Re: OT: 3Com to be sold to HP for $2.7b

That is good !!! Extensive Similarities!! LOL I needed a good laugh today.

Tony

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Edmore Chingwena <chingwenaed_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> The old Huawei VRP had similarities with cisco IOS. But the new VRP is
> completely different . Worked in Huawei,s R&D for a year and HTAC for
> another year and engineering service for 2 more years. The huawei VRP is a
> product of extensive development and R&D work.
>
> The routers are powerful not Fong Kong me too products
>
> Regards
>
> 2009/11/12 Johnny B CCIE <jbccie_at_gmail.com>
>
> > Isn't Huawei Cisco IOS rebranded and cheaper? So now Cisco IOS is
> > owned by HP and HP has the muscle to compete with Cisco using the
> > non-Cisco IOS that is the Cisco IOS. HP can pump out a lot of
> > certifications and grow fast.
> >
> > HP Certified Networking Engineer. It will be very close to the CCIE.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Shaughn Smith <shaughn.s_at_cvnnet.co.za>
> > wrote:
> > > Found this interesting
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 3Com to be sold to HP for $2.7b
> > >
> > > Computer giant takes aim at Cisco's network business
> > >
> > > Computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co.
> > > <http://finance.boston.com/boston?Page=QUOTE&Ticker=HPQ> will buy
> > > network equipment maker 3Com Corp. of Marlborough for $2.7 billion in a
> > > head-on challenge to Cisco Systems Inc.
> > > <http://finance.boston.com/boston?Page=QUOTE&Ticker=CSCO> , which
> > > dominates the network business. The deal will position HP to attack the
> > > heart of Cisco's market, and it comes only a week after Cisco teamed up
> > > with data storage titan EMC Corp.
> > > <http://finance.boston.com/boston?Page=QUOTE&Ticker=EMC> of Hopkinton
> > > to invade HP's stronghold in server computers and storage.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "This is going to rock the networking world,'' said 3Com's president,
> > > Ronald Sege, adding that HP's global sales force could quickly expand
> > > 3Com's market share.
> > >
> > > 3Com is the second major Massachusetts tech company in the past month
> to
> > > be acquired by a Silicon Valley firm, as the tech sector reacts to
> > > decreased business spending with a wave of consolidation deals. In
> > > October, Cisco said it will pay $2.9 billion to acquire Tewksbury-based
> > > Starent Networks, a maker of network gear for cellular telephone
> > > systems.
> > >
> > > Just last week, Cisco teamed up with EMC in a joint venture to combine
> > > their computing, storage, and networking products in a play for HP's
> > > core business, enterprise computing equipment. Cisco just started
> making
> > > server computers this year.
> > >
> > > Tech giants are using mergers and alliances to quickly offer one-stop
> > > shopping to companies looking to save money by buying all their network
> > > products from a single vendor, instead of assembling corporate data
> > > centers one piece at a time. "It improves the efficiency, it improves
> > > the speed of deployment, and it drives costs down,'' said Abner
> > > Germanow, a networking analyst at IDC Corp. in Framingham.
> > >
> > > The 3Com purchase lets HP fill holes in its product mix far quicker
> than
> > > it could by developing its own product line from scratch. Although it
> is
> > > one of the world's leading makers of computer servers for big business,
> > > HP has offered only a limited range of networking hardware. Most of
> that
> > > has been at the "edge'' of the network, like the switches that connect
> a
> > > roomful of PCs and printers to a corporate system. Cisco dominates the
> > > "core'' market - switches and routers that distribute the massive
> > > amounts of data streaming into the network. With 3Com, HP gets a
> > > ready-made line of core network products to sell.
> > >
> > > Buying 3Com "gives us critical mass in a very important market,'' said
> > > David Donatelli, a former top EMC executive who made a surprise move to
> > > HP in April. Donatelli will oversee 3Com in his new role as HP's
> > > executive vice president of enterprise servers and networking, and is
> > > slated to take over HP's storage operations in April, when his
> > > noncompete agreement with EMC expires. That will put him on the
> > > frontline of HP's rivalry with the Cisco-EMC joint venture.
> > >
> > > The deal illustrates 3Com's return to prominence after a dramatic
> > > decline earlier in the decade. 3Com was cofounded in 1979 by Bob
> > > Metcalfe, one of the inventors of Ethernet, a networking technology
> that
> > > has since become a global standard. 3Com was originally based in Santa
> > > Clara, Calif., and its line of Ethernet products made it one of the
> most
> > > successful technology firms of the 1990s, employing as many as 12,000
> > > workers at its peak.
> > >
> > > Tough competition from Cisco and the 2001 collapse of the first
> Internet
> > > boom devastated 3Com. The company ceded the enterprise networking
> market
> > > to Cisco and slashed thousands of jobs.
> > >
> > > 3Com now employs about 5,300 workers worldwide, including about 300 in
> > > Massachusetts. Sege said he did not know how the HP acquisition would
> > > affect local 3Com workers.
> > >
> > > In 2003, a much diminished 3Com relocated to Marlborough. At about the
> > > same time, the company launched H3C, a joint venture with Chinese
> > > networking company Huawei Technologies.
> > >
> > > H3C's stable of Chinese engineers developed new high-end networking
> gear
> > > that was embraced by fast-growing Chinese companies, and has since
> > > attracted customers in Europe and Latin America. 3Com claims that 300
> of
> > > China's 500 largest businesses use its products, along with US
> > > institutions like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and
> > > the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
> > >
> > > In 2006, 3Com bought out Huawei's stake in H3C. The following year,
> > > investment firm Bain Capital teamed up with Huawei on a $2.2 billion
> bid
> > > to acquire 3Com.
> > >
> > > But federal regulators blocked the bid because 3Com owns TippingPoint,
> a
> > > maker of network security gear used by the US Department of Defense.
> > >
> > > The regulators noted Huawei's close ties to the Chinese government and
> > > worried that Huawei might help Chinese intelligence officials
> circumvent
> > > TippingPoint technology.
> > >
> > > After the Bain-Huawei deal fell apart early last year, 3Com focused on
> > > developing a new line of core switches and routers that it claims will
> > > outperform Cisco gear while using much less electricity.
> > >
> > > HP's Donatelli said that once the deal is completed, his company's
> > > 300,000 workers will exclusively use 3Com gear for networking needs.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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