3Com Corporation

Corporate Profile

3Com is a leading provider of innovative, practical and high-value voice and data networking products, services and solutions for enterprises of all sizes and public sector organizations.

3Com is a global company with a strong balance sheet, renowned brand and large intellectual property portfolio and global presence. The company has world-class strategic partners and one of the broadest product lines and distribution channels in the industry. 3Com continues to define the way networks are built through superior engineering and by leveraging standards to reduce complexity, unlocking the hold of proprietary systems and lowering cost of ownership.

Worldwide Locations
Corporate Headquarters Americas Center of Operations
Marlborough, Massachusetts, USAMarlborough, Massachusetts, USA
 
European Center of OperationsAsia Pacific Center of Operations
Hemel Hempstead, UKSingapore

3Com has offices and sales capabilities in 46 countries with 74 locations.

Employees
At the end of February 2004, 3Com had 2,100 employees worldwide.

Founded
Founded by the inventor of Ethernet technology, Bob Metcalfe, 3Com Corporation was incorporated in 1979. The 3 Cs in the name 3Com are denoted as Computer, Communications and Compatibility. Since delivering the industry's first Ethernet network interface card (NIC) connecting computing devices 30 years ago, 3Com has seen the world embrace its vision of pervasive networking.

Leadership
Executive Management

  • Bruce L. Claflin, President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Mark Slaven, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  • Dennis Connors, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations
  • Neal Goldman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  • Nick Ganio, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales
  • Susan Bowman, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
  • Anik Bose, Vice President, Corporate Business Development
  • Liam Kiely, Vice President, Engineering
  • Mehmet Balos, Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications
  • Jean Hoxie-Wasko, Vice President, Worldwide Services
  • Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Vice President, Product Management

Board of Directors

  • Eric A. Benhamou, Chairman
  • Bruce L. Claflin, President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Gary T. DiCamillo, President and CEO, TAC Worldwide Companies
  • James R. Long, Retired Executive Vice President, Nortel Networks
  • Raj Reddy, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
  • David C. Wajsgras, Senior Vice President and CFO, Lear Corporation
  • Paul G. Yovovich, Private Investor and Corporate Director

Ventures and Partnerships
Huawei-3Com Joint Venture
Founded in November 2003, Huawei-3Com Co. Ltd is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

  • The venture immediately expands 3Com's routing and switching product lines.
  • Huawei-3Com markets and sells both its own and 3Com products to the Chinese and Japanese markets, strengthening 3Com's position in some of the world's largest growth markets.

EDS
3Com has formed a strategic relationship with EDS in which EDS markets 3Com data networking and VoIP solutions. The two companies have joined core strengths to provide standardized, unbundled networking solutions in two major areas:

  • Network management services, which include routers, firewalls, and Internet services, and;
  • Converged communication services which includes IP telephony, unified messaging, audio and video streaming over the Internet.

Resellers
3Com's award winning channel partner program is one of the largest in the networking industry and includes the top-tier distributors and VARs worldwide. 3Com's channel program ranked No. 1 for price/performance in CRN and No. 1 in Small Business (Cahners).

Revenue
Traded on NASDAQ, 3Com is listed as COMS and its fiscal year ends on the closest Friday to May 31. In its fiscal year ended May 30, 2003, 3Com's annual revenue was $932.9 million and its cash and short-term investments totaled $1.54 billion.

U.S. Patents and Rankings
3Com has 1,057 patents issued and 720 pending. FORTUNE Magazine ranked 3Com #4 in its annual "America's Most Admired Companies" for its industry segment in 2003.

 

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