3Com

3Com's high-end switch: A fast, green alternative to Cisco
Apr. 20, 2009
3Com says it has an alternative for network managers considering high-end switches from Cisco and others.
Economy, industry consolidation take toll on Interop
May. 28, 2009
The recent Interop Las Vegas had its bright spots: cloud computing generated genuine buzz; HP flexed its growing muscles; and dozens of innovative products were rolled out. However, there was no escaping the fact that ...
3Com takes another shot at enterprise switching, hoping third time is a charm - Network ...
May. 11, 2009
3Com this week will announced plans to once again attempt to play in the large enterprise/data center switching arena globally after exiting the market -- twice.
Data center 10G whets switching companies' appetites
May. 11, 2009
Announcements from four vendors this week highlight a growing trend in data center networking: the rapid uptake of 10 Gigabit Ethernet to accommodate increasing computational and storage density brought on by ...
How we tested 3Com's switch
Apr. 20, 2009
We assessed the 3Com S7900E/H3C S7500E in six areas: performance with layer-2 traffic, layer-3 routed IPv4 traffic, and IPv4 multicast traffic; features; power consumption; and manageability and usability.
3Com bests Cisco in school upgrade | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jun. 22, 2009
Quinnipiac swaps out for video, service and cost considerations
3Com offers a safe bridge to UC for SMB market
Dec. 22, 2008
In our continuing series of Clear Choice Tests of Unified Communications platforms, we found 3Com's VCX IP Connect 100 and 200 telephony products hit their target: providing small to midsize business with seamless voice ...
How we tested 3Com's unified communication solution
Dec. 22, 2008
Testing was conducted on the 3Com VCX Unified Communications Solution configured for a main office, a secondary regional office, a remote branch office and a home office. We included full redundancy for server ...
Mortgage lender speeds processing with WAN optimization
Oct. 02, 2008
The question of where, physically, to locate WAN-optimization features isn't easy to answer.
3Com's H3C provides network for Olympic surveillance
Aug. 07, 2008
As we in the United States watch the Olympic Games televised from Beijing over the next couple of weeks, Chinese security personnel will be watching over the Games via IP-based surveillance cameras, thanks to networking ...
3Com sues Bain for failed merger fee
Aug. 04, 2008
3Com is suing Bain Capital to retrieve the $66 million termination fee of a failed takeover of 3Com by Bain and Huawei.
3Com unveils 802.11n wares; Marketers muck up data-privacy efforts
Jun. 23, 2008
3Com unveils 802.11n wares; Marketers muck up data-privacy efforts
3Com unveils 802.11n WLAN wares
Jun. 23, 2008
3Com is expanding its business-class wireless LAN line to embrace higher-performance IEEE 802.11n applications.
3com | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 28, 2008
3com 4500G or the new 4800 series...cheap,solid from the company that's been doing networking since day 1.
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Jul. 05, 2008
3com 5500g is really very fast!
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3Com profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 74
2004 NW200 rank: 77
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
700 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
5% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
-29% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
-164 |
| Change from '04 |
|
- |
| As percentage of revenue - |
|
- |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
- |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
1850 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
-4
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
378216 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
2000 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
1979 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
May |
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