New Hard Drive Destruction Machine For Computer Systems Security ...

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(Sept 25, 2008)-- A new website, http://www.hddmachine.com is nowoffering a portable hard drive destroyer which IT departments insmall businesses, large businesses banks and hospitals can use todestroy old hard drives in under 30 seconds flat. This machineplugs into a standard 120v outlet and doesn't require any specialtraining to use.

"It is just absurd, that some very large and well knowncompanies these days still ship their hard drives off fordestruction, rather than doing it first hand" says GlenJohnson, a publicist for the site.

"I have friends and family who work for very, very well knowncompanies who have told me they gather and send their old harddrives off to a company that does it off-site, independently. Whatwe think, is that something as important as disposing properly ofold hard drives is not something you want to outsource toIndia...Penalties for not destroying electronic data can be huge(for example, in some states, up to $100/record compromised). Ourhard drive destruction machines are so affordable, it is really ano-brainer to invest in one."

As most people know, hard drives typically contain tons privateinformation gathered over years of use...credit cards, privateemails, pictures, customer info and more.

More and more people are understanding that when getting rid of anold computer, it is smart to take out the hard drive and make sureit is totally smashed. Yet, oddly enough, most computer andelectronics recycling stores don't really offer a service likethis, so many people end up giving their old computer to charitieswith their hard drive intact...which is not very smart.

"Our goal is to offer a hard drive destroyer machine thatmakes hard drive destruction simple and commonplace...With over onebillion personal computers in use worldwide, we are hoping tocreate new recycling business opportunities with this machine. Weare also hoping that existing companies which deal with documentmanagement or electronics recycling will view the video of ourmachine and use this machine to expand their business" saysJohnson.

With The Guardian Hard Drive Destroyer, now businesses of all sizeswho use multiple computers can have this machine on hand. Itrequires no training to operate, is foolproof and makes all data onthe hard drive absolutely unusable. Also, it produces betterresults than other methods of erasing hard drives like 'degaussing'because you can tell for sure just by looking at it that the driveis destroyed.

For companies that only use a limited number of computers and mightfind purchasing this machine out of budget, Johnson suggests usinga professional mobile hard drive destruction service which comes toyour facility, completes the job in front of a designated employee,and issues a certificate of destruction containing the hard drives'serial numbers.

"While we made our machines to be affordable, some smallcompanies may prefer to hire a professional who owns one of thesemachines to stop by and do the job for them...For these people, wesuggest visiting The Document Shredding directory athttp://www.document-shredding.org, which lists data security anddocument management services providers in every state. However, notall companies offer hard drive destruction, so be sure to askbefore hiring a mobile document shredding service provider. Costshould probably range between $5 and $25 per hard drive destroyed.If they don't offer it, we suggest you should act a littledisappointed and then tell them about us".

See a video of this machine destroying a hard drive, get a quote,order one of these machines, protect your company from liabilityand keep your clients data safe from ID theft.

Visit http://www.hddmachine.com for details.

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