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COPPER PARTNERSHIP

The Copper Partnership category is most suitable for partners seeking to monetize used IT assets on a “one-off” basis, and who are less interested in developing a longer-term partnership with Ombligo. Several of our Silver and Gold partners actually started using Ombligo’s services for a project on a Copper Partnership basis before signing up for our premium partnership levels.

Objectives

Most suitable for companies with one-time IT disposition needs, IT equipment resellers with one-time trade-in support needs, businesses shutting down seeking to liquidate their IT assets, or companies with our-of-service IT equipment seeking to free up storage space, the Copper Partnership enables our partners to:

  • Monetize

    Monetize/Dispose of used IT Equipment

  • Mitigate

    Mitigate potential data security risks

  • Maximize

    Maximize the proportion of reused vs. recycled IT equipment

  • Recycle

    Recycle equipment in an environmentally friendly manner

Services

▢   IT Equipment Purchases
Ombligo purchases used IT equipment outright from its partners. An inventory list with the exact specifications for each unit of equipment is required for Ombligo to formulate an accurate bid. For partners that do not have a detailed list readily available, Ombligo offers inventorying services highlighted under the “IT Inventorying Services” section below.
▢   Data Sanitization with Letter of Indemnification
In an effort to adhere to the guiding principles of the Department of Defense’s 5220.22-M standard as of February 2006, Ombligo uses the most recent version of the ‘NIST SP 800-88 Guidelines for Media Sanitization’ as of September 2012. To that end, Ombligo, at a minimum, clears and sanitizes electronic data that could identify the Partner as the equipment owner, or irreparably deforms the equipment containing electronic data. Furthermore, Ombligo physically removes stickers and tags (except for Original Equipment Manufacturer (“OEM”) labels) from all equipment received from Partner. We then provide our partners with a letter of indemnification that details all of our data sanitization work performed, along with the specific serial numbers of all units of equipment or Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) sanitized.
▢   IT Inventorying Services
Partners may elect to have Ombligo prepare an Inventory List prior to marketing that list to potential used IT buyers/resellers. Ombligo sends a team to its partners’ designated locations to compile an Inventory List, which includes the following characteristics for each piece of Equipment, where available:
+ Company reference number (also known as Company’s Asset Tag – “CAT”)
+ Class (e.g., laptop, desktop, server, switch or router)
+ Manufacturer
+ Model number
+ Generation
+ Serial number
+ Parts information (e.g., quantity and part number of processors, quantity and step code(s) of memory sticks, quantity and model number(s) of HDDs, etc.)
+ Location
▢   IT Equipment Purchases
Ombligo purchases used IT equipment outright from its partners. An inventory list with the exact specifications for each unit of equipment is required for Ombligo to formulate an accurate bid. For partners that do not have a detailed list readily available, Ombligo offers inventorying services highlighted under the “IT Inventorying Services” section below.

Process

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PROJECT ASSESSMENT

  • Obtain detailed inventory list

  • On-site inventory services available

  • Formulate bid/offer for inventory list, net of associated fees

LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT DE-INSTALLATION

  • Packaging and palletization

  • Pick-up and secure transportation

PROCESSING

  • Receiving and testing at Ombligo facility

  • Data destruction and sanitization

DISPOSITION

  • Selling

  • Responsible recycling

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