3Com
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1979 |
| resolution | April 12, 2010 |
| Reason for dissolution | Takeover by HP |
| Seat | Marlborough, Massachusetts , USA |
| management | Eric A. Benhamou, Gary T. DiCamillo, James R. Long, Robert Mao (CEO) , Raj Reddy , Paul G. Yovovich |
| Number of employees | 4,684 |
| sales | $ 1.3 billion (2008) |
3Com ( Com puter, Com munication, Com patibility) was a manufacturer of networking equipment headquartered in Marlborough , Massachusetts , USA .
history
The name 3Com was derived from the goal of the company " Com puter, Com munication and Com patibility" ( German computer, communication and compatibility ) ago. The company was founded in 1979 by Dr. Robert Metcalfe , who previously played a key role in the development of Ethernet technology at Xerox PARC . On November 11, 2009, 3Com and Hewlett-Packard announced that HP would purchase 3Com. HP invested US $ 7.90 per share for the takeover, a total of US $ 2.7 billion (approx. 1.98 billion euros). With the complete takeover on April 12, 2010, 3Com ended as an independent brand.
Products
3Com began marketing Ethernet cards; there were suitable models for almost all computer systems popular in the early 1980s, such as the LSI-11 , IBM-PC and VAX-11 . The brand name EtherSeries was introduced in the mid-1980s. A PC-based software product range was also introduced at the same time. The software offered distributed services in the LAN and was based on the XNS protocol. For example, there was a product called EtherShare (for networked file access), EtherPrint (for network printing), EtherMail (as an e-mail solution), and Ether- 3270 (for IBM host emulation).
The product range included the following hardware and software:
- 3 + Share , file and printer sharing
- 3 + mail, email
- 3 + Remote, XNS routing via a serial PC interface
- NetConnect, XNS routing for Ethernet
- 3Server , PC server for 3+ services
- 3Station , diskless workstation
- 3 + Open, file and printer sharing (based on LAN Manager )
- Etherterm, terminal emulation
- Etherprobe, LAN analysis software (sample)
- DynamicAccess, software products for Ethernet load balancing, response time and RMON -II monitoring
From 1987, after taking over Bridge Communications , 3Com also developed products that were not intended for PCs and 10BASE2 . Bridge Communications brought a number of XNS-compatible systems that worked on the Motorola 68000 basis:
- CS / 1, CS / 200 communication server ( Terminal Server )
- Ethernet bridges and XNS routers
- GS / 1-X.25, X.25 gateway
- CS / 1-SNA, SNA gateway
- NCS / 1 for network monitoring based on Sun2
Later product categories
- Convergence / IP Telephony
- LAN switches (IntelliJack® switches)
- LAN switches (modular)
- LAN switches (stackable / edge)
- LAN transceivers / cables
- Maintenance Services
- Network Interface Cards
- Network management
- Professional Services
- Router
- Security
- Wireless
shares
The company was listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol COMS .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700ap_3com_ceo.html straight-line | date = 2018-03 | archivebot = 2018-03-28 00:19:55 InternetArchiveBot | url = http: //seattlepi.nwsource .com / business / 1700ap_3com_ceo.html}} (link not available)
- ↑ HP buys network specialist 3com . Handelsblatt. November 11, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
- ↑ HP completes acquisition of 3Com . Heise.de. Retrieved June 23, 2010.