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To: David Lawrence who wrote (15832)6/3/1998 11:24:00 AM
From: Moonray  Respond to of 22053
 
3Com Seeks New Exec To Run Daily Operations
San Francisco Chronicle - Wednesday, June 3, 1998

3Com Corp., the Santa Clara computer networking company, said it is
recruiting a new senior executive to help manage day-to-day operations.

The company has interviewed a handful of candidates since it began the
search in late April. Depending on his or her qualifications, the person
3Com hires could become chief operating officer or president, under
Eric Benhamou, 3Com's current president, chief executive and chairman.

Benhamou is said to be seeking more time to focus on strategic issues
while off-loading some of his daily responsibilities. His job has
grown far more complex since 3Com acquired U.S. Robotics last year,
roughly doubling the company's size and giving it a huge new stake in
the consumer market.

In addition, 3Com has been buffeted by severe price competition in
many of its product lines and by slower than expected demand for its
latest generation of 56K modems.

The company's slumping profits contributed to a collapse of its share
price, from nearly $35 in early May to a close of $24 yesterday.

Martin Pyykkonen, an analyst with CIBC Oppenheimer, said 3Com has
failed to make up in volume for drastic price cuts on modems and
network interface cards, which let computers plug into company networks.
The price of such cards has fallen by half over the past year, he said.

3Com has also failed to gain significant market share for higher-end
corporate networking equipment, which enjoys higher margins,
Pyykkonen said.

The challenge for a new chief operating officer, Pyykkonen said, will
be to help 3Com improve its manufacturing efficiencies and retail
distribution of mass production items like modems. The new hire will
also have to find ways to drive new product development without raising
expenses and squeezing profits.

c1998 San Francisco Chronicle

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To: David Lawrence who wrote (15832)6/4/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: Moonray  Respond to of 22053
 
IDG's PC World Announces 1998 World Class Award Winners
09:02 a.m. Jun 04, 1998 Eastern

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, PC World unveiled the winners
of the magazine's 16th annual World Class Awards, published in its July
1998 issue (online now at pcworld.com and
on newsstands June 16). The awards, which will be presented at a ceremony
to be held June 17th during PC Expo, honor the top hardware, software,
and Web products in the computer industry.
    Category                                 Winning Product
    * Product of the Year                    Intel Pentium II
    * Most Promising Hardware Newcomer       Sub-$1000 PC
    * Most Promising Software Newcomer       Dragon NaturallySpeaking
    * Most Promising Web Newcomer            Opera 3.21

    COMPUTER ESSENTIALS:
    Category  Winning Product
    * Business Desktop PC                    Dell Dimension XPS D Series
    * Home Desktop PC                        Gateway G Series
    * Sub-$1000 Desktop PC                   IBM Aptiva E Series
    * Notebook PC                            Dell Inspiron Series
    * Monitor Iiyama VisionMaster 450
    * Graphics Card                          STB Velocity 128
    * Sound Card                             Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold
    * Hard Drive                             Maxtor DiamondMax 2160 8.4GB
    * CD-ROM Drive                           Plextor UltraPleX PX-32CSi

    PC PERIPHERALS:
    Category  Winning Product
    * Personal Printer                       Epson Stylus Color 800
    * Modem                                  3Com U.S. Robotics 56k
                                             Faxmodem External
    * Input Device                           Logitech MouseMan +
    * Scanner Visioneer PaperPort OneTouch
    * DVD Drive                              Creative Labs PC-DVD Encore Dxr2
    * Removable Storage Drive                SyQuest SyJet 1.5GB EIDE
    * Recordable CD-ROM Drive                Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 7200i
    * Personal Digital Assistant/Palmtop     3Com Palm III
    * Digital Camera                         Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD7
    * Wireless Communications Product        Nokia 9000i Communicator
    * Gadget  Rex PC Companion

    BUSINESS SOFTWARE:
    Category  Winning Product
    * Operating System                       Microsoft Windows 95
    * Application Suite                      Microsoft Office 97
    * Word Processor                         Microsoft Word 97
    * Spreadsheet                            Microsoft Excel 97
    * DatabaseMicrosoft Access 97
    * Personal Info/Contact Manager          Lotus Organizer 97 GS
    * Utility Software                       Nuts & Bolts
    * Antivirus Software                     Symantec Norton AntiVirus 4.0
    * Accounting Software                    Peachtree Complete Accounting
                                             Plus Time And Billing

    GRAPHICS SOFTWARE:
    Category  Winning Product
    * Presentation Graphics                  Lotus Freelance Graphics 97
    * Business Graphics                      Visio 5.0
    * Desktop Publishing                     Adobe PageMaker 6.5
    * Draw Software                          CorelDraw 8
    * Image/Photo Editing                    Adobe Photoshop 5.0
    * 3D Graphics Software                   MetaCreations Bryce 3D

    PERSONAL SOFTWARE:
    Category  Winning Product
    * Personal Finance Software              Quicken Deluxe 98
    * Tax Software                           TurboTax
    * Voice Recognition                      Dragon NaturallySpeaking
    * Shareware                              WinZip 6.3

    INTERNET:
    Category  Winning Product
    * Best Internet Service Provider         MindSpring
    * Best Web Browser                       No Winner
    * Best E-Mail Software                   Microsoft Outlook Express
    * Best Web Authoring Tool                Microsoft FrontPage 98
    * Best Internet Utility                  WS-FTP Pro 5.0
    * Best Internet Plug-In                  RealPlayer 5.0
    * Best Web Search Site                   HotBot
    * Best News/Info Web Site                CNN Interactive*
    * Best Shopping Web Site                 Amazon.com
    * Best Recreational Web Site             ESPN SportsZone

* IDG, parent company of PC World, recently formed an online partnership 
with CNN Interactive. 

    NETWORKING:
    Category  Winning Product
    * Network Server                         Hewlett-Packard NetServer Series
    * Network Operating System               Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
    * Group Application Software             eRoom
    * Workgroup Printer                      Xerox DocuPrint C55mp

    SERVICE & SUPPORT**:
    Category  Winning Product
    * Service & Support/Hardware             Dell Computer Corporation 
                                             and Gateway (Tie)
    * Service & Support/Software             Microsoft Corporation
    * Best Computer Mail-Order Company       Dell Computer Corporation 
                                             and Gateway (Tie)

guide-p.infoseek.com

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