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My Thoughts on IBM, NEC, and OpenFlow

Announcement builds momentum and brings SDN to the enterprise
Submitted by joltsik on Wed, 01/25/12 - 2:56pm.

IBM and NEC announced this week that the two companies will work together to offer networking solutions based upon SDN and OpenFlow. IBM provides the switches which are integrated with the NEC Programmable Flow Controller.

To me, this is bigger than just a press release and some joint marketing programs. Here’s why:

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Final thoughts on Interop -- and Las Vegas

After the doldrums of 2009, Interop is back!
Submitted by joltsik on Fri, 04/30/10 - 1:30pm.

Okay, I'm back in sunny Boston after four days at Interop. I'm now convinced that no normal person should be subject to Las Vegas for more than this amount of time. Everyone I ran into yesterday was looking forward to leaving. I flew out at 2:15 and found that people with later flights were jealous. This says it all.

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Juniper attempts to lure new customers with the old switcheroo

Juniper hopes to calm Wall Street and entice new customers with 60% of sale on branch switches.
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Wed, 04/21/10 - 3:14pm.

Juniper Networks today announced a program to discount its EX Series branch offices switches by about 60 percent for new customers trading in old gear from "legacy" suppliers. The offer isn't open to folks who already own Juniper switches, though it is to Juniper customers of other products, like security, that haven't yet tried its switches.

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Interop 2010

Beyond cloud computing, here is what to expect next week in Vegas
Submitted by joltsik on Tue, 04/20/10 - 12:00pm.

Like the RSA Security conference in March, Interop will likely offer non-stop hyperbole about all things related to cloud computing. Nevertheless, I expect a lot of additional and very useful dialogue around the following topics:

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Live blog: HP-3Com's game plan revealed

HP and 3Com's answer to Cisco in the data center
Submitted by Alpha Doggs on Mon, 04/19/10 - 10:22am.

HP's Haas ready to spend (almost) as much as Cisco

ProCurve networking chief puts money where mouth is with 3Com deal
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Fri, 11/13/09 - 2:45pm.

At the end of an interview we did this week with HP's Marius Haas on the $2.7 billion deal to buy 3Com, we asked, 'What would you say to competitors like Cisco?'

"We're here to build a networking powerhouse and we're determined to make the investments to make that happen," was Haas's reply.

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HP & 3Com, My Two Cents

Challenges and Opportunity
Submitted by joltsik on Thu, 11/12/09 - 10:33am.

Rumors of a networking acquisition have been flying around HP for years -- I've heard the names Brocade, Extreme, Force10, and even Juniper thrown about. HP indeed followed this logic, but zigged with 3Com instead of zagging with one of these others.

Why 3Com? With the H3C and TippingPoint portfolios, HP got a far broader product line than it could have elsewhere. What's more, H3C high-end switches and routers could be extremely disruptive as they could attack Cisco profit margin which could really hurt even if Cisco wins business.

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HP buying 3Com to take battle to Cisco

Cites single vendor dominance in data centers as reason for $2.7 billion buy
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Wed, 11/11/09 - 4:36pm.

HP is acquiring 3Com for $2.7 billion to fill out its data center product portfolio and customer base, a move that clearly has Cisco in its gunsights. The companies hope their combined entity will give Cisco a run-for-the-money in data center networking and convergence.

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Are HP, 3Com a better value than Cisco?

Many factors in addition to upfront cost weigh on 'value' criteria
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Mon, 08/10/09 - 5:06pm.

HP and 3Com are claiming that their switches offer a better value that Cisco equipment, due largely to lower price for comparable performance. But does that equate to overall value in every instance?

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3Com bests Cisco in school upgrade

Quinnipiac swaps out for video, service and cost considerations
Submitted by Jim Duffy on Mon, 06/22/09 - 5:09pm.

File this one under, current-economy-a-good-time-to-consider-alternatives. Quinnipiac University in Connecticut is replacing its Cisco network with 3Com.

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3com

3com 4500G or the new 4800 series...cheap,solid from the company that's been doing networking since day 1.

Cisco, be quick or you will be dead!

3com 5500g is really very fast!

Bain and Huawei throw in the towel; 3Com left out in the cold

That's it. Bain Capital Partners and China's Huawei Technologies have thrown in the towel and abandoned their bid to buy 3Com blaming security concerns of the U.S. government, which is shuddering at the thought of one of its networking equipment suppliers being owned by a China-based company that has strong ties with the country's government. Bain and Huawei first announced their intention to buy 3Com for $2.2B last September but the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has made it difficult for the deal to go ahead. 3Com had even offered to sell off its network security software division Tipping Point to sweeten the deal for the U.S.

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RE: 3Com has to try again

Interesting turn of events with Tipping Point being cited as the culprit, or the deal breaker....

RE: Security issues scuttle Bain/Huawei bid for 3Com

I wonder just how much of this was the effect of Cisco lobbying against it. Too bad... The US keeps trying to close the borders and while we may isolate ourselves from "competition" what we're really doing is isolating ourselves from the world...

Cisco lawsuit illustrates the murky world of patent litigation

The lawsuit that Cisco has been served by Network-1 Security Solutions clearly illustrates Cisco's argument that the United States' patent laws are desperately in need of reform. Network-1 is suing Cisco, and others including Linksys, Foundry Networks, Extreme Networks and 3com, for infringement of a remote power patent. But the technology was not developed by Network-1. Instead, Network-1 acquires and licenses intellectual property "to maximize its value for the benefit of our investors and inventors."

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3Com to release two MSR apps: Is this a chance to steal Cisco ISR customers away?

3Com has Cisco's Integrated Services Routers squarely in its sights as it prepares to launch two applications - one for Asterisk VoIP, and the other for WAN acceleration/optimization - to support its MRS series of multiservice routers (learn more about access routers in Network World's Access Routers Buyer's Guide). The applications are built to 3Com's year-old Open Services Networking (OSN) initiative that allows its routers to run apps from third-parties.

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RE: 3Com joins the list of one-generation companies

Great article and a great observation but it omitted to also highlight how flawed are (were) the BoDs at each of the aforementioned companies. BoDs in technology-centric companies are a bigger part of the problem than management since, for the most part, BoDs are not tech-savvy and always drive the financial engineering agenda since that is what they know…Also, MIT guys have much bigger egos than Harvard guys…

RE: Cisco vs. Bay/3Com/Cabletron/Juniper

3Com Buy News with relations to China Puts forward interesting theory. MASS BUYING..

China did the same in Telecom . Never game huge contracts. Instead asked Motorola to tweat some technology and sell to China. Motorola networks as much as I know is not TOP 3 slot or not-much in news.

NOW Juniper can do something like this.

Juniper + Sycamore [ Optical ] + Broadcom can stich allaince and get Listed on Bombay Stock Exchange.

Vinod Khosla has experience stiching alliances.....

Plz India-as-strategic-investor;India-for-IndianRetailSelling; India-as-iMarket;Rechristen-As-Indian

Might help.

There aren't lot many people in India at minute diff level. Word-of-mouth and peer-success is deciding factor.

3Com Speeds Up

Submitted by James Gaskin on Mon, 10/22/07 - 11:53am.

3Com finally arrived at the gigabit Ethernet party being thrown by small businesses everywhere. Although lagging behind other SMB favorites such as Linksys and Netgear and even HP, at least 3Com appeared.

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