3Com has expanded its network portfolio, launching enterprise solutions that deliver security, convergence and performance features from the edge to the core of the network.
Wolfgang Held, 3Com network consultant, says the four enterprise-class product families provide features that address the regulatory, application and access control requirements of modern organisations.
Held says the additions integrate security from 3Com`s TippingPoint division and switches built by the Huawei-3Com joint venture.
The products include the 3Com Switch 5500 family (layer 2/3/4 edge switches available in 12 models, with both 10/100 and gigabit variants), the expanded 3Com Switch 7700 family (delivering power over Ethernet service in two modular chassis), the 3Com TippingPoint Quarantine Protection (using 3Com switches to extend security control over network endpoint devices), and the 3Com Enterprise Management System (enabling network change control and configuration management).
As companies continue to merge their data, voice and networks into one converged network, Held says, there is a need to incorporate intelligent enterprise-class edge-to-core switches and routers into the corporate structure.
He says 3Com uses the TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System`s (IPS`s) ability to perform "full-packet inspection" at line rate.
"This, when coupled with the new 3Com 5500 edge and 7700 family of switches and 3Com`s network management systems, delivers intelligent secure application-aware networking solutions."
Held says the launch of Quarantine Protection is the first in a series of product and technology integration between 3Com switches and the TippingPoint IPS.
This feature is designed to prevent the propagation of threats within a network by isolating infected endpoint devices. He adds that 3Com`s Enterprise Management System ties the applications and the network together for customers, delivering network configuration functionality, management and visibility for 3Com, as well as non-3Com network equipment.
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