| When you get down to it, it is amazing how much | | | | reward? Nope, but you are getting closer. |
| critical information we all put on laptops. This brings us | | | | Okay, you probably guessed. Croucher Brewing |
| to the unique situation of The Beer and The Laptop! | | | | Company is offering a lifetime supply of free beer to |
| Sometimes you put your entire life on a laptop. This | | | | the person that returns the laptop - no question |
| is particularly true if you are a business. Everything | | | | asked. Before you jump on a plane to New Zealand |
| from shipping orders to account receivables to | | | | to perform your own personal search, you should |
| employee records can be on there. In the case of | | | | know the deal is only for a 12 pack a month. Still, |
| Croucher Brewing Company, this may not be such a | | | | that is a lot of beer over a lifetime. |
| good idea. | | | | Notwithstanding Croucher's inventive solution to its |
| As many businesses do, Croucher kept a bevy of | | | | problem, nobody has stepped forward with the |
| information on laptops. The New Zealand brewery | | | | laptop. That being said, it still sounds like a better |
| kept practically everything on various laptops and, | | | | solution than most businesses come up with! |
| you guessed it, has lost one. There is no word | | | | In all seriousness, this situation highlights once again |
| regarding the circumstances [trying to many | | | | the serious issues surrounding laptop and data |
| samples?] under which the laptop was stolen, but | | | | security. A frightening number of laptops are stolen |
| Croucher clearly wants it back. | | | | or simply misplaced by business people. These laptops |
| So, what is the best strategy to get back the | | | | inevitably contain vast amounts of sensitive |
| laptop? Try to motivate local police officials to put | | | | information and it is really amazing that we as a |
| together an all out search? Nope. Offer a financial | | | | society seem to not care a bit. It is amazing. |
