S. Postal Service stamps, I suppose I can dignify the long-running television series in an Industry Grapevine blog. One of my all-time favorite episodes of The Simpsons involved Homer purposely causing an important piece of computer monitoring equipment to malfunction so that a replacement could be shipped to the nuclear power plant where he worked. Spike-haired son Bart (such a cool name) had gone on a road trip with his pals and wound up far from Springfield with no money or means to get home. So by causing the machinery to malfunction, Homer was able to get a new unit shipped, and Bart and his road-trip cronies were able to hitch a ride home with the crate.

What Earth Day Means to Redemtech

Earth Day is more than a significant day of recognition and celebration of the Earth to Redemtech and its associates. It is a day to look back at the accomplishments that the industry leader in IT asset disposition has made since the previous Earth Day.

Earth Day 2009

Okay, so my blog entry for last year’s Earth Day wasn’t so warm and fuzzy; I believe this one will be better. During the last year I’ve done more research about global warming and its effects on our planet. What’s most perplexing is that our Earth enters cold/warm cycles, but lately we humans are also contributors to the documented acceleration of the shrinking polar ice caps, which are exposing land and new northern passageways for the first time. But this much is statistically non-debatable: the polar ice caps are depleting. Northern natives in cold climates anecdotally confirm the scientific data. There is a “land grab” for newly exposed land areas in regions once covered by ice.

Data Security Breaches in Healthcare Industry Must Be Contagious

While the odds of catching something from the waiting room of your doctor’s office may be good during cold and flu season, which now seems to run from January through December, apparently the odds are getting better that you could lose something from a healthcare provider as well.

Best Practices for Asset Management, Part Two

A few months ago, I wrote here about how to establish best practices for your organization’s IT asset management system. Among other subjects, I discussed the importance of planning and taking the time to do it right. But I also promised I’d eventually revisit this subject in order to expand on it a bit. So here goes.

Winds of Change Can Diminish Apathy for Environment

In preparation for spring, my neighbor was tinkering with his lawnmower the other day. I walked over to help him sharpen the blade, oil the wheels and change the sparkplug, the plastic sack for which was lying in an oil splotch on the floor of his garage. A gentle breeze worked its way up the driveway and I noticed the bag quivered and started to move around.
“You’re about to lose your trash,” I informed him, watching the wind tug at the recyclable sack, threatening to carry it off to parts unknown.
 “It’s no problem,” he said easily. “It’ll blow away.”