The Remarketer

Robert Davie, Founder of Venderis was gracious enough to answer a few of our questions regarding his revolutionary new End of Life IT Asset Recovery software solution, Venderis Software Solution Suite.

“Armored trucks, employee background checks, the issues that relate to sending systems off-site are all eliminated by our solution.”

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In a nutshell, what does Venderis do?

“I need more than a nutshell to describe Venderis… but here goes. Venderis has sort of a dual role. It reduces the risk of data stored on PCs from escaping to the public domain, while at the same time it increases the resale value of PC assets.

At Vibrant we’re quick to offer top dollar for your used IT hardware, but we definitely also encourage users to consider donation as an option (we do so ourselves when we can). There are many organizations out there who could use enterprise IT hardware and many who have equipment to spare, so here are a few sites that can pair up the two:

Share the Technology

We’ve used this site to connect with organizations and schools in need of server, storage and networking donations. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, they’ve provided a free public-access database since 1996.

Shipping high-end servers and storage equipment across the country or to the other side of the globe can potentially be a scary proposition if you don’t have a freight forwarder you can trust. At Vibrant, we do all we can to ensure a quality product arrives at our customer’s dock - so choosing reliable freight vendors cannot be overlooked.

Axis Global Logistics is one of these top-notch partners for us and our rep, Chris Kosvic, was kind enough to answer some questions we had on how they ensure safe passage of our valuable products - and what we can do to help them succeed.

Coming to a datacenter corner near you…
Dust off those old systems because it’s the IBM RS6000 Antiques Roadshow!

While this program wouldn’t be incredibly exciting to anyone outside of the Unix world, there are definitely finds to be had. In our marketplace of server, storage and networking gear, older equipment can suddenly jump in value. An outdated system or part will often encounter an unexpected blip in demand or it could be in such limited supply that it goes from obsolete to coveted antique.

IBM 4452, 4 x 53P3226 512MB RS6000 memory DIMMs
non-working, honey-glazed

We work with scores of liquidators and leasing companies who contact us with excess hardware and asset recovery opportunities - 99.9% of whom turn out to be fantastic partners with great hardware. The other .01% send non-functional memory in deli meat bags.

Obviously we don’t resell anything that is non-functional and/or smells like ham, so when this happened to us, we were forced to send the shipment back to the liquidator. I don’t think we’ll be bidding on that guy’s hardware packages again.