IT broker

An IT broker is an intermediary between a buyer and a seller in the form of either an individual or a company.

This intermediary is a specialist in the procurement and sales of new or second hand IT equipment such as servers, workstations, PC’s, IT storage and IT spare parts. IT brokers deal either with an already existing stock or acquire the stock depending on their client’s requests.

A broker obtains its stock either from Manufacturers or from end users.

In-house stock is always available in order to allow brokers propose cheaper prices to their clients than those of the everyday market and normal channels of distribution.

IT brokers are used by companies who wish to reduce their procurement costs and total cost of ownership. They also have the facility whereby the provide companies with IT equipment at short notice and / or have the ability to source obsolete equipment or equipment that is difficult to come by.

IT brokers provide their clients with the following products:

• New equipment or older generation equipment that is hard to come by, in normal distribution channels
• Refurbished equipment from back dated lines

Clients who deal with brokers may be final users, sellers (or stockists), companies dealing in IT maintenance or even other brokers.