Blancco Technology Group, the global leader in certified data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions, has been awarded the Gold Stevie® Award for Technical Innovation of the Year (Information Technology category) in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.
The Stevie Awards celebrate the individuals, teams, and organizations driving technological progress across industries worldwide. This year’s competition received over 1,500 nominations from 36 countries, with winners including major brands such as IBM, Amazon Web Services, Apple, Cisco, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, Oracle, Salesforce, and Walmart.
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Innovation that Strengthens Data Security and Efficiency
Blancco earned this recognition for Blancco Autopilot Detection, a breakthrough solution designed to solve a critical data-security challenge faced by IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) providers.
When enterprise devices enrolled in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) tools such as Microsoft Windows Autopilot or Intune are sanitized for reuse, they can unintentionally reconnect to their former corporate networks and re-sync sensitive data—creating serious security risks.
Blancco Autopilot Detection eliminates this problem by automatically identifying and flagging UEM-enrolled devices during the erasure process, ensuring that no data can be redownloaded post-sanitization.
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Transforming the ITAD Workflow
Before this innovation, each device had to be powered on, inspected, and manually quarantined—a time-consuming process prone to error.
Blancco’s automated, programmatic detection removes these bottlenecks, delivering faster turnaround, higher assurance, and greater confidence for ITADs and managed service providers.
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Leadership Perspectives
“We’re thrilled that Blancco Autopilot Detection has been recognized for its technical innovation,” said Lou DiFruscio, CEO of Blancco. “Secure and scalable data protection is essential—not only within organizations, but throughout the entire device lifecycle. Our teams continually innovate to ensure businesses and ITADs can erase data with absolute confidence.”
“This award marks another milestone in our long history of innovation,” added Russ Ernst, CTO at Blancco. “With over 40 patents and patent-pending technologies, we’re committed to advancing secure, efficient, and sustainable data-erasure solutions that enable the circular economy.”
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A Global Recognition
Winners of the 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence—named from the Greek word meaning “crowned”—will be honored at a gala ceremony on September 16, 2025, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York City.
“We’re proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of this year’s winners,” said Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards. “Their innovation is shaping the future of technology.”
