The wide variety and staggering quantity of equipment needed to produce modern computer-assisted animation requires a networking scheme with great flexibility and excellent system maintainability. By centralizing all of the processing resources, system management is simplified, and processors can be allocated to projects on an as-needed basis. Lightwave is also able to provide its customers with remarkable cost reductions in light of current market trends. Besides keeping abreast of new technologies, system and network administrators are continually faced with maintaining the highest level of information integrity and security. One of the central thrusts of Lightwave Communications over the past years has been on the viability of fiber optic transmission systems.
Fiber optics is a highly secure medium.
Being that is does not radiate energy it cannot be received by a nearby antenna, which makes it extremely difficult to tap. Computer configurations now require the need to mix different hardware and software platforms transparently. This leads to the exponential growth of server rooms and the need to work on multiple systems. In addition, the requirement for centralized control and consolidation is ever present in this environment. It is evident that the only salvation for server administration is the console switch.