ITAMG Case Studies
See how ITAMG plans and executes complex IT asset disposition projects for enterprise organizations. Each study documents the approach and results.
Enterprise data center decommissioning engagements
These three anonymized studies cover a bank consolidation, a working hospital and a two-site colocation exit.
How a regional bank cleared four sites and reconciled 2,341 assets
Across two owned data centers and two rented colocation cages, ITAMG reconciled asset-tag and serial-number records that did not share a common key.
How a health system cleared 52 racks and cabinets without moving readable media off-site
ITAMG planned night work around clinical access, destroyed media at each originating site and handed 1,900 square feet back on schedule.
How a software company exited two colocation sites four days early
ITAMG ran both exits in parallel, separated 88 lease returns and moved 24 complete GPU nodes directly into recovery before handback.
What each study documents
The full studies show how each engagement moved from written scope to final reconciliation.
Client recovery is the amount ITAMG paid or credited for accepted assets based on secondary-market values at the time of the engagement. It is not ITAMG's downstream sale price.
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Project scope and operating constraints
What had to leave, what remained live, who approved the work and which dates or access rules controlled the plan.
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Execution sequence and on-site exceptions
How inventory, media control, removal, transport and site handback were sequenced, including the exceptions resolved on-site.
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Asset and media outcomes
Final asset counts, approved media methods, transport records and operational results.
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Financial settlement
Client recovery by equipment category, project costs by workstream and net cash to the client.
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Closeout evidence
The certificates, custody records, settlement reports and final reconciliation delivered for the client's records.
Shared controls, tailored to each decommission
Every engagement begins with scope and approvals. Media handling, equipment removal and site handback are then sequenced around the client's data policy, access rules, lease obligations and operating constraints.
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Scope
Establish scope and approvals
Scope, ownership, data classification, access rules and acceptance requirements are set before disposition begins. Identifiers blocked in the rack are captured during de-racking, and discrepancies are resolved before closeout.
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Media
Apply the approved media method
Media remains under documented custody while the client-approved destruction or sanitization method is performed, verified and recorded in alignment with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2.
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Removal
Coordinate removal and handback
Equipment is de-racked, packed and transported under documented custody. Removal windows and site-return requirements are tailored to each operating environment.
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Closeout
Reconcile and close
The final package reports client recovery and project cost separately, then reconciles each asset to its disposition record.
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Planning a data center decommission?
Tell us what must leave, what must remain live and which dates control the project. ITAMG will prepare a written scope covering removal, media controls, project cost, equipment valuation and closeout records.
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