Is your critical information really deleted?

Title=thought provoking question that came from our friends at Kroll On Track during day 1 of the New Zealand Computer Troubleshooters conference � delete or even disk format does not permanently remove data.� Kroll�s fancy data recovery program can get some very interesting data (i.e. credit card numbers etc) of �blank� hard disks � just like you find in second hand computers being sold on eBay.� Of course it was also�a shameless plug from their data erasure software, which even they cannot recover data from.Colin�delivered a brief session on demystifying search engine optimisation (=copy Colin�s site/tags etc! � gotta love being part of a �share and share alike� franchise group of talented individuals!).� And if you came here looking for SEO tips �. sorry, you�ll just have to join�Computer Troubleshooters.� Actually, I may ask Colin for some �end customer� type tips that I will blog at a�later�date, so watch this space.

This was my 2nd CT conference as a presenter, not just a �passive observer� (as passive as you can be at one of our conferences).� Just a 10 minute presentation this time (and it was a lot harder to structure than my 1 hour slot!) but so very, very, important � the inaugural Trans-Tasman Spin Doctor�competition!!��Pitted against Dennis Jones, we each had a 10 minute BNI/Chamber of Commerce/business networking event presentation to do on our B.E.S.T. Managed Service plans �. *drum roll please* �..

We WON! � well, ok, I won�🙂�So, like many great sporting trophies, the cup travels will us back to Australia (after being won by a kiwi).� The New Zealanders will get a chance to win at back at the Australian conference in Sydney in mid-march.

-SCuffy

P.S. Rather tame evening involving lots of alcohol followed, left at midnight before turning into a pumpkin � no stories, sorry, not that I�m telling anyway.