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3Com Corporation Delivers Converged Solutions At NetWorld+Interop '99 in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1998--Global networking leader 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS - news) is highlighting innovative networking solutions for new growth markets, including LAN telephony, voice over IP, wireless connectivity, broadband networking and handheld computing at the NetWorld+Interop show here in Las Vegas. These solutions underscore the company's mission to bring information and communications to all people at anytime, anywhere and support 3Com's vision for converged networks, which enable customers to integrate their voice, video and data over common networks.
At the conference this week, 3Com will be making announcements on the following:
--Wireless Connectivity Roadmap and New Solutions
3Com is disclosing the first steps in its aggressive wireless connectivity roadmap, including a range of comprehensive and innovative wireless connectivity solutions, designed to provide simple and reliable access to information when and where people need it. Also at the show, 3Com is announcing the 3Com®AirConnect(TM) wireless LAN solution for enterprise customers. 3Com's 11Mbps wireless LAN will enable organizations to extend their wired networks with fast, convenient and reliable access to information, applications and network service - anywhere in the enterprise.
--Transcend Network Management for Palm Computing Platform
3Com is announcing that it intends to extend the Transcend® family of network management applications to the Palm Computing platform. By adding the leading handheld product to the network manager's toolkit, 3Com continues its strategy of simplifying network administration, providing greater flexibility to troubleshoot and maintain critical systems from anywhere in the enterprise. Synchronized with the Transcend Enterprise Manager inventory database, Transcend management tools on the Palm computing platform will automatically download network device data to help administrators more quickly resolve problems and perform updates.
--Computer Associates and 3Com to Collaborate for Network Management Integration
Industry leaders 3Com and Computer Associates (CA) announce that they will collaborate on delivering integrated network management capabilities to their mutual customers. The integration will enable enterprise customers to better manage 3Com network equipment in environments running Unicenter TNG, CA's flagship enterprise management, and 3Com's Transcend® Network Control Services, providing faster troubleshooting, increased network uptime and greater staff efficiency.
--PathBuilder(TM) S400 WAN Convergence Switch
3Com is introducing the PathBuilder S400 WAN Convergence Switch, an all-in-one wide area network (WAN) system that integrates virtual private networks (VPNs), voice/data convergence and multi-protocol routing. The new product is part of 3Com's family of switched WAN platforms that address the expanding needs of enterprises for solutions that support e-business, call centers and other converged network applications. The PathBuilder S400 switch is ideally suited for deployment at large remote sites and smaller central sites of enterprises. The PathBuilder S400 switch is also integral to 3Com's growing relationships with managed network service providers who can deploy the new solution along with 3Com's other PathBuilder and NETBuilder WAN switches and routers to deliver a new generation of capabilities to enterprise customers.
--VPNs Go Wireless: 3Com Adds Tunneling To CDMA Data Networks
3Com Corporation has enhanced its multi-service network infrastructure equipment to enable the deployment of wireless virtual private network (VPN) services. The Interworking Function (IWF) within 3Com's Total Control® multi-service access platform now supports the IETF-standard Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) and the Microsoft® Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP). Secure tunneling support in the IWF enables wireless service providers running Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)-based data networks to expand the reach of business customers' wired VPNs to mobile workers who need to access remote data at times when there is no phone jack handy.
--3Com Announces High-Speed, Packet-Switched CDMA Platform
A packet-switched wireless network platform from 3Com Corporation will soon deliver unprecedented wireless data access speeds and new network economies to service providers and their mobile subscribers. The 64-kbps wireless module for the 3Com Total Control multi-service access platform is scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter to wireless infrastructure OEMs, as well as to service providers who wish to offer wireless Internet/intranet access services to their customers.
3Com Exhibit Highlights Innovative Technologies, Solutions
In 3Com's booth (#5653), the company is highlighting a range of technologies and solutions through live demonstrations, displays and technical presentations. Technologies featured include: Enterprise LAN and WAN Convergence, Carrier Class IP Telephony, Gigabit Ethernet and 1000BASE-T, Network and Policy Management, Virtual Private Networking, Wireless Connectivity, Palm Computing Applications and Customer Service.
Additionally, 3Com's NBX 100 system has been selected by Network Computing as the featured telephony product in the publication's Real-World Labs' Voice over IP (VOIP) and Quality of Service (QoS) showcase. 3Com's NBX 100 system, the only shipping LAN Telephony solution in the marketplace, will be included in demonstrations designed to illustrate how phone calls can be made over routed IP data networks with the same quality and reliability offered by a traditional public switched telephony network. The live 3Com LAN Telephony demonstrations will be held at Network Computing's Real-World Labs booth in the North Lobby between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, May 11-13.
3Com has been nominated for a number of awards at the show, including:
--NetWorld+Interop Best of Show Awards
--3Com AirConnect Wireless LAN
--Network Computing's Well-Connected Awards
--SuperStack II Switch 3900 (Layer 2 Switch, Infrastructure Category)
--SuperStack II PathBuilder S330 (ATM Access Concentrator, Wide Area Systems and Telephony Category)
--Total Control Multiservice Access Platform with HiPer Access System (Enterprise Remote Access, Wide Area Systems and Telephony Category)
3Com Ushers in New Era of Connectivity
Tom Werner, 3Com's Vice President and General Manager of the Business Connectivity Group, will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon on the ''New Era of Connectivity.'' During the lunch, Werner will discuss the latest innovations 3Com is introducing to the networking industry. The lunch will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 1999, 12:30-2:00 p.m., at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, in Pavilion 11.
About 3Com Corporation
With more than 200 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people to information in more ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers and network service providers; PC OEMs; and consumers. 3Com -- More connected(TM). For further information, visit 3Com's press site at www.3com.com/pressbox.
3Com, Transcend, Palm Computing, NETBuilder, Total Control and SuperStack are registered trademarks and PathBuilder is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
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Contact:
3Com Public Relations
Jessica Lombardi, 508/323-1549
jessica_lombardi@3com.com
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