The Network Operations Center is housed at the headquarters facility of the school in Reno, Nevada. The facility is monitored continuously 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our Internet Servers are deployed in a controlled environment, with air conditioning. All our servers are based on Pentium II and higher processor architecture, running the Linux operating system (being a Unix variant, this operating system is considered one of the most robust and secure operating system available today for Internet Applications). High speed T1 connection to the Internet (dedicated for the web site hosting operation). Very High Speed 100 Mbps Internal Ethernet Network. The data center is highly secured with regard to physical access and fire control, to ensure that all equipment and valuable data is protected at all times. Routine backups of your data are made to further ensure data protection, in the event of a failure of our systems due to reasons beyond our control. 99% systems availability is ensured through Uninterrupted Power Backup using battery backup and auto start standby generator.