ADVISORY/ 3Com To Discuss New Developments In High Availability For Converged Networks At NetWorld+Interop Conference in Atlanta.

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WHO:     Ron Sege, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Systems, 3Com
         Corporation

WHAT:    3Com Press Conference: High Availability for Converged
         Networks

WHEN:    Wednesday, October 21
         10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., followed by lunch

WHERE:   Omni Hotel, Swanton Room (located on the lower level of the
         Omni Convention Center)

SUBJECT: 3Com will be unveiling the industry's most comprehensive
         strategy that will deliver unprecedented levels of
         reliability, redundancy and manageability to mission-critical
         enterprise  networks. As part of this announcement, the
         company will introduce new hardware and software that
         significantly boost 3Com's current broad set of high
         availability networking solutions.

         3Com's Large Enterprise technical marketing staff responsible
         for LAN, WAN, Remote Access and Network Management issues
         will also be present at the event and will be available to
         discuss the company's news.

RSVP:    Beth Morrissey
         The Weber Group
         617-520-7246