3Com Provides Unsurpassed Remote Management to New HP Vectra VL PC.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)--March 2, 1998-- New HP Vectra VL PC Takes Advantage of 3Com Fast EtherLink(R) XL Remote Wake Up Capability Greatly Simplifying Remote PC Management 3Com Corp. (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) ) announced today that the Remote Wake Up capability featured on 3Com's latest Fast EtherLink(R) XL 10/100 Network Interface Card (NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. ) is integrated with the leading, standards-based technology of Hewlett-Packard Company's new HP Vectra VL PC. By combining the HP Vectra VL PC and the 3Com Fast EtherLink XL, corporate customers can now build manageable networked HP Vectra PC environments which can be managed and configured at any time of the day, even if the PC has been turned off. The Remote Wake Up capability is a critical element in building highly managed corporate PC environments. Using 3Com's Fast EtherLink XL NIC and HP Vectra VL PCs, IS mangers can now perform previously time-consuming tasks such as updating desktop software and remote configuration on PCs from a centralized management console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. . Combined with HP TopTools, IS managers can even schedule large-scale tasks such as a network-wide BIOS upgrade during off-hours to minimize network traffic and eliminate end-user disruption. At a pre-defined moment, HP TopTools can automatically turn on hundreds of HP Vectra VL PCs with a 3Com Fast EtherLink XL, upgrade the BIOS, and then turn the PCs off again. In order to simplify the installation and configuration of the 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100 NIC, software drivers are pre-installed in HP Vectra VL PCs through HP's LAN Card See network adapter. Ready program. "3Com and HP have completed extensive testing of the new HP Vectra VL PC and the industry-leading 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100 network interface card," said Rakefet Kasdin, vice president and general manager of 3Com's Ethernet Products Division. "Our joint testing ensures that channel partners and customers benefit from a combined solution that is fully compatible and easy to configure. The Remote Wake Up, performance, and intelligence capabilities of the combined solution mean great time and cost savings for our customers." "HP's award-winning Vectra VL PC is one of the most manageable PCs in the industry," said Achim Kuttler, product marketing manager for HP's Commercial Desktop Computing Division. "By supporting the Remote Wake Up feature found on the 3Com Fast EtherLink XL, we offer customers the flexibility and investment protection they demand when building highly managed corporate PC environments." The 3Com and HP solution delivers full Managed PC benefits including the following: -- Remote Wake Up -- Desktop Management Interface (DMI (Desktop Management Interface) The first desktop management standard from the DMTF. Enabling PCs to be monitored from a central console, it was superseded by the DMTF's Common Information Model (see CIM). ) 2.0 support -- Pre-OS boot capability, including the 3Com Managed PC Boot Agent (MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration ) The Fast EtherLink XL NIC is the first true Managed PC NIC and is the first network interface card compliant with the latest PC specifications including Advanced Configuration and Power Interface See ACPI. (hardware, standard) Advanced Configuration and Power Interface - (ACPI) An open industry standard developed by Intel, Microsoft, and Toshiba for configuration and power management. (ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) A power management specification developed by Intel, Toshiba and Microsoft that makes hardware status information available to the operating system. ) and PC97/98. In addition to Managed PC capabilities, the Fast EtherLink XL delivers the industry's highest performance with 3Com's Parallel Tasking(R) II technology. Fast EtherLink XL also delivers unsurpassed intelligence with Dynamic Access(R) software enabling (programming) software enabling - (Or "enabling") Modification of the design or implementation of software to allow internationalisation to take place. In particular, enabling may refer to the modification of software to support double-byte character sets, hence "Unicode distributed RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. network management, standards-based application prioritization and multicast control, and FastIP performance improvements in highly routed networks. About 3Com 3Com Corp. enables individuals and organizations worldwide to communicate and share information and resources at anytime from anywhere. As one of the world's preeminent suppliers of data, voice and video communications technology, 3Com has delivered networking solutions to more than 100 million customers worldwide. With global reach and local touch, the company provides enterprises, network service providers and carriers, small businesses and consumers with comprehensive, innovative information access products and system solutions for building intelligent, reliable and high performance local and wide area networks. 3Com has worldwide revenues of approximately $6.0 billion and employs about 13,200 employees in 45 countries. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at http://www.3com.com. -0- 3Com, Etherlink Parallel Tasking and DynamicAccess are registered trademarks of 3Com Corp. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. CONTACT: 3Com Corp. Cindy Cooper, 408/326-1742 cindy_cooper@3com.com |
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