Case Studies

National Consumer Products Retailer needed IT and Electronics Disposition

National consumer products retailer seeking vendor for tristate region to handle IT and electronics disposition. Current vendor charging high prices and not giving and asset recovery or on-site services causing them to run out of budget early in year.  CLR was able to save them 40-50% off the cost of services and provide on-site data destruction. CLR developed an asset recovery plan that would enable the customer to make back all the cost of our services and provide a net positive that they could put back into their tight IT budget. CLR was also able to offload the payroll expense of having the client’s employees audit and inventory equipment for disposition.

Publicly Traded Commercial Real Estate Company Moves To New Headquarters

Large publicly traded commercial real estate company needed vendor to perform disconnect/reconnect of their computer equipment securely during the move to a new headquarters. CLR worked directly with the chosen moving vendor to coordinate and manage all technical aspects of the computer move. CLR staff performed the relocation overnight on a weekend in a timely manner. There was no interruption to employee productivity when staff returned to work at their new office.

Fast Growing Pharma/Biotech Company Needed Relocation Services

Fast growing pharma/biotech company had outgrown their existing office space and needed a vendor to relocate their computer equipment to a new larger office space with no downtime. CLR performed an overnight relocation of existing computer infrastructure as well as deployed new desktop infrastructure to meet the needs of the new employees that were hired as part of the move/expansion. CLR also provided post move 1 on 1 technical support to client employees to resolve any issues and help make adjustments.

NJ Based Accounting Firm Gets IT Asset Management Audit

A NJ based accounting firm wanted to have a better understanding of their IT infrastructure and how secure it was given all of the news about breaches in headlines. CLR met with management at the firm and performed a comprehensive interview of their structure and operation procedures. CLR then performed a physical inspection and scan of the infrastructure to determine what was in need of improvement and what changes were needed to make the firm more secure and less susceptible to a data breach. Upon performing the IT security audit CLR presented the deficiencies and corrective plan of action to the firm. CLR worked with and coordinated the changes be made with their managed service provider and CLR’s partner vendors.

CLR Helps Global Biotech Company With A Global Asset Management Plan

A global biotech company was going to be migrating all of its IT hardware from one brand to another and moving to a new cloud platform. CLR worked with IT management to put together and manage a global asset management plan. CLR successfully setup a custom program to remotely wipe devices and coordinate international logistics while maintaining strict chain of custody and data security standards including GDPR. The company choosing to use CLR allowed them to focus their limited resources to core projects. The customer also wanted to recoup maximum value from their investment. CLR performed an asset recovery for the customer that allowed them to recoup much of the service costs and put the recovered asset value towards the hardware migration project.

CLR Decommissions & Destroys Old IT Assets For Global Telecom Hardware Manufacturer

A global telecom hardware manufacturer was looking for a vendor to decommission their former world headquarters that they had been in for over 25 years. CLR designed a custom plan to decommission all technical infrastructure from 500k sqft building. CLR successfully disconnected, packed, and removed nearly 250k lbs. of electronic equipment from the building in just 6 days. This included removing equipment from 3 data centers in the building and removal of the majority of the network cabling in the building. The customer also needed data destruction performed on all data containing assets and a profit share on all resalable equipment removed.

CLR Decomissions Equipment For National Data Center And Colocation Company in NY City

A national data center and colocation company was relocating a data center in downtown NYC. They contacted CLR to decommission and remove all remaining end of life equipment from their customers. The client had a tight budget and an even smaller time window for the work to be completed. CLR managed all NYC logistics and disposition in removing equipment from 2 floors of a building with no loading dock and no street parking. CLR successfully completed the job in 2 days meeting the client’s deadline and saving them penalties from the landlord.

A Small Private Investigation Agency Needed Access To Federal Databases

A small private investigation agency needed access to federal databases specific to their line of work. They contacted CLR to inquire about the process of auditing and certifying their IT infrastructure to meet a specific security standard to comply with federal regulations required to gain access to the databases. CLR performed all research, coordinated communications with said federal agency, performed a security audit of clients IT infrastructure and made necessary changes, and then certified clients infrastructure to enable their database access.

Testimonials

CLR Solutions is our go to vendor for all of our IT asset management and data destruction needs. We have strict data security requirements in the banking industry and CLR makes sure we stay compliant and all disposition is done properly. The team at CLR is very knowledgeable and professional. They are very prompt with scheduling and performing of services on our timetable. CLR’s reporting and documentation is always spot on and we know we can rely upon it for accuracy.
VP of IT at Regional Bank

We were looking for a local vendor to handle the destruction of proprietary hardware. CLR has provided us with an ongoing on-site solution that allows us to maintain custody of the equipment during its construction. They even provided us with a video recording documenting the destruction process so that we could send it to our corporate office overseas. No other vendor even offered this level of service and attention to detail as the team at CLR. CLR’s follow-up and concern for making sure all of our needs was met definitely makes them unique and is the reason we continue to keep working with them.
Logistics Manager at Specialty Hardware Manufacturer