Future exchange for data center infrastructure trading. Trading Hardware like a commodity.

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IT hardware is a commodity.
Finally, it can trade like one.

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Who is MarkITx?
MarkITx is a neutral and transparent exchange that uses
pricing intelligence to enable fair, secure and seamless
trading of high quality IT hardware.
With more than 4,000 members across five continents, we
aspire to become the world’s trusted exchange for IT
hardware.

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Why now?
Software Eats HardwareMoore’s Law Drives Hardware Growth
Scale up, not out.
Moore’s Law drives MHz.
Enterprises build out many
data centers.
Scale out, not up.
Google builds switches,
OpenFlow released,
EC2 leaves beta
Consolidation.
MS joins OpenCompute,
OpenCompute switch
design, IBM sells server
division to Lenovo
Large
enterprises
→
Private/hybrid
cloud
Small
enterprises
→ Public cloud
1990’s 2000’s 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Software, Cloud, Open Compute all driving hardware commoditization

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Future of IT hardware trading:
Software driven datacenters trade hardware
Neutral IT hardware exchange
Clearinghouse that guarantees
all aspects of the trade
API connecting enterprise asset management system to the
MarkITx exchange
Enterprise datacenter

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Future of IT hardware trading:
Software driven datacenters trade hardware
Neutral IT hardware exchange
Clearinghouse that guarantees
all aspects of the trade
Real time prompts to buy/sell based on mark to market and future
pricing trajectory
Enterprise datacenter

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Future of IT hardware trading:
Software driven datacenters trade hardware
Neutral IT hardware exchange
Clearinghouse that guarantees
all aspects of the trade
Derivative contracts on IT hardware based on price index,
minimizing risk & maximizing return on IT investment for the
enterprise
Enterprise datacenter
$175B Market

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Liquidity creates opportunities where
everyone wins
• Increase speed of
hardware refresh
• Installation insight
across industries
• Services upsell
opportunity
Manufacturers Channel partner
• Increase speed of
hardware refresh
• Source certified
refurb gear to
maximize client
budget
• Capture revenue
from asset
recovery
Enterprise
• Maximize return on
capital invested
• Capture revenue
from asset
recovery
• Mark to market
visibility
• Structured refresh
cycles
Brokers
• Visibility to market
wide supply &
demand
• Steady deal flow
• Safe transactions
• Referral incentives
Secondary buyer
• Source-certified
refurb gear to
maximize budget
• Guaranteed quality
• Structured refresh
cycles
• Simple access to
competitive global
supply

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