Old movie stars stared out over a leatherette couch, a television, a rack of videocassettes, a card table with a few chairs.

One decision that the IT team made is to begin phasing out the shelf-top servers in favor of rack-mounted hardware.

If you're staying at a hotel, you'll probably just need a back rack for clothing, maybe food, and of course tools, a spare tube, first aide, anything else you might need out there on the road.