Why remanufacturing? IT equipment represents an alarmingly high amount of carbon footprint – 350kg for a laptop, 600kg for a desktop, and 6,360kg for a rack server. To put into perspective, 15 laptops produce carbon emission as much as a mid-sized car. What’s more shocking is that almost 70% of the laptops that were disposed…
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Benefits of Circular Economy For Our Future
The planet Earth is with finite natural resources. With the accelerating pace of our technology development, the traditional linear economy practice of take, make, use and dispose shall inevitably exhaust these irreplaceable resources rapidly, leaving our next generations with drastic after-effects. Climate changes, global warming, and depletion of rare earth or virgin materials, among others.
E-waste: Recycling is not the absolute solution
Recycling is a good practice to reduce waste in the world. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to electronics! While it isn’t bad to recycle your computer or smartphone, making that a panacea for the e-waste crisis we currently have certainly is. People often misunderstood ‘recycling’ when it comes to…
Rentwise and Sunway Education Group’s Collaborative Green IT – CSR Journey
Rentwise Malaysia’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives began about 10 years ago. The CSR campaign has been about identifying and helping schools without computer labs or those having existing computer labs in dire need of an upgrade.
Cybersecurity: Don’t Let Your Data Be a Victim To Cybersecurity Threats
Every day, thousands of people all over the world find themselves in the unwanted situation of a data or security network breach. This eventually led to the realization of the importance of cybersecurity by the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2004. Since then, awareness campaigns and education programmes…
Rentwise Upgrades SK Sri Petaling’s Computer Lab
Our continuous CSR collaboration with the Sunway Education Group has provided SK Sri Petaling a total of 20 newly remanufactured desktop computers. The newly equipped lab was officiated on 20th September 2018 by Rentwise Malaysia’s Head of IT Asset Management Services, Mr Lai Kien Wah and Sunway Education Group’s representative, Mr Ong Kiat Ming.
SMK Jinjang benefits from Rentwise CSR Program
SMK Jinjang is proud to be the recipient of 35 remanufactured computers recently setup as part of a joint CSR donation exercise by Rentwise Malaysia and the Sunway Educational Group. These 35 units of remanufactured desktops have been deployed to equip the school’s computer lab and is seen as a huge step forward toward enhancing…
Rentwise’s CSR Program helps schools in Kota Bharu
As part of our community development, Rentwise initiates and runs CSR programmes. Semi-government aided schools or NGOs are invited to speak to us about their IT infrastructure requirements. Over the years, we have helped create or upgrade the existing ICT facilities of a number of needy schools and NGOs. Many of these programmes are run…
Challenges of Managing IT Assets
In a fast-paced world where time is money, having sound situational awareness of your organisation’s IT assets is crucial to continuous smooth operations. Knowing what’s where and having your finger on the pulse of an active and growing IT infrastructure means less time wasted responding to rapid technological advances.
Hari Raya Open House At Rentwise
As we move quickly into the second half of the year, it’s time for a much-needed break and get-together with great food and company during our Hari Raya open house at Rentwise office.