The Banco Popular Group Awards 3Com the Contract for Network Switches in its More Than 2,200 Offices Throughout Spain.3Com solutions selected for their leading price/performance ratio In economics and engineering, the price/performance ratio refers to a product's ability to deliver performance, of any sort, for its price. For instance, if you have a whole day to travel 100 km, spending $50 to do the journey in two hours is a better price/performance ratio than MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- 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 been selected by Banco Popular Group as the approved provider of enterprise network LAN switches for its 2,255 offices throughout Spain. Banco Popular, the third biggest Spanish bank
The new 3Com network infrastructure will enable the bank to increase its focus on its customers by providing a more reliable converged network The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch. (networking) converged network - A single network that can carry voice, video and data. between all its offices. In the selection process, the bank opted for 3Com as it offered the scalability and performance necessary for applications to function properly. Extensive testing confirmed that the features, functionality and overall cost of 3Com's solutions satisfactorily met the bank's requirements. "3Com is proud to support the Banco Popular Group in its mission to provide the highest quality service to its customers," said Ron Sege, president and COO of 3Com. "In today's current economic environment, smart customers such as Banco Popular are taking a close look at their networking vendors with an eye toward reducing the cost and complexity of building enterprise networks. Our 3Com and H3C enterprise networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. portfolios are designed to help customers lower their total networking costs without compromising performance, security and reliability." Banco Popular will replace its current switches with a network consisting of stand-alone 3Com[R] Switch 4210 PWR PWR pressurized-water reactor Noun 1. PWR - a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine pressurized water reactor Power over Ethernet Power over Ethernet or PoE technology describes a system to transmit electrical power, along with data, to remote devices over standard twisted-pair cable in an Ethernet network. (PoE) switches and stackable 3Com Switch 4500 PWR PoE switches, allowing Banco Popular to take advantage of more benefits at less cost. 3Com engineers have worked together with Banco Popular to ensure that the 3Com solutions exactly meet the financial institution's needs. About 3Com 3Com Corporation is a $1.3 billion global enterprise networking solutions provider that sets a new price/performance standard for customers. 3Com has three global brands--H3C, 3Com, and TippingPoint--that offer high-performance networking and security solutions to enterprises large and small. The H3C enterprise networking portfolio--a market leader in China--includes products that span from the data center to the edge of the network, while TippingPoint network-based intrusion prevention systems and network access control solutions deliver in-depth, no-compromise application, infrastructure and performance protection. Copyright[c] 2009 3Com Corporation. 3Com, the 3Com logo, H3C and TippingPoint are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. in various countries around the world. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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