IT Services Concerns Are Trumping ...
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Peter West, vice president of marketing at RiverOne Inc. ![]()
... have produced a "picture of inaction and confusion." So says Peter West, vice president of marketing at RiverOne Inc. in Irvine, Calif. Two EU directives -- one dealing with the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment, and the other focusing on reducing the use of hazardous substances -- are set to take effect next July. They will regulate the chemical compounds used in computers and other hardware and define what can and can't go into Europe's landfills. West calls the new rules "a major supply chain issue" for IT vendors and users. According to West, RiverOne's Interactive 6.5 software tool, which is due to ship by the end of the year, will be able to track IT gear from the moment the equipment hits your SAP-based ERP system. That should help users "prove compliance for a whole [product] and not just the individual parts," he says.

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Steve Kahan, vice president of marketing at BindView Corp. ![]()
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