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TapeExchange.com: The New Way to Acquire and Sell Tape and Optical Media
TapeExchange.com: The New Way to Acquire and Sell Tape and Optical Media
The concept for TapeExchange.com was born out of age-old problems for Data Center Managers; that of capacity requirement planning and capacity requirement budgeting. The ability to forecast how many tapes of a certain type are needed is pretty much impossible. If the manager orders too few tapes, then operations could run out and chaos prevails. In addition, if the orders are placed too late, they often will result in higher freight charges, higher product costs and partial shipments. The answer would seem to be to play it safe and order more than you expect to use, but what happens if usage rates decrease or storage platforms change? In both cases, the manager could be left with unwanted product or depleted budgets that could have been used for other important expenditures. Step in TapeExchange.com.
TapeExchange has been designed as an interactive portal with the task of bringing the purchasers of magnetic and optical medias together to a single point to help them better manage their capacity requirements and budgets. The result is both a better use of available funds and a reduction of funds necessary to get the job done. What CFO would reject that prospect? In addition, it provides the opportunity for that much delayed write down of inventory without any financial impact to the operation. In short, it helps organizations achieve true MRP 2 (Materials Requirement Planning) standards sought after by the best inventory planners. How does it achieve all these things? Let us explain the basics.
TapeExchange is a web portal that invites any Company, Individual, Reseller, Wholesaler, OEM, Tape Manufacturer etc. to post their excess stock on the inventory pages. Members do so anonymously. All the visitor will view is the available stock and description, the required purchase price, and the ZIP to determine freight suitability. Think of it. As a user, you'll have access to the surplus inventory of potentially thousands of data centers at potentially lower- than- street prices. As a Seller, you'll have the biggest audience you are ever likely to get that would be interested in relieving you of stock you no longer have a use for, and you'll get good money for it.
But it goes much, much further than that. It may be that you wish to take advantage of used medias if you have short-term needs for data storage that will quickly become scratch. What if you like the idea of reducing your data center costs by taking used media but you can't trust the available stock you see? In this instance, you are offered a Gold Option and you can have the product audited first. In addition, you can also select from the Platinum Option and have the product cleaned, degaussed (where appropriate) and re-certified on original manufacturer's tape drives at original error standards. Whatever you requirements, TapeExchange seeks to satisfy them as the broker for your needs. All auditing, cleaning, degaussing, re-certifying will be done at the Graham manufacturing facility in Texas. This facility has been a tape manufacturer for almost forty-years and many of the expert staff have been there for much of that time. They know a thing or two about high quality media having manufactured tapes for some of the world's largest data centers and most prestigious OEM's over the years.
But TapeExchange.com goes further still. There is no limit to the potential trading that can take place; new for old, old for old, old for new, old for re-certified etc. In fact, trades can take place where expenditure is limited to TapeExchange fees only. Maybe you have 9840's and you wish to swap them for 3590e's, for example. Why not?
The worlds largest Tape and Optical inventories are at your disposal. The lowest prices, The most choices, The most experienced advisors, The highest standards in services.
Visit TapeExchange.com today. It's the new way to acquire and sell tape and optical media.
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