3Com Corporation Appoints President and Chief Operating Officer.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)--July 15, 1998-- Bruce Claflin, Senior Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) and Former 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) Executive, Named to Newly Created Post Providing 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 Proven Technology Business Leadership Global 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 that Bruce Claflin, a 25-year veteran of high-technology business, will join 3Com on August 10 as President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , reporting to Eric Benhamou, 3Com's Chairman and CEO. In this newly created position, Claflin will oversee the worldwide operations of 3Com's $5.4 billion networking business. Functions reporting to Claflin will include 3Com's four business units -- Large Enterprise, Small- to-Medium-Enterprise, Carrier Systems and Client Access -- worldwide sales and marketing, including human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and information systems. "3Com will benefit from Bruce's proven track record and global experience at DEC and IBM, where he led day-to-day operations of some of these companies' most competitive businesses," said Benhamou. "3Com is at one of its most exciting stages of development, and with Bruce and the Executive Management Team as valued partners to me, I look forward to leading the company through this next stage and beyond." "I'm delighted to be joining Eric and the rest of the 3Com team," said Claflin. "Our company has great strengths -- financial, market, technology and people -- that will allow us to grow and prosper in the months and years ahead." As Chairman and CEO, Benhamou will continue to drive the company's strategic, financial and technology directions, public policy and on strengthening existing and developing new key partnerships and customer relationships necessary to further 3Com's growth in each of its customer markets. Functions that will continue to report directly to Benhamou include finance, long-range technology direction and business development, which includes new business investments and initiatives, strategic partnerships and Palm Computing, a subsidiary of 3Com. Following the June 1997 merger with 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. which doubled the number of employees and increased revenues by 78 percent, 3Com's executive management team had remained about the same size as it was prior to the merger. "In conjunction with the company's restructuring around four customer markets, it became clear that an additional executive would be necessary to help drive cross-divisional initiatives and to provide further focus to both internal operations and external relationships," said Benhamou. Claflin, 46, brings a wealth of global experience and relationships to his new post. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President/Group Executive, Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Digital Equipment Corp., where he led a global organization of 12,000 employees with $13 billion in revenue responsibility. Previously at Digital, Claflin was Vice President/General Manager of the company's Personal Computer Business Unit where he successfully built a profitable, $2.5 billion enterprise-focused personal computer business. At IBM, Claflin held a variety of domestic and international positions. Prior to joining Digital, Claflin led IBM's product management and brand efforts for the company's global PC business, and before that was President of IBM PC A PC made by IBM. IBM created the PC industry in 1981 when it introduced its first model with 16KB of RAM. However, it was way off in its estimates, projecting that 250,000 units would be sold in the first five years. In fact, about three million IBM PCs were sold in that period. Company/Americas covering all manufacturing, distribution, marketing, service and support operations in North, Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Additionally, as General Manager of IBM's worldwide mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings business, Claflin was responsible for the introduction of the ThinkPad notebook PC, one of the most successful product introductions ever. Claflin holds a B.A. in political science from Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University, main campus at University Park, State College; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855, opened 1859 as Farmers' High School. . About 3Com Corporation 3Com Corporation enables individuals and organizations worldwide to stay more connected by communicating and sharing information and resources anytime, anywhere. As one of the world's preeminent suppliers of data, voice and video communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry , 3Com has delivered networking solutions to more than 200 million customers worldwide. The company provides large enterprise, small and medium enterprise, carriers and network service providers, and consumers comprehensive, innovative information access products and system solutions for building intelligent, reliable and high performance local and wide area networks. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at http://www.3Com.com or the press site at http://www.3Com.com/pressbox.
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