IT asset lease return

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Leasing laptops is an effective strategy for staying up to date with the latest technology without incurring high upfront costs.

13 September 20246 mins
It asset lease return

Leasing laptops is an effective strategy for staying up to date with the latest technology without incurring high upfront costs. But when it’s time to return leased devices, organisations face two key challenges: maximising lease value and avoiding late fees. To overcome these obstacles, organisations must securely collect, store, and return the leased laptops to the lessor in their original condition while ensuring data security throughout the process. Implementing a streamlined process with robust logistical capabilities is essential for returning the equipment to the lessor and avoiding potentially costly late fees.

Your objectives

When handling lease returns for IT assets, you need a project management system to ensure accuracy, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. You want to maximise ROI by returning laptops on time and in good condition while guaranteeing a secure chain of custody with reliable tracking. Data security is also a top priority for IT lease returns: all data and software must be wiped from the leased equipment prior to being returned.

To ensure a successful, secure lease return, it’s essential to have a clear, end-to-end plan in place. With an IT asset lease return service, you can ensure data security by remotely wiping data, then safely collect, store, and return the leased equipment to the original lessor.

Iron Mountain's lease return service can maximise lease value and help to eliminate late fees by safely collecting, storing, and returning leased laptops to the original lessor securely and efficiently. Our process ensures that all leased laptops are transported and stored with a secure chain of custody and that all data is completely wiped before the laptops are returned. This helps ensure that leased equipment is returned in good condition and on time, helping to eliminate late fees and maximising the value of the lease.

Our services

Iron Mountain's comprehensive laptop lease return service includes efficient management, end-to-end logistics, device testing, cleaning, and grading. We ensure timely and accurate returns, helping you meet lease deadlines and maximise the value of your leased IT assets.

Hardware asset management overview

As a global leader in hardware asset management, Iron Mountain delivers end-to-end solutions to support your IT asset lifecycle needs.

With our comprehensive services and solutions, you’ll get the most out of your workplace IT assets and create business efficiencies that allow you to focus more on your internal customers. Our services also support your sustainability goals by extending the life of your assets and demonstrating positive outcomes with our Environmental Benefits Report.

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IT asset lease return services include:

  • Managed service to return leased assets

  • Centralised process management

  • End-to-end logistics

  • Device testing, cleaning, and grading

  • Support to eliminate late fees


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Common use cases

Devices covered: Computers, monitors, mice/keyboards/cables

Redeployment

Your ambition

Redeployment of devices and peripherals to new employees or advance exchange/repair for existing employees

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Iron Mountain’s solution

Storage, imaging, kitting, tagging, tracking, logistics, reporting

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Laptop retrieval

Your ambition

The secure, automated retrieval of employee laptops

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Iron Mountain’s solution

Sanitisation, reverse logistics, tracking, reporting, storage, redeployment, EOL

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IT asset refresh

Your ambition

Deployment of new devices and retrieval of end-of-use devices during asset refresh cycles

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Iron Mountain’s solution

New hardware deployment, old hardware retrieval, tracking, reporting, EOL

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Lease returns

Your ambition

The retrieval, wiping and on-time return of leased equipment

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Iron Mountain’s solution

Reverse logistics, sanitisation, device testing, cleaning, grading, financial scenario planning, on-time return to lessor

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End-of-use

Your ambition

Sanitisation or physical destruction of data-bearing components followed by remarketing or e-waste recycling

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Iron Mountain’s solution

Certified data sanitisation or destruction, global remarketing network, certified recycling 

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Iron Mountain’s hardware asset management

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Best in class data security

From transparent, traceable chains of custody and verifiable data erasure, we provide world-class logistics, global tracking, and certified decommissioning.

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Advanced sustainability

Promote sustainability by reducing e-waste, extending the life of an asset, and supporting responsible disposal and recycling practices, contributing to a cleaner environment and
more sustainable future.

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Maximise savings and ROI

Hardware asset management boosts savings and ROI by optimising asset utilisation, maintenance, and resource allocation while minimising unnecessary purchases.

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Unmatched scale and reach

A trusted partner to more than 90% of the Fortune 1000 and some of the world’s largest hyperscalers, our decades of leadership, expertise, and global footprint are unmatched.

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