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Cloud migration leaves servers behind. CyberCrunch provides certified recycling and data destruction for the legacy infrastructure, with full chain of custody and serialized certificates.
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Cloud migration is a top CIO priority, with the large majority of enterprise workloads headed to the cloud — but the data moves and the physical estate doesn't. When you migrate, CyberCrunch securely retires the servers and destroys the drives you leave behind, and connects you to trusted hosting partners if you need them.
Migration leaves a physical tail: idle compute that powered the workloads you just moved, SAN and NAS arrays still full of files and backups, workstations retired as teams shift to virtual desktops, and networking gear no longer needed once the racks empty out. Every one of those is a data-bearing, value-bearing asset that has to be accounted for, not left on a loading dock — because decommissioned isn't destroyed. A powered-off drive still holds every byte, and that data stays in scope for HIPAA, GLBA, PCI, and FERPA until the media is sanitized to a verified standard. Factory resets and quick wipes don't qualify; retired media needs NIST 800-88 Destroy-level treatment.
ITAD is the back half of your migration. Your team or your cloud partner lifts the workloads; CyberCrunch picks up where that ends — collecting the gear, destroying the drives, recycling the hardware, and recovering value, all with full documentation. The process bolts onto the end of your migration plan: decommission and collect as each workload cuts over, log every asset under chain of custody, sanitize to NIST 800-88 and NAID AAA, recycle under R2v3 and remarket where value exists, and deliver certificates of destruction, custody records, and ESG data.
The result is one accountable chain from bits to atoms: you make the physical-to-cloud move, optionally land on a vetted hosting partner, and CyberCrunch retires the hardware — certified and documented, with nothing leaving untracked.
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When you move to the cloud, the old servers still hold data. CyberCrunch decommissions the data center: every asset scanned by serial number, shipped fully tracked, data destroyed on site or at its facility, and value recovered where possible.
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When you move to the cloud, what happens to your old servers? One lost drive can turn into a data breach. Meet CyberCrunch data center decommissioning. We scan every asset by serial number. Then we pull, pack and ship it, fully tracked. We destroy the data on site or at our facility. And recover value where we can. Certified to R2v3 and NAID AAA. Every rack cleared. Every drive accounted for.
Disclaimer. Figures, percentages, and examples shown in this video are illustrative and for general information only — they are not legal, security, or compliance advice, and do not constitute a guarantee or offer. Statistics reference publicly available industry sources at the time of publication and vary by organization. Secure cloud hosting is provided by independent third-party partners under their own terms; CyberCrunch does not warrant third-party services. Data-destruction and certification claims reference CyberCrunch's NIST 800-88-aligned processes and R2v3, NAID AAA, RIOS, and PA DEP credentials at the time of publication; requirements applicable to your organization should be validated by your own legal, security, and compliance teams. Program terms and service levels are governed by CyberCrunch Terms of Service, and our Privacy Policy applies. All rights reserved. Visit ccrcyber.com for more information.