3Com Corporation
3Com is a leading provider of secure,
converged voice and data networking
solutions for organisations of all sizes.
The company’s business strategy is to
deliver low cost, high-quality products that
are based on open standards to facilitate
unified communications.
3Com is aggressive about selling its
enterprise products to large corporations
and the public sector. At the same time, it
remains committed to
continued growth in the
small-medium-business sector,
providing
enterprise strength networking technology
with SMB economy.
The local
operation is currently expanding its Africa
footprint from its regional head office in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
H3C
3Com, through its R&D engine, H3C in China,
has a world-leading products in IP
networking infrastructure with IP security,
IP communication and IP storage .
Most of 3Com’s
R&D has taken place at
H3C over the past four years, accounting for
up to 14.7% of annual revenue. H3C
develops latest technology networking
products, based on new generation silicon,
which offers significant advantages in the
areas of efficiency, cost and power
consumption; in short, better
price-performance.
In four years,
H3C has helped 3Com gain market share
leadership: 3Com is number 1 in China in
enterprise stackable switches, routers and
IP storage, and number 2 worldwide in
Ethernet switching ports and enterprise
routers.
H3C was the
principal technology partner on several 2008
Beijing Olympics projects including
modernising the Beijing public
transportation system and powering
video-on-demand for the official Olympic
news site.
The combination of 3Com and H3C brings
together the innovation and price
performance leadership of H3C, and the
global infrastructure – sales, channel,
service and support – of 3Com.
Open networking
and interoperability
3Com’s open
source strategy meets the growing demand for
network solutions that deliver
interoperability, performance and control,
and offers a flexible alternative to the
vendor lock-in of proprietary systems.
Based on open
standards, 3Com Open Services Networking (OSN)
challenges how networks are built by
enabling diverse third-party, open source
and 3Com applications and services to run
seamlessly inside the network
infrastructure.
Green networking
3Com leads the industry in ‘green’,
energy-efficient networking. In-Stat has
rated 3Com’s 24 and 48-port LAN switches the
most energy-efficient in the industry.
3Com’s new-generation switches can reduce
energy consumption by approximately 60%
compared with earlier versions.
3Com leads the drive for increased energy
efficiency throughout the network: 3Com's
David Law is chairman of the IEEE P802.3az
Energy-efficient Ethernet Task Force, which
is currently defining an interoperable
technique that allows either end of a link
to dynamically change the power requirements
by adapting to usage demands.
3Com technology focus areas
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Networking, switching, routing, WAN/LAN,
WAN optimisation
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Network virtualisation
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Next-generation networking
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Wireless,
WiFi, mobility
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Security
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Voice, VoIP
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Unified communications, converged
communication
Africa distribution
3Com products are distributed in Africa by
authorised distributors and supported by a
network of accredited resellers across the
continent.
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