
NIST 800-88 Rev2: The Quiet Update That Changes Everything About Data Sanitization
In late September 2025, NIST finalized Special Publication 800-88 Revision 2 — the first update to its media sanitization guidelines in over a decade. The original Rev1, published in 2014, served the industry well for its time. But the data landscape it was written for barely resembles what organizations are managing today. Rev2 doesn’t just […]

What exactly is a Graphics Card and Why is it Crucial for Technological Advancements?
What exactly is a Graphics Card and Why is it Crucial for Technological Advancements? Graphics cards, also known as GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), are specialized electronic circuits designed to accelerate the creation and rendering of images, animations, and videos. While originally created for gaming and visual applications, GPUs have evolved into powerful computational engines that […]

Why a Trusted ITAD Partner is the Perfect Extension of Your IT Team
Why a Trusted ITAD Partner is the Perfect Extension of Your IT Team Today, IT Teams are built with highly skilled professionals who are often remote employees, and organizations are under constant pressure to manage their onsite IT infrastructure efficiently. From tracking assets to ensuring secure data sanitization, the responsibility on IT teams is immense. […]
What exactly is a Graphics Card and Why is it Crucial for Technological Advancements?
What exactly is a Graphics Card and Why is it Crucial for Technological Advancements? Graphics cards, also known as GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), are specialized electronic circuits designed to accelerate the creation and rendering of images, animations, and videos. While originally created for gaming and visual applications, GPUs have evolved into powerful computational engines that […]
Why a Trusted ITAD Partner is the Perfect Extension of Your IT Team
Why a Trusted ITAD Partner is the Perfect Extension of Your IT Team Today, IT Teams are built with highly skilled professionals who are often remote employees, and organizations are under constant pressure to manage their onsite IT infrastructure efficiently. From tracking assets to ensuring secure data sanitization, the responsibility on IT teams is immense. […]
Top 3 Customer Success Stories from 2023
Customer Success Story 1: Sustainable Transformation for Leading Hospitality Firm Background: A prominent hospitality firm, facing the challenges of an extended migration to the cloud, found themselves with multiple data centers spread across the United States. The prolonged transition led to escalating month-to-month lease costs for these facilities, putting financial strain on the company. With […]
Top 5 Reasons Companies Lose Value in the ITAD Process
In today’s fast-paced IT landscape, companies are continually upgrading their hardware and software to remain competitive and efficient. Consequently, the IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) process has become increasingly vital. However, many companies unknowingly lose significant value during this process due to various common pitfalls. In this blog post, we’ll explore the top 5 reasons companies […]
Understanding NIST SP-800-88r1 Methods: Clear, Purge, and Crypto Erasure
After almost a decade of engaging in conversations with IT Directors and high-level IT decision-makers at Fortune 2000 companies, it is apparent that everyone is data-sensitive, but few are data-educated. Data used to mean numbers and metrics used to make informed decisions, and that is still very true. However, it has now become a buzzword […]
Where is data stored? – Understanding the Core Differences between RAM/GPU & Storage
ITAD Tech has had thousands of conversations with IT decision-makers, from Fortune 10 companies to 10-person companies, over the last decade. These conversations range from complex global sustainability best practices to “Can you come pick up a dozen laptops and a server from an office we closed last week?” A topic came up a few […]
What does R2 mean?
While all electronics refurbishers & recyclers claim to be responsible and follow the rules, the truth is, not everyone actually does what they say they’ll do. They’ll all tell you they’ll protect the environment, your data, and your brand equity. They’ll say they won’t cut corners and never illegally ship anything overseas. But how do you […]
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- NIST 800-88 Rev2: The Quiet Update That Changes Everything About Data Sanitization March 4, 2026
- What exactly is a Graphics Card and Why is it Crucial for Technological Advancements? January 21, 2025
- Why a Trusted ITAD Partner is the Perfect Extension of Your IT Team December 5, 2024
- Top 3 Customer Success Stories from 2023 January 4, 2024
- Top 5 Reasons Companies Lose Value in the ITAD Process September 28, 2023
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