3Com Corporation Extends Market Share Leadership in Fast-Growing Gigabit Ethernet Market; Ethernet Pioneer Ranks Number One in Overall Ethernet Ports Shipped Year-To-Date.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)--Nov. 19, 1998--3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: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 it has increased its lead in the Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. marketplace. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. analyst Dell'Oro Group's recently released data, 3Com increased its number one market share position for Switched Gigabit Ethernet from 23.6% in Q2CY98 to 27% in Q3CY98. The market share is measured on Switched Gigabit Ethernet ports for both stackable and chassis-based systems shipped to business enterprises worldwide. According to the Dell'Oro Group's figures, the Switched Gigabit Ethernet market grew 67% quarter-over-quarter, more than twice the overall growth rate of the switched Ethernet An Ethernet network that is controlled by a switch instead of a shared hub. The switch cross connects all clients, servers and network devices, giving each sending-receiving pair the full rated transmission speed. market for the same period. 3Com's Switched Gigabit Ethernet port shipments increased by 91% in Q3CY98 as compared to Q2CY98. 3Com has also maintained its leadership in overall Ethernet ports shipped calendar year-to-date, with 34% market share (Cahners In-Stat and Dell'Oro) -- three times its closest competitor. Overall Ethernet ports shipped included Ethernet, Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. and Gigabit Ethernet ports for 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. hubs, LAN switches and network interface cards. "3Com continues to gain momentum in this all-important segment of the LAN business worldwide," said Ron Sege, senior vice president, 3Com Enterprise Systems. "More than any other vendor, 3Com is meeting customers' demands for Gigabit-class networks with solutions for easily growing intranets, adding new multimedia applications, and building the infrastructure for next-wave LAN telephony-based business applications." "Our success in Gigabit Ethernet -- in both medium and large enterprises -- is directly related to our product strategy of making the technology available through complete, low cost, high performance, easy-to-use systems. We expect to further strengthen our enterprise business with the recent introduction of new, highly scalable Gigabit Ethernet systems," added Sege. 3Com is a world leader in providing complete, desktop-to-server, fully switched Ethernet solutions including: 3Com Fast EtherLink(R) XL 10/100 PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and Gigabit EtherLink Server network interface cards (NICs); CoreBuilder(tm) chassis-based switches for large network backbones and campus interconnections, and SuperStack(R) II switches for desktop connections and small to medium-sized backbones. 3Com recently enriched its Gigabit Ethernet solutions with the introduction of the CoreBuilder 9000 chassis-based system (the highest capacity LAN core switch on the market); the CoreBuilder 9400 modular system for medium LAN core networks; and the SuperStack II Gigabit Ethernet downlink module for connecting 10/100 Mbps workgroups to higher performance Gigabit backbone performance. All components of 3Com's complete enterprise solutions (desktop and server connections, LAN and WAN switches) provide the basis for lowering the overall cost of network ownership and for laying the foundation for converged voice/video/data networks, which includes: -- Fully switched infrastructures; -- Support of industry standards for policy-based network management; -- End-to-end high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. systems; -- Embedded intelligence and Web-based applications for network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. and service level reporting; -- Complete network design, installation and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services .(1) About 3Com 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 nearly 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. (1) 3Com Premier Guardian (sm) and Premier Express (sm) and 3Com Strategic Network Solutions services. 3Com, SuperStack and EtherLink are registered trademarks and CoreBuilder are trademarks, and Premier Guardian and Premier Express are service marks of 3Com Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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