WHY BLANCCO?

I face on a daily basis the question "Why Blancco? posed by people who are interested in our company and our solutions. Why is Blancco the best brand and better than anyone else in the field of professional data destruction and end-of-lifecycle management? As the founder and Managing Director of Blancco, I would like to highlight our operating principle and a few facts about Blancco and the business that we are in.

We live in a fast-paced world where trust and commercial confidence are primary concerns. Currently, millions of first hand computers are retired annually. Blancco Ltd is dedicated to providing sophisticated technology and advanced technical support. Blancco Ltd secures a new start while contributing to ecological values by facilitating the safe re-use of computers.

Because Blancco focuses only on data erasure and end-of-lifecycle management, our target is clear. This focus has been maintained since 1999 when we entered the field of providing a safe, secure, efficient and economical way to reuse computers. We guarantee a 100% secure result and ensure high quality products and services. That is why Blancco has quickly become a market leader in its major market areas.

Few facts about our success include:

- Blancco solutions have more than 7.000.000 licensed end-users
- Blancco provides end-of-lifecycle management solutions for 7 out of 10 computers recycled professionally in the UK
- Blancco provides advanced data destruction services to more than 50% of professionally refurbished PCs in Europe
- Our data destruction solutions are certified by five different NATO countries
- Our solutions are tested and certifed to the world’s most stringent standards

Blancco has been a pioneer in developing state-of-the-art end-of-lifecycle solutions in close co-operation with major corporations and computer recycling and refurbishing centres. These are key reasons why Blancco has had the privilege to work with some of the world’s biggest corporations which have the world’s most strictest security requirements

Security
Blancco guarantees a 100% secure data destruction for all hard drive types. Blancco’s professional data erasure products are based on cutting-edge technology that is developed together with world’s most security oriented organizations such as the military, defence and police forces, financial and banking institutions and Fortune 1000 corporations. Our solutions always work independently of BIOS, OS or other technical limitations. The erasure process is monitored and verified real-time.

Reporting
Like any other data security process, data destruction is futile unless it is being properly reported to all relevant parties within an organization. Data erasure without a digitally protected, non-disputable report is inadequate in the court of law. If you cannot prove it in writing, it was not done. Blancco provides detailed information about the erasure process (what, where, when and by whom) and protects the report with a digital signature that prevents the report from being changed.

Auditing
As erasure without reporting is useless, reporting without a working auditing process does not provide any additional value. Auditing ensures that all parties in an organization and, third parties are following the same established data security policy. Blancco provides all the needed solutions for auditing all completed procedures in the end-of-lifecycle process.

Integration
If Security, Reporting and Auditing are taken care of properly, the question remains “what is it for my business or my technological process?”. All that information has to be integrated smoothly to the business process in order to maximize the value recovered from used computers. For example, integrating the information provided by Blancco with a logistics or asset management database, or with an online auction guarantees minimum costs and maximum return from second hand IT assets. All our solutions are easy to integrate to databases, solutions, products, etc. due to open and fully documented application protocols [API] and industry standards used such as XML, HTML, ODBC.

Value-added features
Data erasure is worthless if the remarket value of an asset cannot be easily determined. Our detailed hardware asset inventory (hardware asset management) and automatic formatting and partitioning greatly facilitate PC reuse or second-hand reselling, making it simple to determine the real value of a used PC.

Close to every customer
Blancco is committed to developing only first-class products. We build user-friendly, customer-tailored software applications for any data erasure need and deliver them using your preferred delivery channel, either via network, Preinstall or ASP. Besides its five international offices, Blancco has partners in all continents and in more than 20 countries.

Professional technical support and updates
We ensure follow-up and provide full, highly qualified technical support. If you encounter any problems, we will solve them personally. We provide a minimum of three annual updates of products which guarantee data erasure possibilities for the very latest security and technological needs. Our R&D and technical support teams are bigger and better that anyone else in this field. Our expertise and focus on professional data destruction and end-of-lifecycle management combined with an excellent service has made us the first choice for computer OEMs, military organizations and major corporations around the world.

If you have any comments / questions / suggestions / complaints, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at:

kim.vaisanen@blancco.com

With very best regards,

Kim Väisänen
Managing Director
Blancco Ltd