3Com Premium Switching Overview

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3Com Premium Switching Overview

• April 2005

Version 2.40
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3Com Strategy

• gt17,000 systems shipped
• First to market IP PBX
• First to market SIP PBX
• Award winning products

• Secure, Converged Networks.

• 1 in intrusion prevention
• Charter member VOIPSA
• Fastest to vaccine
• Award winning products

• Portfolio of switching, routing, wireless
• Effective management choices
• Automatic security and convergence features
• Award winning products

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Enterprise Expectations for NetworksCustomer
Needs
To CIOs What would you like to do with your
converged network after IP Telephony?
Video Conferencing
Messaging
Audio Conferencing
Collaboration
Contact Center / CTI

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Nemertes Research, 2004
Todays LANs dont do that
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Key Trends and Business Issues
Increasing Operational Efficiency
Security Management Integration

• Industry Trends
• Businesses must provide faster and more
  integrated electronic information between
  suppliers, partners and customers
• To remain competitive and enhance productivity,
  business are de-centralizing their HQs in favour
  of branch offices and mobile workers

• Business Implications
• Finding the optimal balance of adding more
  performance control to cope with the new
  information flows, and the direct economic return
  to the business
• Enforcing pervasive security policies and
  managing the ever de-centralizing network users
  and applications

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Additional Network Drivers -- Edge
What are businesses thinking about in the Wiring
Closet?

• Enhancing Operational Efficiency
• Implementing Application-Aware services to
  ensure optimization of traffic flow across all
  parts of the network (QoS, Shaping).
• Future-proof for voice / telephony with Power
  over Ethernet
• Full control of the traffic flowing into the
  network maximizing invested bandwidth (Local
  Routing, Advanced ACLs)
• Enhancing network resilience to provide a solid
  foundation for Voice, Video and real-time
  applications
• Increased speed with Gigabit-to-the-Desktop

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Additional Network Drivers -- Core
What will businesses have to think about in the
Core?

• Enhancing Operational Efficiency
• Network scalability to insure the network can
  handle network demands
• Investment protection giving long life to the
  core network
• Enhancing network resilience to provide a solid
  foundation for Voice, Video, real-time
  applications, service access
• Increased speed with 10-Gigabit aggregation

• Enhancing Security and Management Policies
• Secure network infrastructure end-to-end, with
  security covering access to the network and
  access to the equipment in the network
• Secure centralized management of the broad network

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3Com Switching Portfolio Major Transformation

• Every category refreshed with security, quality
  and performance features
• Simpler positioning
• New product introductions that reinforce
  portfolio positioning
• Sustained campaign

Premium Layer 2/3/410/100/G/10G, QoS PoE, vLAN,
Link aggregation CoS, Security, SNMP 3OS
8800 series 7700 series 5500 series Enterprise-cl
ass switching products
Value Fixed Layer 210/100/G, QoS, PoE,
vLAN Unmanaged, Browser, managed
SuperStack 3 4000 series
OfficeConnect Baseline Baseline Plus 1000
series 2000 series
Wall switch Managed/un, 10/100/G, QoS, PoE
Intellijack 200 series
Value Stackables Layer 2/3/410/100/G, QoS PoE,
vLAN, Link aggregation CoS, Security, SNMP
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3Com Completes its Premium PortfolioFrom
Modular to Stackable Switches
The Power of Choice New Premium Stackable and
Modular solutions designed to exceed the business
demands for Secure Converged Networks
3Com Switch 5500
3Com Switch 7750 / 7700
3Com Switch 8800

• Premium stackable line
• 10/100 and Gig
• 10-Gig uplinks to core
• Edge or distribution

• Premium modular line
• 10/100 and Gig
• 10-Gig uplinks to core
• Edge or distribution

• Premium modular line
• Gig and 10-Gig
• Core or distribution

• Shared 3Com Operating System
• Standards-based
• Pervasive security convergence ready

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Stackable PositioningA Proven Broad Portfolio
10/100 and Gigabit
Increased Security and Management Policy
Integration Enhanced Operational Efficiency
Resilience and Control
Switch 5500
Advanced Managed
Switch 5500G-EI
Switch 5500-EI
Business Requirements
Premium Switching
Switch 5500-SI
Value Switching
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500
1000
Business Size by employee
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Exercise ChoiceUnique Enterprise Switching
Solutions
Designed to Exceed the Business Demands for
Enterprise Networks
High Bandwidth Industry leading performance
without the price tag
Resilient Fully resilient networks capable of
supporting tomorrows collaborative business tools
Secure Networks that protect through advanced
policy control and enforcement
Investment Protected Networks that can grow and
adapt to your business
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Enterprise NetworkingA Proven Broad Portfolio
Common 3Com Operating System
Fully Standards Based Infrastructure
Application server farm

• E-
• mail

Switch 8800

• CRM

• SCM

Router 6000

• VCX

Tipping Point IDS/IPS
Switch 7700
Switch 7750
SuperStack 4
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3Com for Secure Converged Network
your

• 3Com is all about Secure, Converged Networks
• Choice of new stackable or modular products
  complement the core
• Enterprise Management Suite automates network
  operations
• Same switch software, same applications
• Market-leading security per- packet, port, VLAN,
  user, switch security
• Innovative convergence applications
• 8800, 7700, and 5500/5500G are ideal for your
  advanced enterprise requirements
• The share the proven 3Com Operating System
• They provide edge to core scalability
• They are future-proof
• 3Com uniquely has the complete enterprise
  portfolio to deliver Secure Converged Networks

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