Media Redeployment
GRAHAM MAGNETICS REDEPLOYMENT is an intelligent and successful program for the management of corporate media assets. Within each corporate IT department there is the need to replace or redeploy media that has become obsolete due to system upgrades or conversions. When a major upgrade in system equipment takes place the media required for the new systems may also need to be changed. As such, today’s media technology has advanced to a point where the media is being replaced long before the end of life cycle. Many of the current media products (i.e. DLT, LTO, 9840, & 3570) may have life expectancies that exceed 25 years and/or one million pass performances.
Seldom are all of the IT departments or users in the corporation utilizing the same media at the same time. By moving one type of media of older technology from one center or location to another can help avoid purchases of new media and extend the life cycle of the product. Redeployment within the corporation can successfully save thousands of dollars in redundant purchases of media within other IT departments and is smart asset management.
Regarding Recycling
Recycling, energy efficiency, water conservation and pollution prevention are all objectives of environmentally preferred, environmentally responsible or environmentally sound procurement or purchasing programs. Buying green means purchasing products or services that will reduce environmental impact. This can be achieved in a number of ways and may mean looking at product characteristics such as energy efficiency or the pollution generated during the production of the product. It means focusing on production, packaging, waste disposal, resource use, transportation, durability and many other issues.
Procurement is the cornerstone of greening operations. Whether developing an environmental management system (EMS) or just looking at ways to become more efficient and environmentally responsible, procurement must be the primary focus. Fortunately, greening procurement is surprisingly straightforward.
Graham Magnetics has put a considerable amount of time and effort into evaluating products and services based on environmental impact. The Recertify & Redeployment programs save time, money and the environment. Graham Magnetics proudly displays the 'Green Seal of Approval' on all the Graham Certified™ products we supply.
Regarding Redeployment
GRAHAM MAGNETICS Redeployment and Recovery Services are designed to save the value of corporate media by pickup, test and inspection, certification, labeling and initialization and reship to the same or additional corporate locations. By internally redistributing assets, firms fully maximize the value of their magnetic media products.
Key Steps to Implement Redeployment
GRAHAM MAGNETICS Redeployment is an easy, cost-saving solution for complicated IT redeployments. Our staff is experienced with redeploying magnetic media products from storing, certifying and shipping several thousand Graham Certified™ tapes anywhere in the world.
- We offer complete redeployment solutions, including:
- Pickup of the media
- Transportation to our processing facility
- Initial incoming QA & inspection for physical damage
- Removal of old labels and additional physical inspections
- Full electronic test and evaluation of each individual cartridge
- Erase and degauss
- New label and internal initialization (L&I) if required
- Data destruction of all unusable or defective media rejected by inspection and testing. (Certificate of Destruction provided)
- Storage of Graham Certified™ media until redeployment
- Asset tracking to ensure accurate identification of all available media
- Shipment to new location
- By combining our recycling and remarketing services with redeployment assistance, clients can manage scrap assets, surplus media and reusable media products in a single step. Our inventory report breaks down your media into easily managed categories. You simply identify what needs to be stored, redeployed, remarketed or recycled.
- Redeployment provides you with an economical way to replace depreciating assets with items recovered from other facilities.
Contact us today to learn more.