Procuring genuine IT hardware products from a reputable source is vital to ensuring that networking products can be supported, will provide the correct functionality, compatibility and life span guarantees, and that it will be covered by warranty Thousands of networking products are produced abroad in the Far East each year and flood the world market looking identical to authentic products

Recent events highlighted in the press demonstrate a very sound business case for employing secure methods of disposal of redundant IT equipment A particularly poignant example is that of a second hand server purchased from the internet which contained the personal data of one million customers of the Royal Bank of Scotland, National Westminster Bank and American Express