While most Rice faculty, staff and graduate students are concerned about how to get a new computer, IT is equally concerned about how old computing equipment leaves the campus. At the June Administrator’s Forum, Yemeen Rahman, IT Director for Business Services and Projects, walked department representatives through a simple process for hardware disposal (PDF).
Hardware includes any type of device with memory, from computers to flash drives, external hard drives and printers. To protect the university from data loss, IT has taken on the task of wiping the data of these systems and peripherals before they are sent off campus for disposal. To initiate the hardware disposal process, contact the IT Help Desk: 713.348.4357 or helpdesk@rice.edu.