There exists a wide variety of technologies which allow for remote desktop access, data transfer, encryption, and worldwide communication through the Internet. These technologies, while independently solving unique problems, can be combined into a project which would resolve all of the unique problems with one single system. Youngstown State University's Chemistry Department required a high reliability unified system to provide remote access, web cam feeds, user security, and encrypted file transfer for computer equipment operating scientific instrumentation. A suitable software project solution was developed at Youngstown State University in collaboration with Zethus Software through analysis of technological resources and A painting held within the Marietta College archives was chemically analyzed to determine whether asphalt based paint, known as asphaltum, was used in its creation. Asphaltum paint was popularly used by artists for a period during the nineteenth century, but quickly fell out of use when it became associated with causing wrinkling, cracking, and other detrimental effects on paintings. Some of the damage to the brown and black areas of the painting being studied is consistent with what has been reported as asphaltum related damage, warranting investigation. This study utilized gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to analyze raw asphaltum pigment and a paint made from this pigment in an effort to gauge the effect the paint making process has on the chemistry of the sample, an search for any characteristic compounds in samples from the painting. Ultimately, instrumental limitation impeded gathering interpretable data for this study.