Insights & Buyback Index
Quarterly notes on the Reuse-First secondary market for enterprise IT — what AI hardware is doing, what banks are refreshing, what regulators are saying, what the embodied-carbon math looks like, where the export-control rules are moving. Four notes per year. No spam.
Read by procurement teams in BFSI, hyperscale, regulated public sector, and sustainability-led enterprises across UAE, India, Singapore, Canada, and Hong Kong.
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.
Authoritative references
Primary sources for the standards and frameworks referenced on this page. Maxicom maps every engagement to these recognised authorities.
Frequently asked questions
How often is the Insights publication issued?
Quarterly — typically the second week of February, May, August, November. Mid-quarter briefs are issued for material market events (e.g. major BIS export-control update, major regulator publication).
Can I subscribe?
Yes — via the contact form. Email subscription requires explicit consent; single-click unsubscribe.
Is the Buyback Index data public?
Quarterly summary is public; full data (weekly movements, SKU-level detail) is NDA-bound for programme-level customers and active prospects under engagement.
Do you publish vendor-specific commentary?
We publish OEM-specific market commentary (Dell PowerEdge refresh patterns, HPE ProLiant secondary-market velocity, NetApp ONTAP licence-transfer patterns, NVIDIA H100 price-movement). We do not publish vendor-defamatory or vendor-promotional commentary.
What languages is the publication available in?
English (all four markets). French (Quebec edition with Quebec-specific regulator detail). Arabic edition in development.
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