Decommission & Data Destruction

Compliance Requirements During A Decommission Project – What You Need to be Aware Of

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Compliance Requirements During A Decommission Project – What You Need to be Aware Of One of the most critical aspects of a data center decommission is ensuring compliance. In order to guarantee that the decommissioning process complies with all legal requirements and industry standards, there are a variety of data protection, environmental, software licensing, and …

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Closing Down a Facility? Here’s A Checklist to Help You Decommission Like a Pro

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According to CBRE, the U.S. office market will see a lower equilibrium in office utilization rates in 2023 and beyond, as companies continue to shed underutilized office space in response to hybrid work arrangements.  In addition, a rapid increase in cloud computing is lowering demand for enterprise IT suite real estate. Technology refreshes and edge …

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Improving Visibility Between Teams When Decommissioning an Enterprise Data Center

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As with any large organizational change initiative, decommissioning an enterprise data center requires input from across departments, functional areas, and levels of seniority. Unfortunately, many enterprises tend to underestimate the full size, scope, and scale of the project. They may skip key phases during the planning stage of the process and jump straight into the …

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Do You Know Where Your Data Lives? Reducing Risk When Decommissioning Enterprise Data Centers

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Today’s enterprises are collecting, storing, and using more data than ever before. A 2022 IDG Research survey found that, on average, data volumes are growing by 63 percent per month across organizations. No matter the size of the enterprise, the threat of data leaks and breaches of sensitive information are among the top priorities for …

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Reduce E-waste and Maximize Asset Value Recovery When Decommissioning a Data Center

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Decommissioning an enterprise data center is a large and complex project that requires hundreds of hours of effort and specialized expertise. IT departments are responsible for migrating applications and workloads, securing sensitive data, and physically removing IT assets from existing facilities, often within tight schedules and specified budgets. Once the assets are removed, however, enterprises …

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Certified Data Destruction Services

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Sphaera, Inc., based in Hillsboro, Oregon, is an IT Asset and Data Center Infrastructure Lifecycle Management company with a direct focus on data sanitization and destruction, asset recovery, logistics and install/refresh/de-install services. We have an outstanding track record of success with projects ranging in size from a few servers up to entire data center decommissions, conducted all over the globe.

Sphaera Decommissions a 7,500 sq. ft. Data Suite in Iceland

Case Study

Recently, Sphaera successfully completed decommissioning that comprised nearly all of the complexities that can be present in such a project; a host Data Center located on an island within the arctic circle, IT hardware and cabling removal, component-level inventory to affect return of leased assets and sale of owned assets, import/export and customs work for shipments bound for the US and to the UK, data sanitization and physical destruction, coordination of logistics via air and sea, restoration of leased space to original condition, inspection and return to landlord….all in 14 days.

5 Things To Know Before You Decommission Your Data Center

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While it may seem simple to tear out equipment, there are significant risks that must be accounted for when engaging in a data center decommissioning and migration project, including data breach of sensitive information, reputational damages and lost business, business continuity, uptime and impact on disaster recovery environment, as well as regulatory & compliance risks.

This white paper highlights some of the key lessons enterprise data center operators should know before decommissioning or migrating their data centers based on the experience gained from years of work with enterprises of all sizes.

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