Aggressive initiative provides 3Com customers with incentives to upgrade their data infrastructures with Cajun campus family of Enterprise Networking Solutions
Lucent Technologies has announced that its Enterprise Networks Group 3/4 which will be spun off as a separate, independent company later this year under a new name 3/4 has unveiled a comprehensive trade-in program for users of 3Com Corp.`s local area network (LAN) enterprise switches. 3Com recently announced its intention to transition out of this business and discontinue its CoreBuilder product line with last customer shipments scheduled for June 30.
The Enterprise Networks Group`s initiative provides existing 3Com customers with incentives to upgrade their data infrastructures with various Cajun^O Campus Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and multifunction switches.
Called "Build Your Core with Cajun," this trade-in program offers 3Com customers free equivalent Cajun Campus modular chassis products, cash rebates for the trade-in of various 3Com modules and stackable products towards the purchase of comparable Cajun solutions, plus additional incentives.
"Our high-performance Cajun Campus modular chassis and stackable enterprise data solutions offer outstanding price/performance and value combined with unrivaled functionality, port density and scalability," says Uzi Shneor, vice president of marketing in Lucent`s LAN Systems Group. "And their DayOne Ready capabilities allow users to implement data, voice and video applications without resorting to expensive and disruptive upgrades."
Program Details
The "Build Your Core with Cajun" program is effective from April 1, 2000 through September 30, 2000 and consists of the following elements:
Free 7-slot Cajun P550^O Gigabit Switch chassis with each trade-in of select CoreBuilder 5000/9000 chassis
Free 14-slot Cajun M770^O Multifunction Switch chassis with each trade-in of select CoreBuilder 7000 ATM chassis
Free 17-slot Cajun P880^O Routing Switch chassis with each trade-in of select CoreBuilder 9000 Chassis
$330 for the trade-in of every CoreBuilder 3500 chassis or module and SuperStack II switches of 16 or more ports towards the purchase of any member of the Cajun P330^O Stackable Switching System family
$330 for every trade-in of two 3Com shared hub products of 16 ports or more towards the purchase of any member of the Cajun P330 line
$550 for the trade-in of every CoreBuilder 5000/9000 module (switch or shared) towards the purchase of Cajun P550/880 modules
$770 for the trade-in of every CoreBuilder 7000 ATM module towards the purchase of Cajun M770 ATM modules
Lucent is also offering additional incentives through its channel partners for the trade-in of appropriate 3Com LAN switching products in all sales of Cajun-branded switches and modules that exceed $100,000. 3Com customers and prospects can obtain more information about the "Build Your Core with Cajun" program by calling Annemarie Steyn (011) 709 0614 or by e-mail: asteyn@lucent.com.
Cajun Campus Family
The Cajun Campus family is a comprehensive LAN product portfolio designed to solve the explosive bandwidth needs and alleviate the ongoing demands facing network managers as they wrestle with the daily challenges associated with the convergence of data, voice, video and e-business applications across enterprise networks. These highly scalable, reliable and feature-rich switches range from sophisticated workgroup and stackable units to modular chassis-based solutions capable of propelling vast amounts of data traffic easily and quickly.
Designed and built in Concord, Mass. and Tel Aviv, Israel, the Cajun Campus product suite supports from hundreds to tens of thousands of connections on a network, and scales in performance from four gigabits per second (Gbps) up to 139 Gbps. Their DayOne^O Ready capabilities allow users to implement data, voice and video over Internet Protocol (IP) or ATM networks. The Cajun Campus switches include integrated quality of service (QoS), ultra-reliable switching fabrics and highly-developed network managing and monitoring capabilities that make it easier to build, expand and administer enterprise data networks. For more information on Cajun Campus solutions, please visit the web site at www.can-do-networks.com
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By the end of September, Lucent Technologies will spin off its enterprise communications systems, business cabling and LAN-based data networking businesses, including the Cajun Campus solutions, into a separate $8 billion company focused on delivering next-generation communications networks for enterprises. The new company will be the worldwide leader in messaging and call centers, the U.S. leader in voice communications systems and will have the largest sales and services force in the industry.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as optical and wireless networks; Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at www.lucent.com.
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