NextPhase debuts online tool for it asset management.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and real-time reporting system that enables NextPhase customers to electronically manage the process of removing outdated out·dat·ed adj. Out-of-date; old-fashioned. outdated Adjective old-fashioned or obsolete Adj. 1. 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 The movement and location of physical evidence from the time it is obtained until the time it is presented in court. Judges in bench trials and jurors in jury trials are obligated to decide cases on the evidence that is presented to them in court. and compliant IT asset disposition activities," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 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 See portal. . According to NextPhase, its customers can complete the entire disposition process directly through the NextPhase Web site, including scheduling pickups, viewing the real-time disposition status of assets, downloading custom financial and compliance reports and obtaining a customized estimate of asset remarketing values and disposal costs. "Clearly the ability to manage and track retired IT assets from pickup Pickup A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup." Notes: When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their through final disposition is critical to any organization implementing an IT asset disposal or recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. 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 con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. (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 online at www.nextphaseglobal.com. |
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