In Color acquired our first Unix server in 1992 when we installed a Silicon Graphics, Iris Indigo to run our Canon Color Laser Copier. The following year, we installed a Scitex PS/2 workstation running IBM's AIX. We added six more Unix servers over the next several years. Even before Mac OS X began shipping, our Unix dossier had contained System V variants, Free BSD, Irix and Red Hat.

It was in 2001, however, that In Color upped the bar when principal, A Arthur Fisher, attended the SANS Institute to acquire a certification in Network Security. His excellent marks led him to graduate at the 92nd percentile of his class. To acheive that level, Mr. Fisher was obligated to demonstrate a deep understanding of Unix network protocols, secure server configuraiton, and real world backup and restoration strategies. Mr. Fisher combined his new knowledge with his past experience in High Availability, acquired while working with his Internet startup, which was the first Application Service Provider (ASP) in the parking industry. Together, all this experience led to the formation of our Unix hosting services.

As Mac OS X continued to improve in flexibility and stability, In Color began migrating its hosted solutions from Red Hat Linux and Windows 2000 to Macintosh, relying its solid, underlying Berkley Standard Distribution (BSD) Unix platform. By 2009, we were an all-Mac hosting provider. In an effort to increase flexibility, improve disaster recovery options and to decrease costs, in early 2011 In Color migrated most of its servers into the cloud, where we now utilize mostly Ubuntu Linux. Our onsite servers still run Mac OS X.