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3Com Announces Complete Wan Solutions to Deliver
Converged Networks for Enterprise Customers
Business Wire - April 20, 1998 10:37
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 1998--
Next-Generation WANs to Deliver Converged Voice, Video and Data
Networks with Reduced Costs and Full LAN/WAN Integration
3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) announced today the new PathBuilder(TM) wide area
network (WAN) access switches and new virtual private networking (VPN) software for its
NETBuilder(R) family of routers - the next steps in its plan to deliver end-to-end converged
networks to business enterprises. The new solutions extend the consolidation of voice, video and
data transmission beyond local area networks (LANs) to include WANs for full enterprise-wide
desktop-to-desktop converged applications, potentially reducing WAN costs 30 percent or more
and substantially increasing the overall performance of enterprise networks. These new converged
network solutions are suitable for large, medium and small businesses.
3Com's LAN and WAN converged networking solutions offer the unique combined advantages of a
single enterprise-wide network infrastructure, end-to-end network management and control, realtime
performance and higher reliability, superior performance scalability, desktop-to-desktop quality of
service, and lower cost of ownership.
The new 3Com PathBuilder WAN access switches give customers the flexibility to build converged
networks over any high-speed networking technology that fits their needs, including ATM, Frame
Relay, SONET and the Internet. New extranet switching VPN software for 3Com's entire line of
NETBuilder routers is a major step ahead in giving customers the ability to replace expensive leased
lines with lower cost Internet services for converged applications.
"3Com is delivering again in rapid succession on its leading end-to-end networking strategy for
building converged networks for supporting voice, video and data applications all the way to the
desktop," said Ron Sege, senior vice president, 3Com Enterprise Business Unit. "With the
PathBuilder WAN switches, CoreBuilder 9000 and CoreBuilder 3500 switches, 3Com is a year
ahead of its competitors for providing the steps for building next-generation enterprise networks."
"3Com has a coherent and consistent vision of the next-generation network, delivering voice, video
and data applications to the desktop over a unified, switched, policy-defined network," said Jennifer
Pigg, senior market analyst at the Yankee Group. "With these WAN announcements, 3Com
continues to reinforce and provide detail to that vision. The industry is at an inflection point in
dominant traffic type - voice versus data - and network technology - packet/frame/cell versus circuit
switching. 3Com is one of a handful of networking companies with the experience and insight to
define a roadmap through the period of change and the power to deliver on that vision."
New Breed of WAN Solutions Carries Convergence for Enterprises
The new solutions introduce new WAN access switches - under the PathBuilder brand name.
Delivering Class of Service (CoS) and Quality of Service (QoS) across the enterprise, these
solutions extend converged campus applications across the WAN in a seamless manner, offer
sophisticated voice, video and data capabilities enabling enterprises to reduce WAN costs by
collapsing multiple WAN networks; and increase WAN performance by allocating scarce WAN
bandwidth dynamically among multiple applications.
The PathBuilder switches, which will be available starting in June, includes:
-- PathBuilder S36170 WAN switch - carrier-class switch for the largest enterprises, derived from
3Com's alliance with Newbridge Networks. Price starting at $50,000.
-- PathBuilder S700 WAN switch - scaleable WAN access switching for larger sites. Price starting
at $35,000.
-- PathBuilder S600 WAN access switch - enhanced AccessBuilder(R) 9600 switch with new
switching, voice and video capabilities. Price at $35,000.
-- SuperStack(R) II PathBuilder S310 & S330 access switches (enhanced AccessBuilder 9300 and
9100 product offering) - low cost access switches with added voice and video routing capabilities
for branch office and small office platforms. Prices starting at $6,000.
-- PathBuilder access switches - voice/data access for Frame Relay and Internet; available in
second half of 1998
The PathBuilder switches offer extensive voice capabilities including circuit emulation with dynamic
bandwidth allocation, voice compression and voice call routing. Sophisticated video routing
capabilities allow H.320 and H.323 video connections across low cost converged WANs.
TranscendWare(TM) software, running in all 3Com products including the PathBuilder WAN
switches, provides the management and control necessary to deliver converged applications across
the entire network - including mapping priorities and policies from the desktop to LAN and across
the WAN.
Harnessing the Internet
Through a number of initiatives, 3Com is addressing the lack of privacy, security and QOS has
inhibited enterprises from taking advantage of the Internet for many business and converged
applications. Today, 3Com announced the availability of new solutions to harness the Internet for
business applications -- extranet switching software capabilities which guarantee security and privacy
to corporations doing business across the Internet.
The new extranet switching capabilities includes new industry standard PPTP (Point-to-Point
Tunneling Protocol) and MPPE (Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption) software for the full
NETBuilder family of routers (NETBuilder II, SuperStack II NETBuilder and OfficeConnect(R)
NETBuilder products) With new software enhancements available on the NETBuilder family of
routers, 3Com customers can now upgrade their networks by rolling out new Internet VPN
applications including Global Internet Based Remote Access to existing 3Com NETBuilder routers,
thereby protecting investment and lowering overall VPN deployment costs, extranets connecting
business partners and Virtual Leased Line connections to small remote. Internet VPNs are predicted
to reduce the costs of remote access networks by 60-80% over existing solutions, while extranets
increase business productivity and effectiveness.
About 3Com
3Com Corporation enables individuals and organizations worldwide to communicate and share
information and resources at anytime from anywhere. As one of the world's preeminent suppliers of
data, voice and video communications technology, 3Com has delivered networking solutions to
more than 100 million customers worldwide. The company provides large enterprises, small and
medium enterprises, carriers and network service providers, and consumers comprehensive,
innovative information access products and system solutions for building intelligent, reliable and high
performance local and wide area networks. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web
site at 3com.com or the press site at http//www.3com.com/pressbox.
3Com, AccessBuilder, NETBuilder, OfficeConnect and SuperStack are registered trademarks and
PathBuilder, CoreBuilder and TranscendWare are trademarks of 3Com Corporation. All other
brands and names are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: 3Com Public Relations
Anthony Petrucci, 978-264-1886
anthony_petrucci@3Com.com
or
Richard Black, 408-764-8486
richard_black@3Com.com
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