3Com Chief Technology Officer Marc Willebeek-Lemair to Speak at Kaufman Brothers Investor Conference.MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- 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 that its Chief Technology Officer (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ), Marc Willebeek-LeMair, will deliver a presentation on the company's technology strategy at the upcoming Kaufman Brothers Investor Conference in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Dr. Willebeek-LeMair's presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 7, 2005. He was appointed 3Com CTO in May 2005, and this will mark the first time he has presented for an investor conference in his new role. Dr. Willebeek-LeMair is an expert on network systems and security, speaking frequently on the topic of security specific processors on an international basis. 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 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. Dr. Willebeek-LeMair's extensive background includes research in 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. , high speed networking technologies, network caching, personalization and transcoding proxies, network processors and management systems. Having received his doctorate in electrical engineering from Cornell University, he has over 10 patents and has published more than 50 articles. Prior to 3Com, he was chief technology officer for TippingPoint, the leader and pioneer in intrusion prevention systems. About 3Com Corporation 3Com Corporation 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. Copyright (C) 2005 3Com Corporation. 3Com and the 3Com logo are registered trademarks and TippingPoint is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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