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- England's Newest City Optimizes Rapid Online Growth With Secure, 3Com Core Switches
- In the Northwest of England, where highest honors are bestowed by the Crown, the borough of Preston was elevated to city status by proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II during the 2002 celebration of her 50th year on the throne. Having used a flat network based on an Asynchronous Transfer Mode...
- Tags: 3Com Corp., ATM, Networking
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- Renowned Hearing Institute Bolsters Collaboration and Care With Secure, Converged 3Com Enterprise Solution
- Known for its contributions to auditory science, House Ear Institute's HEI 180 employees require a fast, reliable communications infrastructure to collaborate on their exploration of hearing loss, ear disease, and the complex relationship between the ear and brain. Until recently HEI's 10/100 Ethernet headquarters network lacked the speed researchers needed...
- Tags: Collaboration, 3Com Corp., Ethernet, Workforce Management, Groupware, Network Technology, Networking, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
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- 3Com Global Services Deploys Innovative Gigabit Wireless, and Power Over Ethernet Solution for Qatar's Olympics Training Program
- ASPIRE Academy of Sports Excellence is an elite sports educational institute commissioned by the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar to identify promising student-athletes and develop them into Olympic champions. ASPIRE sought a resilient, practical-to-manage network that would deliver Gigabit connectivity at the core and to the desktop, as well as...
- Tags: 3Com Corp., Training, Qatar, Power Over Ethernet, ASPIRE Academy Of Sports Excellence, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking
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- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Applauds the Performance of 3Com Enterprise Networks
- One of the world's most prestigious schools for the performing arts and with the Royal Patronage of HRH the Prince of Wales, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama RSAMD has integrated computer networking into almost every course. RSAMD's network had begun to fail to support activities. Comprised mostly...
- Tags: Performance, Network, 3Com Corp., Enterprise Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Music, RSAMD, Leadership, Networking, Management
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- Global Media Manufacturer Future-Proofs Production Plant Using Secure, Gigabit Network Powered by the 3Com Switch 8810
- A division of Bertelsmann Arvato Corporation, Sonopress Gutersloh is the world's second largest replicator of CDs and fourth largest reproducer of DVDs. While the legacy LAN served Sonopress well for several years, it was not built to support Gutersloh's growing replication rate, which reached 800,000 DVDs per day in 2004....
- Tags: Network, 3Com Corp., Retail, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Channel Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing
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- Citizens Bank Chooses 3Com Over Cisco for End-to-End Voice and Data Network
- Founded in 1934, Citizens Bank of New Haven, MO, is an independent, locally owned Midwestern financial institution dedicated to serving customers close to home. When Citizens Bank planned its transition to VoIP, it chose 3Com over Cisco for offering a full-featured solution at almost half the price. To replace its...
- Tags: Bank, Data Network, Network, Voice, 3Com Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Financial Services, Routers & Switches, Networking
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- German-Based Web Solutions Provider Blocks Over 1 Million Attacks Monthly Using TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System
- centron is a highly successful German web hosting firm, based in Bamberg, Germany, serving over 2,000 customers worldwide. centron wanted to move beyond traditional security solutions to preemptively protect its networks and those of its customers from increasingly lethal worms, Denial of Service DoS floods, spyware, buffer overflows and viruses,...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Web, 3Com Corp., Security Solution, TippingPoint Technologies, Attack, Centron, Security
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- Indiana Health Care System Safeguards Patient Information Via Award Winning 3Com, TippingPoint Security Solution
- At IU Medical Group - Primary Care IUMG, caring for patients involves more than providing world-class health services. It also requires a healthy network - one safe from hackers, worms, and spyware that might compromise the performance of the organization's life-critical applications or confidentiality of its medical records, which would...
- Tags: Patient, Network, 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Intrusion Prevention, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Security, Networking, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software
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- University of Washington Medicine Thwarts 803,000 Zotob Attacks in Week-Long Attack at World-Renown Medical Center
- At University of Washington Medicine UW Medicine, delivering world-class patient care involves more than the expertise of its nearly 1,000 physicians. It also requires a healthy network - one safe from hackers, worms, viruses, and spyware that can compromise the performance of the organization's life-critical applications or the federally mandated...
- Tags: Patient, Network, Zotob Worm, University Of Washington, 3Com Corp., Attack, Intrusion Prevention, Networking, Security
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- Louisiana Secures Justice Using 3Com TippingPoint Enterprise Solution
- In today's complex world of record keeping and data sharing, it takes more than a gavel to call a court to order. Recognizing this fact, the State of Louisiana uses best-of-breed technology to assist 485 attorneys, agents and 22 judges to adjudicate more than 45,000 civil and criminal cases and...
