3Com drives network switches

Ron Sege, president of 3Com in Marlborough, Massachusetts, believes the global recession has provided his company an extraordinary opportunity to become a major international supplier of high-end data networking gear, a market presently dominated by mighty Cisco Systems, writes Boston.com.

"The recession is creating demand for what we have to offer," said Sege. Designed and built in China, 3Com's line of less-expensive data network switches, called H3C, are a good option for cash-strapped corporations looking to trim data management budgets, he said.

3Com was the first company to sell the now-universal Ethernet data networking technology.

Despite its moniker, Actiontec's HomePlug AV Powerline Gaming Kit HPE200AV isn't just for gaming - it's good for any spot that needs a network connection that users don't want to run wires to, and that can't pick up a WiFi signal, says PC World.

The kit consists of two shiny white wall-wart-style adapters with Ethernet ports at the bottom. One adapter plugs into the router and into a power outlet.

The other adapter plugs into a power outlet elsewhere in the home and provides a network connection for a remote device.

Blade Network Technologies says its 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches for IBM BladeCenter support Blade's VMready - the first networking solution that supports 1 000s of virtual switch ports, reports PR USA.net.

VMready is part of Blade's Cloud Ready Network Architecture, designed for the massive virtualisation required by today's cloud computing environments.

Blade's VMready is designed to equip cloud-ready networks with a scalable approach that unifies server computing with the underlying network by enabling switching at the virtual port level.