How to safely dispose of old PCs: Keep your data safe

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FEATURED STORY December 30, 2008 How to Safely Dispose of Old PCs: Keep Your Data Safe It's estimated that more than 200 million PCs, notebooks, and servers are sold worldwide each year. Each of these devices comes equipped with some mix of monitors, printers, keyboards, external storage, and networking equipment. And, each is chosen with a certain degree of loving care. Too often, though, the same care isn't applied to the machines being replaced. For a large company that turns over its hardware every three years, an inventory of about 10,000 outdated PCs translates into more than just a landfill of potentially hazardous waste. It could be a landfill packed with valuable corporate data, including personal data about customers and employees. READ MORE >>

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