"3Com Network Ready" Program Hits the Road: 3Com Mobile Products Now Part of Program.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1997 -- Addition of Mobile Products Give OEMs and Channel Partners Easy Access to Highest Performance LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network Networking; End Users Benefit from Pre-Installed Communications Solutions Ready-to-Go 3Com Corporation, (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ), the global leader in network connectivity, today announced that all 3Com Megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. (R), EtherLink(R) and TokenLink(R) products will now be available to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and channel partners via its "3Com Network Ready"(TM) Program. This announcement means that all partners in the program can deliver notebook systems with a 3Com(R) modem or LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. plus modem PC Card A modem for use in a laptop or other computer with a PC Card (PCMCIA) slot. Modem PC Cards come in landline and wireless varieties, the latter enabling you to connect to a specific cellular or data service. See wireless modem. pre-configured and pre-installed, so mobile users can benefit from a system that's ready to connect to the corporate network or wide area right out of the box. "3Com Network Ready" Program Benefits OEMs, Channel and End Users 3Com works with leading PC manufacturers and channel partners who are members of the "3Com Network Ready" Program to ensure that 3Com network interface cards, PC cards modems and ASICs solutions are custom configured to deliver optimum performance. Channel partners benefit from compatibility guidelines that make installing networking products quick and easy. Both OEMs and channel partners also benefit from co-marketing opportunities with 3Com, encompassing advertising, tradeshow and Web activities. In addition, partners are permitted to attach a "3Com Network Ready" seal to their systems. This seal assures end users that they have purchased systems with the highest performance networking products in the industry and that the system can come out of the box and go on to the network easier than any other system available. 3Com Mobile Products: Tradition of Performance Leads to Top Marketshare 3Com mobile products span both LANs and WANs. 3Com has a variety of award-winning products available to connect notebook computers to Ethernet, Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. and Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. LANs. Additionally, 3Com offers analog modems ranging from 28.8 Kbps to x2(TM)(a) speeds and a digital ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. PC Card terminal adapter See ISDN terminal adapter. terminal adapter - Terminal Adaptor . 3Com mobile products have a well-deserved reputation for high-performance, reliable products and this reputation has resulted in the highest marketshare in the industry. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent In-Stat study surveying the first half of 1997, 3Com held 56 percent global marketshare in the LAN PC Card category and 40 percent global marketshare in the LAN+Modem PC Card segment. 3Com also emerged as the clear leader in a recent Dataquest study of the PC Card modem market with 39.7 percent worldwide marketshare for all of 1996. "By offering our industry-leading products through the 3Com Network Ready program, 3Com fulfills the well-recognized customer, channel and OEM preference for the 3Com brand," said Rich Redelfs, senior director of marketing for 3Com's mobile communications division. "Expanding the program to encompass 3Com's mobile solutions will better enable our program partners to offer the widest variety of compatible, reliable and high-performance products to their desktop and notebook customers." "By partnering with 3Com, we are able to provide our corporate and institutional customers easy, reliable access to their networks whether they are in the office or on the road," said Sharon Francia, director of Dell's portables worldwide product marketing. "Because of our direct business model, Dell can factory-install PC Cards into our notebook PCs to help improve customer usability. In addition, we've integrated 3Com's 10/100 Ethernet solution into the new docking solutions offered with Dell's Latitude CP notebook PCs, making them ideal for connected office environments." 3Com launched the 3Com Network Ready program in January 1997 and now has 35 PC manufacturer and channel partners. Combined, the 35 partners represent more than 16 percent of the overall PC market. The members of the program share the goals of leveraging the overwhelming preference for 3Com networking products, speeding the flow of network-configured systems through the channel, getting systems on-line with customers as quickly as possible and lowering the cost of ownership for those systems after they are installed. The "3Com Network Ready" seal on a system lets users know that their systems have been tested and certified to ensure hardware and operating systems compatibility and hassle-free set up. Current partners include the following PC vendors, resellers and integrators: Acer Group; Amsdell, Inc.; Caliber Computer Corp.; Cinet A/S; CompuCom; Comtronic Computer, Inc.; CyberMax; DTK DTK Deception Tool Kit DTK Desired Track DTK Developer's Tool Kit DTK Deployment Tool Kit DTK Diverse Tool Kit Computer, Inc.; Data General; Dell Computer Corp.; Elonex PLC; ENTEX Information Services See Information Systems. , Inc.; Gateway 2000, Inc.; Hardware Express; Hitachi PC Corp.; Inacom; Ingram Micro; Inteva Microsystems, Inc.; MicroAge Computer Centers, Inc.; Micron Electronics, Inc.; Mitsuba Corp.; Multimicro; Multiwave Technology; Mustek Limited; New World Technologies, Inc.; Nexar Technologies, Inc.; Pionex Technologies, Inc.; Premio Computer, Inc.; Olivetti Personal Computers; ProGen Technology, Inc.; Quantex Microsystems, Inc; RFC (Request For Comments) A document that describes the specifications for a recommended technology. Although the word "request" is in the title, if the specification is ratified, it becomes a standards document. Distribution Pte Ltd; Siemens Nixdorf AG; SYNNEX Information Technologies, Inc. and Tech Data. About 3Com 3Com Corp. enables individuals and organizations worldwide to communicate and share information and resources at anytime from anywhere. As one of the world's preeminent suppliers of data, voice and video communications technology, 3Com has delivered networking solutions to more than 100 million customers worldwide. With global reach and local touch, the company gives enterprises, network services providers, carriers, small businesses and consumers comprehensive, innovative information access products and system solutions for building intelligent, reliable and high performance local and wide area networks. 3Com has worldwide revenues of more than $6.0 billion and employs approximately 13,200 people in 45 countries. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at http://www.3Com.com . -0- 3Com, Megahertz, EtherLink and TokenLink are registered trademarks and 3Com Network Ready and x2 are trademarks of 3Com or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. -0- (a) Editor's note: All x2 products are capable of 56 Kbps downloads; however, due to FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. rules which restrict power output of service providers' modems, current download speeds are limited to 53 Kbps. Actual speeds may vary depending on line conditions. Uploads from end users to service providers travel at speeds up to 28.8 Kbps. An x2 modem, an analog phone line compatible with x2 technology and an Internet provider with x2 service are required for these high speed downloads. See www.3com.com for details. CONTACT: 3Com Corporation Brian D. Johnson, 408/326-1962 Brian_D_Johnson@3Com.com or The Weber Group Jennifer Kissell, 650/463-8616 jkissell@ca.webergroup.com |
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