3Com Opens 128-Acre Campus in Marlborough, Massachusetts
Company Press Release - Wednesday June 30, 7:30 am Eastern Time
World-Leading Ethernet Vendor Teams with Inventor of Ethernet and
Other 3Com Founders to Donate $2 Million to Massachusetts Institute
of Technology for 3Com Founders Chair; Inventor of World Wide Web
First to Occupy New Research Chair
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 1999--
3Com Corporation, the world's leading vendor of Ethernet networks,
announced the opening of its new east coast base of operations --
a 128 acre campus in Marlborough, Massachusetts. At the company's
celebration in Marlborough today, 3Com CEO Eric Benhamou and 3Com
founder Bob Metcalfe will formally present the donation to MIT for
research and teaching in computer communication compatibility, as
well as research and standardization efforts on technologies, such
as Ethernet and Internet technologies.
''3Com has been building on its commitment to Massachusetts and
innovation,'' said Eric Benhamou, chairman and CEO of 3Com. ''The
unveiling of the 3Com Founders Chair for MIT marks another step
forward for investing in research to foster innovation.''
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It is good to know that COMS has extra money to give away.
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