3Com's latest LAN switches keep focus on enterprise

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JEFF CARUSO ON HIGH SPEED LANS
06/07/05
Today's focus: 3Com's latest LAN switches keep focus on
enterprise

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Today's focus: 3Com's latest LAN switches keep focus on
enterprise

By Jeff Caruso

I recently wrote about 3Com's moves in security and VoIP, moves
that are intended to keep the company on users' minds as they
look at enterprise LAN options. This week 3Com continues on that
path with a range of switches coming out of its joint venture
with Huawei Technologies.

3Com is unveiling the Switch 5500 family of Layer 2-4 edge
switches, a family with 12 members right out of the gate. Seven
of the switches have 10/100M bit/sec Ethernet ports, and the
rest are Gigabit Ethernet models. The power supply in the
Gigabit models can be upgraded in the future to support Power
over Ethernet, 3Com says. The switches, some of which have up to
48 ports, can be managed together as a single unit, or "virtual
chassis."

3Com is also adding to its Switch 7700 family with two new
chassis. The four-slot Switch 7754 and seven-slot Switch 7757
allow users to add 10/100/1000M bit/sec Ethernet ports and
deliver Power over Ethernet to those ports.

The Power-over-Ethernet support is important for anyone
deploying VoIP. As I mentioned before, 3Com is building out its
lineup of IP phones and upgrading its IP PBX software, so this
is more than complementary; it's a necessity:
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2005/0523lan1.html>

Additionally, 3Com is rolling out software, which my colleague
Tim Greene alluded to several weeks ago, that lets its intrusion
prevention system quarantine any attacks on an enterprise
network. He has full details in this week's story:
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-3com.html>

3Com has been struggling with enterprise networking for several
years now, ever since it pulled out of the business and then
jumped back in. What is interesting now is to see 3Com acting
like a company that really wants to play in the enterprise big
leagues. Its close partnership with Huawei is obviously
facilitating that, allowing 3Com to quickly introduce more than
a dozen LAN switches all at once.

Will enterprise firms bite? Let me know at
<mailto:jcaruso@nww.com>

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

3Com quarantines malicious traffic
Network World, 06/06/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/060605-3com.html?rl
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