3Com unveils next steps in TranscendWare software strategy with innovations in virtual local area networking, virtual private networking and ATM wide area networking solutions.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1997--Networld+Interop Booth #3173-- Company Also Announces Tests Placing 3Com as Number One in 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. Switching Performance; Significant Growth in Fast Ethernet and ATM Product Shipments At the 1997 Networld+Interop Show today, 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 unveiled innovative new technologies that give corporations more control over the behavior and the overall cost of ownership of their data and multi-media networks. The innovations announced today are the next step in the company's TranscendWare networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . strategy. This strategy, launched in March, is the industry's first comprehensive set of integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. modules for networking equipment that enables enterprises to specify the behavior of their networks 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. business needs (or policies) and then empower networks to automatically adapt accordingly. The new TranscendWare software, based on 3Com's networking equipment, provides better ways to ensure security and fast performance on local area networks (LANs) as well as across public telephone networks for remote access to corporate LANs. In addition, 3Com announced that it is the first to support a new industry standard (Inverse Multiplexing for asynchronous transfer mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) -- or IMA (Interactive Multimedia Association, Annapolis, MD) An earlier trade association founded in 1988 originally as the Interactive Video Industry Association. It provided an open process for adopting existing technologies and was involved in subjects such as networked services, scripting ) and has inked a deal with MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. to offer corporations cost-effective wide-area services based on this solution. 3Com also announced new product testing results from the Tolly Group, a leading independent networking consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . The results show that 3Com now provides the industry's highest Fast Ethernet LAN switching
LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home. performance. Fast Ethernet switching is a key technology for 3Com's comprehensive bandwidth hierarchy -- or pathway -- to higher network performance based on technologies such as Fast IP, virtual LANs and "Layer 3," 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. , and ATM switching. "With networking becoming the pervasive medium for efficient human interaction in commerce, we are committed to providing people with the most innovative, cost-effective solutions," said Eric Benhamou, 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. of 3Com. "Today's news builds on our systems leadership in networking software, hardware, industry standards, and our vision of automated networks that adapt to a business' policies." New Advanced VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network Policy Services 3Com today announced the availability of Virtual Local Area Networking (VLAN) Policy Services, the industry's most advanced system for dramatically cutting network administration time and costs, enhancing network security and improving end user productivity. The new functionality, available with 3Com's Transcend Enterprise Manager UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). 4.2 network management software, is being implemented across 3Com's range of High-Function Switches at the network core and Boundary Switches at the network edge: CoreBuilder and SuperStack II LAN switches. The new software automates the labor-intensive process of assigning groups of users to common segments of the network, regardless of each individual's physical location, to: provide them with access to common network resources, such as databases; re-strict information access to known or unknown users; and provide users and groups of users with specified performance levels. An innovation in networking, the VLAN Policy Services solution is a system of network-wide distributed software. It ensures that users are put in a specified VLAN whenever they log onto the network -- even when they change office locations within a corporate campus. New Advanced VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. Services 3Com today unveiled the industry's most advanced, open and secure system for enabling users to access their corporate local area network over telephone lines from remote locations. Called 3Access Virtual Private Networking (VPN), the standards-based system enables businesses to transfer information over service-provider managed, global public network as if using an equally secure, yet more expensive, private leased-line network. The 3Access VPN modular architecture is an advancement over earlier generation VPN and remote access solutions: it cost-effectively leverages access equipment at end-user corporate sites and service provider network access points close to each remote user. 3Access VPN architecture includes several industry innovations including built-in intelligence to act upon centralized policies to create VPN tunnels (or paths) and to forward traffic forwarding, and distributed intelligence The placing of processing capability in terminals and other peripheral devices. Intelligent terminals handle screen layouts, data entry validation and other pre-processing steps. Intelligence placed into disk drives and other peripherals relieves the central computer from routine tasks. for better VPN management. For example, these innovations enable direct remote connection, using caller name or number, with a specified corporate VLAN. "Tunnel monitoring" features give network managers greater visibility into the health of VPN circuits for troubleshooting on the fly with less costly downtime. The 3Access VPN solution is available for the 3Com AccessBuilder, CoreBuilder, NETBuilder and OfficeConnect product lines. First To Market With New Wide Area Standards; Partners With MCI 3Com announced that it is the first to market with the new wide area networking IMA standard for carrier and corporate networks. Based on the 3Com AccessBuilder 9000 ATM multiservices access platform, this represents the most cost-effective method to-date for aggregating data, voice and video on a single network. This solves the problem of customers who are often saddled with either too much or too little wide area bandwidth to meet their network requirements. 3Com also announced today that it is partnering with MCI to bring this solution to customers. With this service, corporate customers can now specify and use exactly the capacity they need in T1 leased lines -- giving them more wide area network cost and performance control than ever before. Industry Leading Fast Ethernet Switching Performance 3Com today announced Tolly Group test results that make its CoreBuilder 5000 High-Function Switching system the performance leader in Fast Ethernet switching. The CoreBuilder 5000 switch demonstrated superior Fast Ethernet and FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. switching performance against the Cisco Catalyst 5000. The report verifies that the CoreBuilder 5000 system has over five times better performance than Cisco System's Catalyst 5000. In addition, the company said that Layer 3 CoreBuilder solutions, shipping for over 9 months, support one million packets per second, making it the highest-speed solution available in the industry today. 3Com also announced significant growth in port shipments for both Fast Ethernet and ATM core switching that are ahead of industry forecasts made by the Dell'Oro Group. In the last quarter, CoreBuilder Fast Ethernet port shipments have more than tripled, increasing 245% in a market forecast by the Dell'Oro Group for less than 30% growth; CoreBuilder ATM switch ports increased by 40% with market growth forecasts of only 11%. New Customer Service Programs Announced 3Com also today announced the EasySell program to enable 3Com distributors' and resellers' end-user customers to purchase more comprehensive support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . For example, through back-up services from 3Com, distributors/resellers will be able to provide end-users with more support without having to invest in a support infrastructure. This will benefit all sizes of customer organizations, ranging from the smallest businesses to the largest enterprises with broadly distributed sites. Complete details on these announcements are available on the 3Com World Wide Web Site (http://www.3Com.com); in the 3Com press kit at the Networld+Interop Show Press Room; and at 3Com's Networld+lnterop Press Meeting Room: #S201, South Hall 3, near 3Com Booth #3173. 3Com Corporation has helped more than 50 million people gain access to critical information through high-speed networks. Designed to serve large enterprises, service providers, small offices and homes, 3Com products provide a scaleable architecture to meet the present and future connectivity needs of today's users. With research and development on three continents, 3Com is one of the data networking industry's largest and fastest growing companies. 3Com's innovative marketing, engineering, sales and support simplify communication, optimize network reliability and protect customer investments. -0- 3Com, Transcend, AccessBuilder, NETBuilder and SuperStack are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. 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