ITAD architects

Design an ITAD process that fits your organization

Not every IT phase-out is the same. A workplace replacement, datacenter clearance or international hardware rollout places different demands on data destruction, logistics, documentation and compliance.

ITAD Operating Model
Valuation
Data Destruction
Transport
Documentation
Market Value
Connected throughXITAD

XITAD's ITAD architects help organizations design a process that fits their own environment, risks and objectives. In doing so, we look not only at processing and data destruction, but also at market value, reporting and governance.

The result is a practically executable process that fits your organization and is directly supported by the XITAD platform.

01

Where standard processes fall short

Many organizations work with processes that have grown over the years.

A fixed buyer, a carrier, a processor and various reporting systems often work fine until the scale, complexity or compliance requirements increase.

It is precisely then that questions arise such as:

How does the chain of custody remain demonstrable?

How is data destruction recorded?

How is the market value determined?

Which documentation is available for audits?

The ITAD architects help make these processes visible and improve them where needed.

Current State
  • No central oversight
  • Separate Documentation
  • Limited Visibility
  • Unknown Market Value
After Architecture
  • One Process
  • Central Documentation
  • Clear Governance
  • Market Transparency
02

Analysis of the current process

Every engagement begins with an inventory of the existing situation.

We look at, among other things:

Data destruction

Transport and handovers

Documentation

Compliance requirements

Reporting

Market value and sales channels

This creates insight into the strengths of the current process and the parts that need extra attention.

Data Destruction
Transport
Documentation
Compliance
Market Value
03

Design of a controlled process

Based on the analysis, we design a process that fits the scale and requirements of your organization.

Depending on the project, this can consist of:

Data destruction to NIST 800-88

Verifiable chain of custody

Secured transport

Reporting and audit documentation

ESG and CSRD support

Valuation and competing bids

The goal is not to add extra complexity, but to make existing processes manageable and demonstrable.

Requirements
Process Design
Controls
Documentation
Execution
04

Governance & Control

Business Requirements
ITAD Governance
Operational Execution
Audit Documentation
05

Supported by the XITAD platform

The designed process is supported by the XITAD platform.

Project information, documentation, certificates and reports come together within one environment. This keeps the departments involved, such as IT, security, procurement, finance and compliance, working from the same source of information.

Where needed, the platform can connect to existing systems such as ITAM, CMDB and ERP solutions.

ERP
CMDB
ITAM
Procurement
XITAD
Documentation & Reporting
06

From advice to execution

The ITAD architects do not stop at a design.

When desired, we also guide the execution of the process, including valuation, data destruction, transport, reporting and project completion.

This creates one point of contact for both design and execution.

Assessment
Architecture Session
Implementation
Execution
Reporting
07

Outcomes

Process Visibility
Documentation Control
Risk Reduction
Market Transparency

Frequently asked questions about the ITAD architects

What does an ITAD architect do?

An ITAD architect helps your organization design an IT phase-out process that fits your environment, risks and objectives, from data destruction and logistics to documentation, market value and governance.

When is an architecture session relevant?

An architecture session is relevant when the scale, complexity or compliance requirements of your IT phase-out increase and existing processes that have grown over the years raise questions about chain of custody, data destruction, market value or audit documentation.

What does a process analysis deliver?

A process analysis provides insight into the strengths of your current process and the parts that need extra attention, across data destruction, transport, documentation, compliance, reporting and market value.

Can existing suppliers remain part of the process?

Yes. Existing suppliers can remain part of the process. The architects map the whole and make it manageable and demonstrable, rather than replacing existing links where that is not needed.

How does this fit our current ITAM or CMDB system?

Where needed, the XITAD platform can connect to existing systems such as ITAM, CMDB and ERP solutions, so that project information and documentation remain available from one source.

Is the process also executed?

Yes. When desired, the architects also guide the execution, including valuation, data destruction, transport, reporting and project completion, so there is one point of contact for design and execution.

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