Not many people know that computers and other electronics should no go into the garbage can. For businesses this is especially important. One reason for this is security and the another is for the sake of the environment.

With the rise in the concern for the environment and living sustainably, it is important to recycle electronics rather then leave huge piles of e-waste. It is important to find a technology recycler. Vernon Technology Solutions will recycle your old technology, plus with our End-of-life service, we will buy your IT waste. Old computers, servers, monitors and printers all have redeemable value.

Planned obsolescence in technology today has lead to a significant rise in the amount of e-waste created and each computer that makes it to a dump has a certain amount of toxins and carcinogens that can leak out into the environment.

Security is a big deal when it comes to throwing out your old technology. Computers, Data disks, and other drives may hold all sorts of company secrets or customer information. Identity thieves and criminals are very good at retrieving data from drives even after they have been formatted or wiped.

When you get rid of your IT equipment you want to be sure that your data is not retrievable by any of these shady characters. Vernon Technology Solutions has a secure method of destroying your drives and information so that it never gets out. Hard Drive Crushing or Hard Drive Shredding ensures that your data is gone forever.

To sum up: Vernon Technology Solutions is committed to our environment.  VTS can dispose of your E-waste according to provincial regulations and industry standards.  VTS can provide you with certification as proof of safe data disposal. Vernon Technology Solutions can help you minimize your environmental footprint.

One thing you have to be careful of when you are looking for computers is that you are getting products from the source. Unauthorized sellers may be getting the computer after it has changed hands several times and it is much harder to guarantee quality of the product or availability of the product.

Vernon Technology Solutions has forged alliances and strategic partnerships with channel service providers across the country and a large number of manufacturers.  Vernon works closely with companies such as: IBM, LENOVO, TOSHIBA, HEWLETT PACKARD, SUN MICROSYSTEMS, DELL, and more in delivering the very best in business grade solutions.

Vernon is an Authorized Apple Reseller - so you can get your Apple equipment for rent or lease from Vernon Technology Solutions.

Vernon Technology Solutions rents and leases Macbooks, iMacs, and much more.

Vernon Technology Solutions can rent out Macbook Pros and any other apple computer product that you are looking for, and you can also have it for Rent/Lease or Purchase! Why not see what the fuss is all about. Contact Vernon Technology Solutions Today to get your Apple products.

The Mactini is not a real product, but blog viewers I hope you enjoy it.

There is an internet video that has gone viral with over a million views. It is part of “The Peter Serafinowicz Show Christmas Special” and it advertises the newest apple laptop called the Mactini.

Enjoy!

For businesses that store information abot customers including names, credit cards, locations and more, you want to be 100% sure that no one can ever retrieve your information

Computers with full hard drives have been sold online and other people have been able to get their hands on sensitive data, but even more alarming is the ability of theives to read data after it has been wiped. A criminal with the right technology can recover data even after you hit delete and then degauss or wipe the drive.

If a company is found to have been neglegent and data was retrieved because of it, then that business will pay a hefty fine. Please see the article linked here about data destruction.

This link concludes that for individuals it is smart to destroy drives. As such, businesses that hold much more information about lots more individuals, destruction is very important.

For an individual, destruction might be accomplished with household tools (done safely), but for businesses you want to know that hundreds of drives can be destroyed in minutes. This is where the Vernon Hard Drive Crusher comes in.

The Crusher destroys drives in less then 10 seconds. With a drive crushed, you have visual evidence that your data can not be read ever again. Vernon Technology Solutions offers this service and it will also recycle the hard drives after destruction.

For a preview of the Hard Drive Crusher please see the video below

This does not mean that business people never have meet face-to-face. In fact there are many benefits to seeing the person you are talking to. The trouble is travel is time consuming and very expensive.

This is where Vernon Technology Solutions would like to introduce you to the solution to this problem:

VideoCloud Telepresence

Video Conferencing gives companies the ability to communicate face-to-face, but for the most part it is slow and bulky.

