PHS Maxitech News

• 12 January 2012

  PHS Maxitech working with local college on Apprenticeship campaign

  PHS Maxitech has been working alongside Southgate College and the North London Chamber of Commerce to offer IT Apprenticeship schemes

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• 05 January 2012

  The demise of the data center

  The move toward Cloud Computing spells the potential demise of the Data Center. Protecting your data in the future is not the only concern. Proper disposal of old equipment is required to safeguard confidential information.

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• 26 April 2011

  Stark security warning for the public sector

  Data destruction experts are warning public sector institutions to thoroughly destroy confidential information following the latest security leak at NHS Birmingham East and North.

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• 05 April 2011

  PHS cautiously welcomes new rules

  PAS 141 sets out the basic standards that electronic equipment must meet to be classed as fit for reuse and therefore allowed to be sent overseas. After several delays, the specification was made public on 31 March. The standard addresses the issue of data eradication following high profile cases where electrical equipment from the UK was sold in Africa, containing the previous owners’ personal data.

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• 25 March 2011

  PHS Datashred on the acquisition trail

  PHS Datashred, the secure shredding arm of PHS Group has recently acquired two Shredding businesses, Manchester based Shred Easy, and Shred Secure, which is based in Milton Keynes.

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• 18 March 2011

  PHS Maxitech announced as Green IT Awards Finalist

  PHS Maxitech is celebrating after being short listed for a Green IT Award.

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• 07 March 2011

  PHS Datashred launches Security Health Check

  PHS Maxitech's parent company, PHS Datashred, has launched an online tool for businesses and organisations to assess their data security, with a view to making necessary improvements.

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• 12 November 2010

  MOD Secrets Dumped in Skip

  A British Army Officer, a veteran of Afghanistan, was last night at the centre of an investigation after a laptop he dumped in a skip was found to contain a whole host of top secret files.

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• 04 November 2010

  Green IT Event Welcomes PHS Maxitech

  Maxitech, a PHS Datashred business, will be exhibiting at this year's Green IT event in London's QEII Conference Centre.

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• 20 October 2010

  Nine charged over illegal WEEE disposal

  On 14th October 2010, nine people were charged with illegally dumping waste electrical equipment overseas

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