http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/3com.html The latest 3Com news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2009/101209lan1.html Some big names in the computer industry were sued this week by a company claiming that they have infringed on Ethernet-related patents developed by 3Com. Jeff Caruso 2009-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091009-nss-labs-independent-testing.html For several years NSS Labs has mainly done vendor-sponsored testing of security products in its Austin, Texas evaluation lab, but the firm is now shifting its focus to do many more independent self-funded projects for test reports that will be labeled as such. Ellen Messmer 2009-09-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/083109-3com-networking-security.html 3Com is kicking off a new integration of security and networking with the introduction in the U.S. of firewall/VPN gear it has sold in China for months. Tim Greene 2009-08-31T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/082109-cisco-3com-hp.html Cisco's dominance in enterprise switching is legend, but HP and 3Com have put together compelling product portfolios and value stories that add up to the first real competition the switch king has faced in years, and buyers are beginning to pay attention. Tim Greene 2009-08-21T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/081909-ps3-clusters-hit-as-sony.html Sony's announcement of the new PS3 Slim has excited gamers worldwide, but people wanting to run Linux on the console have been shunned with the removal of its 'Install Other OS' feature. Rodney Gedda 2009-08-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/080509-cisco-switch-competition.html Cisco's dominance in enterprise switching is legend, but HP and 3Com have put together compelling product portfolios and value stories that add up to the first real competition the switch king has faced in years, and buyers are beginning to pay attention. Jim Duffy 2009-08-10T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/052809-interop-economy.html 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 the dour economy and significant market consolidation have taken their toll on the network industry and its biggest general trade show. Jim Duffy 2009-05-28T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/051109-3com-switch.html 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. Jim Duffy 2009-05-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/051109-data-center-10g.html 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 application growth, increasing use of blade servers and large-scale virtualization. Jim Duffy 2009-05-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2009/042009-3com-switch-test-how.html 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. David Newman 2009-04-20T12:00:00-04:00