VideoCloud Telepresence is High Definition video communication. The quality and speed of the transmission gives the realism and allows interaction as if both speakers were in the same room.

VideoCloud Telepresence is a wonderful tool for Internal meetings amongst branches nationally and internationally. It is global, green, convenient, flexible, and more.

Video Cloud provides superior quality products and delivers to all across Canada. The other advantage to Video Cloud Telepresence is the lease options. If you just want to try out the system or if you want to use it for a few months and then you won’t need it anymore, contact VideoCloud.

The future is growing but the world is shrinking. Experience direct communication with someone across the world today.

With Branches all over Canada and over 25 years of experience, Vernon Technology Solutions has provided for hundreds if not thousands of happy customers.

But a common question that comes up is Why Rent?

Here is a short list and for further details see the full article here.

1. Hidden Costs of Purchasing Products
   • Maintenance Costs - fixing up machines
   • Downtime Costs - working with broken machines, or paying repairs
   • Obsolescense Costs - outdated equipment is slower and not as impressive
   • Warehousing Costs - Unused machines are expensive to maintain or take lots of time to update if they were not maintained
   • Storage Costs - Unused machines take up space
   • License and Software Costs - MS Office and other programs cost money
   • Disposal Costs - Proper disposal of a computer is expensive
2. Tax Write-off of rental products
3. Larger availability of high end equipment
4. Protection Against Obsolescence and wasted storage space
5. Reduced Capital Outlay -pay in small segments not a big first payment
6. No Commitment to Purchase - but there is potential at the end of a lease.

By destroying the palette and crushing a hard disk the information on it is gone forever.

Individuals can do this at home, but it is not advisable as it leaves a lot of mess, it takes a lot of cleaning up and recycling, and it can be dangerous.

But you be the judge:

Lets compare the Hard Drive Crusher to this Data Destruction home video:

Data Destruction Home video

Hard Drive Crusher

For further details on the Hard Drive crusher please visit www.vernoncrusher.com

When you dispose of an old computer, destroying data takes a lot more then just sending it to the “Recycle Bin”. You want to be sure that every trace of your information is gone. If a criminal gets his hands on your machine, it had better be empty or you could face some very heavy fines.

For an idea about fines related to data destruction on paper please click here

There are many different ways to wipe a hard-drive, this is becuase there are many ways to retreive information from them. When you get rid of a business hard-drive you want 100% visual verification that your drive can never be accessed again.

Whenever you get rid of a computer or laptop, you need to be sure that the hard drive is removed and destroyed for safety. The Vernon Hard Disk Crusher is a simple, fast and safe way to dispose of your old drives. The Crusher will destroy a drive in seconds and the data is gone forever.

For more details on the Vernon Hard Disk Crusher please follow this link. For a preview of the device please see the video below

After several years of doing business at 70 Esna Park Drive unit 12, Vernon Technology Solutions is moving to 400 Bentley St. Units 5 & 6.

Vernon is very excited about this upgrade of location. Vernon is always updating the regular rental pool to ensure that the best equipment is always available to you. We hope to hear from you once we move in fully to our new location and we hope our business service will only improve from the move.

For those who fear that the move will put us out of range, we would like to end that fear right now, by providing this map, to show you exactly how far we are moving.

Vernon Technology Solutions attended the CompTIA Breakaway 2009 event to announce IT Recycling, Data Destruction with the Hard Disk Crusher and Video Cloud - Web conferencing Solutions.

The CompTIA Breakaway 2010 event is almost here. The CompTIA Breakaway events are a great place to network with other companies in the IT field. It is a place to “Learn, Connect and Succeed”. It gives businesses a chance to intereact and also to discuss the latest challanges and developments in the industry.

The Breakaway 2010 agenda includes many education sessions and many guest speakers like Daniel Pink, Wendy Bahr, and much more still to be announced.

Also, Vernon Technology Solutions’ booth at CompTIA is visible for a second during the promo video for the CompTIA Breakaway event http://www.comptia.org/breakaway/default.aspx try and find us!

See the video of Vernon at Comptia 2009 below