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Launch of B&L’s New Website!
We are happy to announce the launch of B&L’s new website! Our primary goal when revamping our website was to make it easy for visitors to understand our company’s position in the industry as well as conveniently navigate through... -
Backup Tape Could Be Key to IRS Debacle
Keeping information orderly and readily accessible are hallmarks of good backup tape management. When the system is not maintained or inappropriate software is in place though, the damage can become readily apparent as soon as an inquiry is made.... -
IT Asset Disposition is Easy… Right?
I have been scratching my head trying to figure out why IT Asset Disposition isn’t spoken of to the same degree of importance as other elements of IT Asset Management. It’s part of the asset lifecycle. Assets still have... -
Data Breach Round Up: 2013 Recap and A Look into 2014
Recently I was on the InfoSec Institute website and saw an article titled “2013 Data Breaches: All You Need to Know”, and boy does it tell you all you need to know about data breaches in 2013! With statistics and trends... -
What Happens When You Don’t Spend the Time Now?
Why do you pay $40 or so for an oil change? Because it will cost you a lot more than $40 if you don’t change your oil and your engine goes. And it will take you a lot more... -
Managing Offline IT Assets: What’s Wrong with Spreadsheets?
It doesn’t matter what day, what year, what the weather is outside, when I am talking to people about how they are managing their offline IT assets, I keep hearing “oh, we are using spreadsheets”. This kills me! Even... -
Do You “Mind the Gap” When Managing Your IT Assets?
The other day my sister was showing me pictures from her recent trip to London and I saw someone wearing a t-shirt with the “Mind the Gap” symbol on it in the background. For those of you who don’t... -
Secondhand Hard Drives Still Containing Data: Didn’t I Press Delete?
I recently read an article on the website of Storage and Destruction Business (SBD) Magazine about a study of secondhand hard drives in the Australian market. Just a few months ago, in January 2014, The National Association for Information... -
IT Asset Disposition: Completing the Information Lifecycle
Companies are constantly at risk for a data breach, disaster scenarios, hacks, outages and a variety of other threats that put their information in danger. It’s important that corporations have strategies in place and solutions that can handle the... -
Coca Cola’s Stolen Laptops Exposes Gap in Process: A Need for ITAD
Recently, Coca Cola announced that 55 laptops were stolen from their facilities. The information contained on these laptops exposed information on over 74,000 individuals, including current and former employees as well as suppliers and vendors. Information stolen ranges from...
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