Data Center Decommissioning

SK Tes offers seamless transition to the cloud—through secure, sustainable and compliant ITAD and data center decommissioning services. From secure data destruction to robust IT asset lifecycle management solutions and reporting. Leverage hardware leasebacks, buyback programs, and secure decommissioning solutions, all designed with your needs in mind and optimized to maximise ROI and reduce downtime.

Yes, our solutions for hardware purchase leaseback and revenue share provide you with the financial flexibility that you might need.

With our Hardware Purchase Leaseback (HPL) solution, we will purchase your IT assets and lease them back to you during data center migration timeline. This provides an immediate injection of capital by locking it in the current Fair Market Value (FMV) of your equipment. Not only does this remove the assets from your balance sheet, but it can also generate capital for reinvestment in other areas of your migration needs.

Data center decommissioning is the process of safely retiring IT equipment and infrastructure from a data center with a key goal to maximize value recovery for your IT assets, while minimizing risks.

This involves carefully planning and executing tasks such as equipment inventorying, physical de-installation, secure data destruction, and transportation to ensure compliance with security, environmental, and operational requirements.

Various international guidelines and standards have been established to provide frameworks for secure data sanitization. The most widely adopted are NIST 800-88 and the more recent IEEE 2883-2022. Both IEEE 2883-2022 and NIST SP 800-88 R1 provide guidelines for secure data sanitization under three levels: clear, purge and destroy/destruct. While they share similar principles IEEE 2883-2022 provides updated techniques for modern storage technology, whereas NIST 800-88 has been a long-standing industry standard. 

As your expert IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) partner, SK tes can guide you through all the options. We offer a single-source, global solution for data destruction and lifecycle management for the full range of corporate IT and enterprise technology. Our processes ensure that data is thoroughly erased for maximum security, and to the highest international data destruction standards.  Explore more on data destruction services and the NIST guide.

SK Tes delivers these projects with confidence, meeting tight schedules without compromising quality. This is achieved through: 

1. Understanding Your Key Requirements: We prioritize clear communication to align with your objectives.
2. Intelligent Project Planning: We create robust plans tailored to your specific needs.
3. Proper Scoping: We precisely define project boundaries to avoid delays.
4. Detailed Milestone Tracking: We use precise metrics to monitor progress and ensure timely completion.
5. Metric Reporting: This allows for close assessment of project progress, enabling proactive adjustments and ensuring we stay on track.

Trust SK Tes's secure handling and reporting of discrepancies. We mitigate these risks by: 

• Thorough Reporting on IT Assets: We provide comprehensive documentation of your IT assets, ensuring transparency and accountability.
  
  
• Trained Security Architects: Our projects are overseen by security architects who implement robust security protocols.
  
  
• Secure Procedures for Locating and Securing Disks: We employ rigorous methods to locate and secure all storage devices, preventing data breaches.
  
  
• Intelligent Inventory Tracking: For remarketed assets, our intelligent inventory tracking safeguards against unprocessed assets from being sold, ensuring that no sensitive data can be traced back.
  
  

By combining these measures, we ensure a secure decommissioning process and protect your sensitive data. 

SK Tes employs a sophisticated approach to manage large inventories, ensuring accuracy and efficiency. We achieve this through: 

• Data Analysis of Expected vs. Discovered Asset Data: We meticulously compare expected inventory lists with discovered assets, identifying discrepancies early on.
  
  
• Use of AI Training Models to Identify Discrepancies: We leverage AI-powered tools to analyze large datasets and detect anomalies, significantly improving accuracy and speed.
  
  
• Consistent and Detailed Reporting: We provide comprehensive and consistent reports on inventory status, discrepancies, and resolutions.
  
  
• Simplified Dashboards for High-Level Statistics: We offer user-friendly dashboards that provide a clear, concise overview of key inventory metrics.