The network is built over a fully digital, nationwide backbone using Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and Internet Protocol on both fiber optic and digital microwave technologies. International connections are made using GlobeQUEST-owned capacity on APCN2 (Asia Pacific Cable Network 2), JUCN (Japan-US Cable Network), C2C, and CUCN.

'GlobeQUEST provides Dole with interconnectivity with our offices worldwide. Since we export perishable goods, it is a big help to have a seamless collaboration with the other regional offices,' said Jonah Edrolin, telecommunications, automation, and management information systems manager at Dole Philippines. 'It helps us keep track of what stocks we need to replenish so that we could deliver faster.'

Before Dole touched Philippine soil, the company was already making waves in Hawaii. James Drummond Dole founded the company in Hawaii in 1851. He came to Hawaii with an initial investment of US$1,000, degrees in business and horticulture and a love of farming. With these tucked under his belt, he began the first successful pineapple growing and canning operation, then called the Hawaiian Pineapple Company.

Dole developed and grew the pineapple business into Hawaii's second largest industry. The company made the word Hawaiian almost synonymous with the word pineapple, in achieving his goal of stocking pineapples in every grocery store in the country.

Dole's Worldwide Packaged Food Division operates three canneries in Asia: two in Thailand and one in the Philippines. These canneries supply North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. The pineapples used at these canneries are sourced from a large Dole-operated plantation and independent growers in the Philippines and Thailand.