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3Com's Transcend Enterprise Manager wins "Editor's Choice" from Network Computing.


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) today announced that its Transcend Enterprise Manager application received top honors in Network Computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer.  magazine's network management point products test.

Within the review article, which appears in the May 15 issue, the Transcend Enterprise Manager application is described as "the most mature and best integrated of the products we tested." Other products tested were Optivity Enterprise from Bay Networks, Spectrum Element Manager from Cabletron Systems and Cisco Works for Switched Internetworks from Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation).
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Network Computing acknowledged 3Com's ability to manage its broad range of networking systems by describing the Transcend Enterprise Manager product as "well-integrated and able to access management information across a variety of 3Com switch and hug models." Also Network Computing pointed out that "for an enterprisewide view, none of the other products were as usable as Transcend Enterprise Manager."

"Network Computing's distributed Real-World Labs are designed to reflect where the products are actually being used: enterprise networks," said Patricial Schnaidt, editorial director/associate publisher, CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine.


(1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information
 Media's Network Computing. "The products awarded the `Editor's Choice' are those that our technology editors believe will help IS professionals meet their network challenges in the real world, not just in a test environment. Transcend Enterprise Manager meets this high requirement."

"We are very pleased that Network Computing has recognized our product with an `Editor's Choice' as an industry-leading management solution," said Roy Johnson
    Roy Cleveland Johnson (February 23, 1903 - September 10, 1973) was a left fielder/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1929-32), Boston Red Sox (1932-35), New York Yankees (1936-37) and Boston Bees (1937-38).
    , vice president and general manager of 3Com Systems. "The Transcend Enterprise Manager product is a key element of 3Com's overall Transcend network management solution that also includes advanced Web-based management capabilities, the industry's highest level of monitoring with RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities.  and RMON2, VLAN See virtual LAN.

    VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
     Policy Services and a service level agreement solution. 3Com is delivering the industry's most comprehensive set of tools for managing and monitoring today's complex networks."

    About 3Com's Transcend Enterprise Manager Software

    Part of 3Com's TranscendWare software, Transcend Enterprise Manager is a standards-based management application that provides integrated, end-to-end network management for all 3Com networking systems -- high-function and boundary switches, routers, hubs, network interface cards and remote access products. Using Transcend Enterprise Manager, network managers configure, monitor, troubleshoot and analyze their 3Com devices as a single system, utilizing best-in-class management features and graphical user interfaces. The Transcend Enterprise Manager's RMON management tools, combined with SmartAgent software, provide autocalibration of alarm thresholds and enhanced action-on-event features that reduce the administrative burden of network management, while enhancing simplicity and network control. Easy-to-use virtual LAN (VLAN) management, LAN Emulation management and ATM management simplify ATM network control. The Transcend Enterprise Manager is available on both UNIX UNIX

    Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics).
     and Windows and resides on the leading industry standard management platforms.

    3Com Corp. has helped more than 50 million people gain access to critical information through high-speed networks. Designed to serve large enterprises, service providers, small offices and homes, 3Com products provide a scaleable architecture to meet the present and future connectivity needs of today's users. With research and development on three continents, 3Com is one of the data networking industry's largest and fastest growing companies. 3Com's innovative marketing, engineering, sales and support simplify communication, optimize network reliability and protect customer investments. For further information, please visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.3com.com . -0-

    3Com, Transcend and SmartAgent are registered trademarks and TranscendWare is a trademark of 3Com Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective organizations.

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