Fiber optic technologies have fundamentally changed the communications industry, offering far more information bandwidth than copper cable systems. Military forces are one of the major consumers demanding fiber optic services, using not just the increased information transfer but other unique capabilities of ruggedized fiber optics.

Server room air conditioning is an ongoing challenge for the average administrator. Equipment runs hotter than in years past and often the cooling capacity has trouble keeping up. Rolling in a couple of portable air conditioners helps but proper server room maintenance goes beyond that.