Industry Insights

In 2026, the average healthcare data breach costs $7.42 million and takes 279 days to detect. Billions are being spent on firewalls, encryption, and AI-powered threat detection. Almost nobody is asking what happens to the patient data sitting on retired..

A single device retirement event now triggers three simultaneous compliance obligations under federal law — and the standard that governed data destruction for eleven years was officially withdrawn last September. If your IT disposal program hasn’t been updated since 2024,..

The most important energy technology of 2026 is not a new power plant. It is the idea that the equipment already surrounding us—buildings, vehicles, batteries, and connected devices—can become part of the power system. A facilities manager opens a storage..

Over 2,100 IT asset disposition professionals are gathering at the Bellagio right now for ITAD Summit 2026. The conversation dominating the agenda isn’t AI or the circular economy. It’s a compliance shift that quietly took effect ten months ago —..

The hardware powering the AI revolution isn’t free — and the cost is spilling over into every IT budget in America. A 32GB DDR5 kit that cost $95 a year ago now costs over $500. NVIDIA H100 contracts are renewing..

On June 30, Google released its 11th annual Environmental Report. Buried inside a document full of clean energy commitments was one sentence that changed the entire conversation about AI and sustainability. And it has direct implications for every organization managing..