3Com Appoints New Chief Technology Officer; Marc Willebeek-LeMair Rounds-out Company's Senior Management Team; Former TippingPoint Executive to Lead 3Com's Technology Direction.MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- 3Com Corporation today announced that Marc Willebeek-LeMair was named the company's new Chief Technology Officer (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ). The former CTO and Chief Strategy Officer of TippingPoint, 3Com's security division, will report directly to 3Com President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Bruce Claflin, and be responsible for setting the technology direction of the company. "With the addition of Marc to our senior leadership team, we are now, more than ever, well-positioned to execute on our strategy of providing secure, converged networks to the enterprise," said Claflin. "Marc has a unique ability to not only drive technology decisions, but to motivate those around him and help lead a company into the future. We are very fortunate to have someone of his caliber on our team." As part of his new responsibilities, Willebeek-LeMair will work closely with 3Com engineers to help ensure that 3Com's security, IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. and networking products are interoperable - enabling businesses of all sizes to implement complete solutions without having to rely on proprietary, inflexible products. Willebeek-LeMair was an original member of the TippingPoint team and has extensive background in network systems and security. Prior to TippingPoint, he spent 10 years at the T.J. Watson Research Center of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) where he was responsible for the exploration of High Bandwidth Systems, Intelligent Infrastructure Technologies, as well as streaming audio A one-way audio transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play audio clips and Internet radio. Computers in home networks stream audio (mostly music) to digital media hubs connected to home theaters. and video applications. His background also includes research in parallel and distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. , multi-media conferencing and management systems. He earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from Cornell University, has been granted more than 10 patents, and has had more than 50 articles published. About 3Com Corporation 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) ) is a leading provider of secure, converged voice and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes. 3Com offers a broad line of innovative products backed by world class sales, service and support, which excel at delivering business value for its customers. Through its TippingPoint division, 3Com is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth application protection, infrastructure protection, and performance protection for corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers and academic institutions. For further information, please visit www.3com.com, or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox. |
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