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Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

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Citrix cites Gartner Device Shipment Forecasts that find that the business PC market will grow at a rate of about 10% per year for the next few years. Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. How robust is the used computer market and is it trending down or up?

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How to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Nonprofit BYOD Workplace

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In May, Gartner predicted that by 2017, half of employers will stop giving employees company devices altogether. The trend has a name: BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device. Depending on what kind of data you handle—student data, medical data, and so on—security is likely a key part of your work. Image: lars_o_matic.

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

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Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. Bruce Buckelew of OTX West, which supplies refurbished computers to low-income students in Oakland, California, recalls the "decline and fall" of the computer refurbishment field 20 years ago.