Re: Media Shredders

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

Hi,

I'm looking at this machine:

Destroys: 100MB, 250MB Zip disks, DAT tapes, CD's, DVD's, disks, and
Super disks

<http://www.machine-solution.com/prodinfo.asp?number=INT+684204>

Solve the information security before it becomes a threat. Protect your
privacy, protect your company; shred personal and corporate information
before it can
cause you harm. Shred media data at the source.

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Strong, fast and secure, the Multimedia destroys volumes of data in the
blink of an eye. Separate collection for different media allows easy
disposal and even
recycling. Our media destruction machines can shred media data at the
source. Protect your privacy, protect your company; shred personal and
corporate
information before it can cause you harm.

Solve the information security before it becomes a threat. Shred media
data right at the source.

Strong, fast and secure, the Multimedia destroys volumes of data in the
blink of an eye. Separate collection for different media allows easy
disposal and even
recycling. Continuous duty machine which means if the motor overheats,
the motor will shut down and will restart once the motor cools off.

> From the Gov Connection

8013957 MULTIMEDIA SHREDDER Intimus Multimedia Shredder $2,910.00
       Northeast Mailing Systems, LLC.

Joel Rosenblatt

Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel

--On Wednesday, September 10, 2008 5:01 PM -0500 "Perry, Jeff" <perry () KU EDU> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> We are looking at buying a moderate size commercial shredder to shred
> floppies and CD/DVD's to handle media that we either can't or are too
> tedious for our commercial degaussers.  I am looking for something with
> a reasonable duty cycle and warranty that is designed to handle quite a
> bit of media.  I can find lots of specific info on degaussers but I'm
> not having much luck finding shredders that specifically are rated for
> floppy and polycarbonate media and can handle a few hundred pieces a
> day.  Most product documentations says "will handle paper, credit cards,
> CD's, and staples".  But I'm sure there is a big difference between
> those that will take the occasional CD and those that will take floppies
> and CD's all day.
>
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> For those interested in degaussers:  We have an HD-3 from Gartner
> products that is really nice.  We are now looking at buying a larger
> HD-8800 to expand our "you bring it we'll nuke it" data destruction
> service.  We've seen a surprising amount of mag media that won't fit in
> a standard hard drive degaussers.  Who knew so many old large format
> video tapes and full size reels were still lurking in closets!
>
> Thanks,
> JP
>
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Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel