by Jbs073008g3 — August 1, 2008—IDC recently recognized Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intechra, and Redemtech as the first recipients of IDC’s Green Recycling and Asset Disposal for the Enterprise (GRADE) certification. The certification process, currently focused on the US market, is based on 34 IT Asset Disposal (ITAD)-related functions and tasks and uses a multi-dimensional weighting system that incorporates the broad offerings of remote applications, onsite services, logistics, in-plant processing, and post treatment.
IDC explains that the fledgling Information Technology Asset Disposition industry, in general terms, is composed of three major players: local scrap companies, OEMs (manufacturers), and core ITAD companies that have developed advanced specialties in asset recovery. In response to demand from IDC’s end-user customers regarding PC and other IT hardware retirement, IDC now offers certification for both OEMs and core ITAD vendors that meet the required criteria.
In this first certification release, IDC identified Dell, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intechra, and Redemtech as having met IDC’s GRADE requirements by exceeding the minimum passing grade of 75%.
For more information, see the IDC Web site.
