After the Layoffs: What to do with surplus IT equipment?

The announcement this week that Citigroup will eliminate 52,000 jobs and with other large companies also looking at layoffs, IT departments are going to be forced to deal with hundreds and even thousands of desktops and notebooks that are no longer at use. While the task is daunting, there are several options out there for IT administrators, including recycling older PCs, repurposing desktops and notebooks for those employees who remain, and even donating the unused desktops and laptops.