Welcome to Reverse Logistics Magazine

The Reverse Logistics Magazine is a bi-monthly publication of the Reverse Logistics Association with a circulation of 80,000 readers worldwide. Reverse logistics is a process that crosses all industries including High-Tech, Retail, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Automotive and Aerospace, just to name a few.

The magazine provides the latest information regarding the various areas of reverse logistics including returns management, refurbishment, field service and warranty management.

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Reverse Logistics News Highlights

420,000 Counterfeit Computer Parts Seized in CBP Enforcement Operation

Washington, DC—1 December 2008—The U.S. Customs and Border Protection service seized more than 420,000 imports of counterfeit integrated circuits and computer network components bearing 50 different counterfeit trademarks in a CBP enforcement operation in May and June, the service has announced.

The seizures, conducted by CBP at 11 ports of entry, have a total domestic value of $1.3 million and an estimated retail value of $3.5 million.

Integrated circuits or ICs and computer network components are used in a wide range of applications, many of which have health and safety or national security implications. They are used in communication and weapons systems, automobiles, aircrafts, computers, medical devices and consumer electronics.

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RT Wins Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2008 Program

28 November 2008—RT has once again stamped its class as number one service provider in the country. This time the acceptance has come in the form of Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2008 Program conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Asia Pacific.

The above mentioned award which was constituted in 2005 and is annually conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) is given in the category of internet, biotechnology, medical and computers/hardware, is looked at with great respect through out the business community.

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Sun Microsystems Announces New Data Erasure Service for Data Protection and Security

25 November 2008—Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the Sun™ Data Protection Services, Data Erasure, a new on-site service to help enable customers to remain compliant with internal corporate data erasure policies during the removal, redeployment or relocation of equipment containing sensitive data. The service also empowers customers’ to become compliant with the ever increasing policies of regulatory agencies for the removal or destruction of data, by providing a global, audit-ready solution that erases data at the platter level.

Data security is an issue IT administrators must address, and the topic is as pertinent as ever due to increasing pressure from government regulations being put in place to protect privacy and prevent fraud. Company security policies must ensure that businesses remain competitive and compliant with government requirements. In response to this, Sun’s new Data Protection Services, Data Erasure provides a scalable, global solution for eradicating non-critical data from customers’ hard disks, Sun Data Protection Services, Data Erasure meets or exceeds the requirements of most company security policies by standardizing on the stringent DOD 5220-22M policy for data erasure. In addition, Sun’s software enabled service can scale to match the policies of up to 14 different erasure standards to satisfy both public and private security regulations.

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Warranty: Marketing tool or supporting rule?

BARODA, INDIA—25 November 2008—Vendors use warranty policies as a marketing tool and not as a supporting rule—this summed up the general discontentment that partners in Baroda felt when it came to doing the IT business.

Almost all the partners who participated in The DQ Week IT Panchayat that was organized in the city on Nov 20, 2008 were very vocal about how vendors promised customers exemplary post-sales support—at times even lifetime warranty—but failed to deliver the same.

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PC Recycler, Inc Debuts Mobile Hard Drive Shredding and Degaussing

Chantilly, VA—24 November 2008—PC Recycler Inc., an emerging leader in computer recycling and data destruction management, is launching a mobile shredding service that takes secure data destruction a quantum leap forward. Total and irreversible erasure of the most confidential data is now available in a convenient, economical and environmentally sound process that achieves peace of mind from minuscule pieces of metal.

PC Recycler now is the only company in the Washington, D.C., area—and one of the few in the nation—to offer specialized hard drive shredding, degaussing and destruction on-site in a mobile application, meeting the highest government and corporate standards.

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