2.   3COM #1 IN GIGABIT ETHERNET PORT SHIPMENTS 

Market research firm Cahners In-Stat, Phoenix, Arizona, reports that 3Com Corporation has strengthened its leadership position in the copper-based Gigabit Ethernet market with 29.8 percent of the market’s switch ports shipped worldwide during the third quarter of calendar year 2001.  3Com shipped a total of 35 thousand Gigabit Ethernet over Copper ports, according to the figures in the report. 

“Again, 3Com leads in the Gigabit over copper space, as noted by Cahners In-Stat, with customers choosing 3Com over the competition for solutions that are easy to own, install and manage,” said Karen Oddey, vice president, marketing and business strategy, 3Com’s Business Networks Company.  “The innovation that is built into every switch adds real value to our customers’ networks.  3com has taken the complexity out of implementing Gigabit so that customers can easily boost their network speeds and ultimately enjoy the return on their network investment.” 

Available worldwide, 3Com’s Gigabit Ethernet networks are easy to own, install and manage, and offer rich functionality and high performance.  The outstanding success of 3Com’s SuperStack®  3 Switch 4900 Gigabit Ethernet family contributed to the leadership position in the Gigabit Ethernet market segment.  The SuperStack 3 Switch 4900 family was extended in October 2001 to include the SuperStack3 Switch 4924, the SuperStack 3 Switch 4950 and new Layer 3 software for the entire switching family, 3Com also offers modular chassis switches for Gigabit connectivity with the Switch 4000 family, which includes the Switch 4005 and Switch 4007.