Insights & Buyback Index

What the Insights publication covers

Each quarterly issue carries: (1) the Maxicom Buyback Index — reference pricing across server, storage, networking, GPU, CPU, memory categories, with quarter-over-quarter movement; (2) Regulatory Watch — what privacy and ITAD regulators in our four operating markets have said this quarter; (3) AI Hardware Market Brief — H100/A100/MI300 pricing, supply, export-control updates; (4) BFSI Refresh Patterns — what we are seeing in bank refresh cadence; (5) Sustainability Brief — embodied-carbon math, CSRD/ISSB/BRSR updates, sector benchmarks; (6) one feature analysis on a sector or technology of the quarter.

Who reads it

Approximately 1,200 procurement, sustainability, and compliance professionals across our four markets. BFSI procurement teams (anchor readership). Sovereign-wealth-fund operations. Hyperscale tenant procurement. Government IT modernisation programmes. Sustainability-led enterprise procurement. AI startup operations. Channel partners and consulting firms whose engagements have an ITAD tail.

The Buyback Index — methodology

Reference prices for the most-traded SKUs in each category (server: Dell PowerEdge R750 / R740, HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10/11; storage: NetApp AFF A400, Dell EMC PowerStore 5200T; GPU: NVIDIA H100 80GB SXM5, A100 80GB; etc.) computed weekly from active trader-channel pricing across all five operating regions. Quarterly publication averages the weekly figures with adjustment for seasonal patterns and one-off market events. Methodology document available on request to programme-level customers; broader publication in 2026 H2.

Regulator Watch — what we track

India: DPDPA 2023 enforcement updates, RBI IT-Risk circulars, SEBI Cyber Resilience updates, IRDAI cyber circulars, CERT-In incident-reporting changes, MeitY notifications, CPCB E-Waste Rules amendments. Canada: PIPEDA reform, OSFI Guideline B-13 updates, Quebec Law 25 implementation guidance, Alberta PIPA / BC PIPA amendments, federal Bill C-27 progress. Singapore: PDPC enforcement, MAS TRM updates, NEA / RSA amendments, IMDA guidance. UAE: PDPL Article 21 implementing rules, TDRA notices, DIFC DPL updates, ADGM amendments, CBUAE cybersecurity standards. Plus international: EU Right to Repair Directive, EU Ecodesign Regulation, EU Digital Product Passport, US BIS export-control updates, NIST 800-88 revision watch, IEEE 2883 evolution.

Why we publish

The ITAD market in our regions is opaque — pricing is not published, refresh patterns are obscured by NDA, regulator updates often arrive without procurement-friendly explanation. The quarterly publication closes that gap for our customer base. Procurement teams use it for refresh-cycle planning; sustainability teams use it for ESG-report benchmarking; compliance teams use it for regulatory-currency confirmation.

Subscription model

Free for current customers and active prospects. NDA-bound for some sections (Buyback Index full data, Regulator Watch detail beyond summary). Public summary distributed via the Maxicom email list (consent-only, single-click unsubscribe). No third-party sharing of subscriber list.