- Tags: 3Com Corp., TippingPoint Technologies, Louisiana, Intrusion Prevention, Real Estate, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Business Operations
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- Healthcare Organization Deploys TippingPoint as "Best Practice" for Regulatory Compliance to Protect Electronic Medical Records, Patient Data and Corporate Assets
- When Corporate Compliance Information Security started planning for WellStar Health System's HIPAA compliance program, they took the requirement to meet best practices in information security seriously. While other health organizations often tried to paper over their security vulnerabilities, WellStar implemented a sophisticated and comprehensive, technology-based security blanket to ensure that...
- Tags: Asset, Patient, Electronic Health Record, 3Com Corp., Health Care, Regulatory Compliance, Best Practice, TippingPoint Technologies, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- Brazil's Leading Engine for Economic Development Improves Productivity With a Secure, Converged 3Com Network
- SEBRAE Brazilian Service of Support to Micro and Small Companies helped make Brazil's economy the eighth largest in the world. As a forward-looking enterprise, SEBRAE sought to improve its own technologies. Their WAN posed its greatest challenge for employees at SEBRAE's Brasilia headquarters and its other main facility in Sao...
- Tags: Network, 3Com Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, WANs, Telecommunications, Networking
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- French Systems Integrator Provides IP Telephony Services for City of Pau Region Using Enterprise 3Com VCX Solution
- Facing the majestic Pyrenees mountains that separate France and Spain, the City of Pau modern day times is as eager to attract new businesses as it is to sustain its tourist industry, which has thrived since the 1800s. One Pau-based telecommunications and data systems integrator, Sycomore64, quickly recognized the value...
- Tags: Telephony, IP Telephony, 3Com Corp., IP, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Network Technology, Networking
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- 3Com Case Study: Palacky University (Czech Republic)
- Through more than 500 years, Palacky University has withstood frequent external assaults against its walled campus in what is now the Czech Republic. Today, while the university's 18,000 students are safe from harm, the Olomouc-based school must defend against a growing arsenal of threats from public communications networks. After evaluating...
- Tags: 3Com Corp., Czech Republic, Intrusion Prevention, Security
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- Housing Association Cuts Costs, Raises Productivity Using Intelligent, Converged 3Com Small Business LAN/WAN
- North Hertfordshire Homes NHH understands that providing affordable housing "People are proud to live in" requires more than bricks and mortar. NHH lacked sufficient bandwidth to power mission-critical housing management software, such as Simdell and Task Manager, as well as accounting programs from Sun Systems and database applications like Microsoft's...
- Tags: LAN, 3Com Corp., Small Business, North Hertfordshire Homes, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, WANs, Storage, Databases, Networking, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- Regional Scotland Healthcare System Delivers Advanced Patient Services Using Resilient 3Com Enterprise Network
- One of Scotland's largest government-funded regional caregivers, NHS Grampian delivers a full range of medical treatment to 500,000 residents in the Grampian area in northern Scotland. The Gigabit core of Grampian's infrastructure lies in a data center at its main hospital, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, and a second data center one...
- Tags: Patient, Network, 3Com Corp., Enterprise Network, Data Centers, Retail, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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- Mugla University Turns to 3Com for First Secure, Converged Network in Turkey's Higher Education System
- Mugla University is one of the jewels of Turkey's state-run university system. Mugla University sought an easy-to-manage phone system with advanced call management functions and abundant room for future growth. In addition to streamlining telephone communication, Mugla University wanted to integrate sophisticated data capabilities into its telephone services - for...
- Tags: Phone, Converged Network, Telephony, Network, IP Telephony, 3Com Corp., Mugla University, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
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- L.A. Weight Loss Sustains Massive Growth Using Secure, Converged Enterprise Solutions From 3Com
- Founded in 1989, L.A. Weight Loss Centers is one of the world's fastest growing weight management companies. To optimize its communications, L.A. Weight Loss needed a proven IP telephony system for its new call center, a comprehensive security solution to protect against Internet and VoIP threats, and a more powerful...
- Tags: 3Com Corp., VOIP, Call Centers, Marketing Research, Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, It Operations, Marketing
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- 3Com Gigabit and Wireless Solutions Converge Computer-Driven Displays for World-Famous Art Museum
- The artwork at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum possesses one of the world's most spectacular collections from ancient cultures and the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. However, their displays are distinctly modern as it their need for networked communications. In the late 1990s, the 115-year-old museum, itself an architectural masterpiece, revolutionized its...
- Tags: Telephony, 3Com Corp., Wireless, Ethernet, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking
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- UK Military Procurement Agency to Power Top Security Network With 3Com Switch 8800 Terabit Solution
- With an annual budget of £6 billion, the UK Defence Procurement Agency DPA manages procurements for roughly 700 projects, including the Typhoon combat aircraft, the Skynet satellite communications, and the Future Carrier - a new, larger class of aircraft carrier. DPA wanted a single vendor for core and edge switching...
- Tags: Security, 3Com Corp., Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Aerospace & Defense, Business Operations, Manufacturing
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