3Com CEO Benhamou Cites Need for Anywhere, Anytime Access as Helping to Drive Service Provider Industry.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999-- 3Com (Nasdaq:COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) chairman 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. Eric Benhamou today said that consumer demand for high speed access to information anytime and anywhere will help drive increasing demand for the network service provider (NSP (1) (Network Service Provider) An organization that provides a high-speed Internet backbone to ISPs and other service providers. Sprint, MCI and UUNET are examples of NSPs. See Internet backbones. ) industry. In a keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. to the ISPCON ISPCON Internet Service Provider Convention (The Golden Group, Inc.) Fall '99 conference in San Jose, Benhamou said that service providers will have to meet growing consumer demand for wireless access to the Internet and corporate LANs beyond the office and the home. "Service providers will have to add significantly more wireless services, not as a supplement to, but as an integrated part of users' connected lifestyle," Benhamou said. "Mobile access to information is quickly becoming a requirement for many users, and service providers will need to accommodate this personal and professional shift." In addition to benefiting from increased demand for mobile access, service providers also stand to gain from the trend toward enterprise outsourcing of network services and the availability of complete solutions bundled from separate vendors. Service providers that initially focused on providing only traditional Internet access See how to access the Internet. are now offering enterprises services that deliver a higher level of connectivity and management of network traffic. "Since more complete offerings are now available, more organizations, especially the small-to-medium enterprises, are outsourcing their IT infrastructures to service providers," Benhamou said. "And this is only a stepping stone on the way to full end-to-end offerings that will include management of an enterprise's converged network and desktop applications." Under this evolving landscape, a new business model based on jointly provided offerings that deliver a multitude of enterprise solutions has become more effective. During his address, Benhamou highlighted today's announcement that 3Com and Concentric Network Corp. had formed a strategic alliance to deliver bundled Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) solutions to U.S. small and medium sized businesses. Concentric chairman and CEO Henry Nothhaft joined Benhamou onstage to discuss some of the key benefits of the alliance. "Today's small and mid-size business owners have increasing time pressures, and are therefore highly receptive to tools and bundled solutions that make their jobs easier," Nothhaft said. "Concentric Network and 3Com together bring a one stop high-speed DSL solution ideal for small to medium size enterprises." ISPCON gathers thousands of Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , competitive local exchange carriers, ICSPs, ITSPs, IXCs, Cable Operators, next generation telecommunications companies, telecommunications resellers, satellite/wireless companies, and Web hosting companies for an educational event focused on the dynamic business of providing Internet access. 3Com Corporation With more than 300 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) connects more people in more ways to information than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers and network service providers; PC OEMs; and consumers. 3Com -- More connected.(TM) For further information, visit 3Com's press site at www.3Com.com/pressbox. Note to Editors: 3Com and 3Com -- More connected are trademarks of 3Com Corporation. 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