Since 3Com's founding in 1979 and creation of the Ethernet standard more than 30 years ago, the world has embraced 3Com's vision of pervasive networking:

• every personal computer has a network connection
• businesses are fundamentally built around a flow of information carried by a network, and
• enterprises large and small are increasingly adopting "converged" networks that include Internet Protocol (IP) telephony technologies to achieve significant cost savings and dramatic new functionality and features that enhance the bottom-line.

Today, customers want increased innovation and more intelligent networking products that are cost-effective and standards-based. Customers expect to have the freedom to choose the best solution and not be boxed in as they have been by proprietary technology and vendors unmotivated to offer innovation and interoperability. Customers want choice, they welcome choice and they want to be given reasons to exercise that choice. Long term, 3Com is the company best positioned to offer that choice. Today, 3Com offers a compelling alternative to "more of the same," and is inviting enterprise companies of all sizes to "Exercise Choice." Read More...