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Setting Up a Document Management Plan
When you first start a business, you might not realize the number of documents you’ll produce in a given day, much less over the course of months or years. While some of these documents will have to be maintained in hard copy for a set amount of time, plenty of other paper can be disposed […]
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Making the Case for Outsourcing Your Business Shredding
When it comes to disposing of data, you need to consider both digital data and hard copies. While most businesses don’t have the equipment or expertise to shred hard drives and devices on-site, you might think you’re more than equipped to shred documents. Unfortunately, a mistake on your part could spell disaster. Consumer privacy laws […]
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Erasing vs. Deleting Data: What’s the Difference?
As a business owner, you naturally want to find ways to maximize every dollar spent. When it comes to IT equipment, this can be tough – it’s expensive and it has a limited shelf life. On one hand, you want to make sure you get optimal use value out of equipment and devices, but you […]
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Calculate Your Annual Environmental Savings!
By recycling or reusing your electronics, precious metals can be recovered and resources like water and power that would have gone into the manufacturing of new equipment can be saved! The materials that can be recovered from recycled e-waste require much less energy, water, and processing for reuse in new equipment than if mined, produced […]
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Don’t Let Recycling at the Office Put You at Risk
In this day and age, we all understand the importance of recycling. With growing threats like climate change, deforestation, and waning biodiversity threatening the future of our planet, we all have to do our part to live a less disposable lifestyle and counteract the damage being done daily. As a responsible South Dakota business owner, […]
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How Risky is Your ITAD Program?
When you resell or recycle your business IT equipment, you are opening your business up to various risks if not managed properly. What are the risks? Data Security. While most data security programs are focused on keeping threats out of your network, the need for proper handling of retired physical assets is often overlooked. Securing […]
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The Battery Conundrum: What to Do with Old Batteries
You know you’re not supposed to throw old batteries in the trash, even though it’s not illegal in most states, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you have the first clue as to how to recycle them. Can you simply toss them in the recycling bin? What if you don’t have a recycling pickup in your […]
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How to Choose the Right Mobile Shredding Service
There’s more to data destruction than simply stuffing hard copies into a shredder or deleting files from computers and other devices. With federal, state, and local privacy laws to consider, not to mention industry standards (HIPAA, FACTA, etc.), you need to dispose of data properly to avoid penalties and risk factors for data breach and […]
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How to Ensure that Office Documents Don’t Come Back to Haunt You
Not long ago, the storage of office documents may have seemed simpler. You just put them in locked filing cabinets for safety and always knew where to look for them, right? Of course, digital storage has a lot to offer in the way of convenience and security. If a hard copy isn’t in a file […]
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