3Com Announces Integration Strategy For U.S. Robotics Network Management.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)--Sept. 8, 1997-- New Transcend Network Management Solution Will Deliver End-To-End Management Of The New 3Com's Broad Range Of Networking Systems Networking leader 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) ) today announced a three-phase strategy to integrate U.S. Robotics (U.S. Robotics, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.usr.com) A modem manufacturer highly regarded for its quality products. The company manufactures its own chipsets (data pumps) and often leads with innovations. Its HST protocol was a high-speed, reliable protocol before V. network management applications with the Transcend network management offering, marking a major stride in the networking industry's largest merger. The single, integrated application -- Transcend Network Control Services -- will benefit users of 3Com and U.S. Robotics systems by reducing network management complexity and improving staff productivity. The new Transcend Network Control Services will incorporate the features, functions and benefits of 3Com's Transcend Enterprise Manager and U.S. Robotics' Total Control Manager applications. Transcend Network Control Services will enable end-user business enterprises and network service providers to manage the broad range of networking systems represented by the 3Com-U.S. Robotics merger -- best-of-breed access systems from U.S. Robotics and best-of-breed 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. and WAN enterprise systems from 3Com. "3Com is building on existing product strengths and offering customers a robust, integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. management solution," said John McConnell John McConnell is the name of:
"More and more, customers view networks not as a LAN or WAN, but simply as `their network'," said Kathy Rocha, director of marketing 3Com Enterprise Systems. "Supporting products provided by the new 3Com, the new Transcend Network Control Services offering is the only solution available that provides a single point of management for true end-to-end networking. This results in comprehensive network management functionality which meets the needs of service providers as well as the corporate enterprise customer." 3Com's Transcend network management applications are key components of TranscendWare software. TranscendWare software is 3Com's systems-level networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . , consisting of: Transcend applications; and embedded control software in all 3Com devices. The Transcend applications enable IT managers and service providers to centrally manage and control their networks, set policies, and report on the network behavior. These applications include policy-setting capabilities that allow IT managers and service providers to specify rules for how the network should behave, based on business objectives, to deliver increased levels of service to end users. Three Phase Strategy The three-phase integration strategy follows 3Com's history of successfully integrating the management of products from acquired companies in order to: maximize customer investment protection, deliver end-to-end management for all 3Com products and, where appropriate, extend proven functionality across products. This latest strategy brings 3Com network management into new markets, creates a new network management application and paves the way for 3Com to offer new functionality and services. New functionality will be delivered as part of the Transcend Network Control Services offering, as well as through separate market-focused value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. applications. The initial stages of integration begin immediately, with increased levels of integration to be added during each phase. Existing customers with software service contracts will be upgraded to the new application. The integration strategy includes: Phase 1 -- Effective immediately, 3Com is ensuring concurrent operation See multitasking, multiprocessing and parallel processing. of Transcend Enterprise Manager and Total Control Manager. This enables the management of all 3Com products from a single hardware platform, over a common open management platform. At this stage, key interoperability testing is completed. Customers who own one application (e.g., Total Control Manager 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 want to purchase the other (e.g., Transcend Enterprise Manager UNIX) will receive a 50% discount off the price of the second application. Phase 2 -- Phase two (Q1 1998) is highlighted by the integration of the network management applications into a single package (Transcend Network Control Services) with a set of shared common core services. The network management applications will ship on a single media, and a common, flexible installation procedure will allow network managers to determine which network management tools they want to install. Examples of shared Transcend core services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. include: installation, inventory manager, audit logs, status monitoring, and bulk configuration. U.S. list price for Transcend Network Control Services is expected to be: $9495 for UNIX; $9495 for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. ; and $3495 for Windows. Phase 3 -- Phase three (2H 1998), will feature a seamlessly integrated network management solution: a single, flexible Transcend network management offering for enterprise, carrier and small business markets. Additional shared Transcend Network Control Services core services will be introduced as well as new shared device management functions across products. Increased differentiation for specific markets will be added through value-added applications, such as accounting services for service providers and application monitoring for enterprise customers. 3Com's Complete Network Management Solution Transcend Network Control Services will be part of 3Com's overall network management solution, which also includes 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 applications and probes; device-embedded RMON; service level management and reporting software The following is a list of notable reporting software. Commercial software
About 3Com Corporation 3Com Corporation 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 provides enterprises, network service providers and carriers, small businesses and consumers with 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 $5.6 billion and employs approximately 13,000 people in 45 countries. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at http://www.3com.com . -0- 3Com, SmartAgent, Transcend and U.S. Robotics are registered trademarks and Total Control and TranscendWare are trademarks of 3Com Corporation or their subsidiaries. CONTACT: 3Com Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Dan Foley 508/264-1768 dan_foley@3com.com |
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