NextPhase, a Peabody, Mass.-based provider of end-of-life IT asset management services, has launched what it describes as “the industry’s first and only complete online asset management tool.”
The Asset Manager is an ordering and real-time reporting system that enables NextPhase customers to electronically manage the process of removing outdated and unwanted corporate IT assets. “Designed to simplify and enhance the IT asset disposition process, it provides visibility and accountability into an organization’s chain of custody and compliant IT asset disposition activities,” according to a press release from NextPhase.
The Asset Manager combines the secure transit, data security, processing and documentation activities of retired IT assets into one Web portal. According to NextPhase, its customers can complete the entire disposition process directly through the NextPhase Web site, such as schedule pickups, view the real-time disposition status of assets, download custom financial and compliance reports and obtain a customized estimate of asset remarketing values and disposal costs.
“Clearly the ability to manage and track retired IT assets from pickup through final disposition is critical to any organization implementing an IT asset disposal or recycling program,” Chris Adam, director of NextPhase Services, says. “The NextPhase Asset Manager gives customers end-to-end visibility into our stringent physical and data protection processes, while also supporting compliant documentation and financial settlement requirements.”
NextPhase is an enterprise-level service offering from Converge (www.converge.com), an independent distributor of electronic components, technology products and supply chain services. NextPhase services include IT asset disposal, recycling, remarketing and secure transportation and logistics. More information is available at www.nextphaseglobal.com.