3Com Certifications

It was just announced yesterday that HP will acquire 3Com.

Checking 3Com's website, they do apparently have networking products other than NIC's. And certifications to support those products. But I never recall hearing of any shop that has 3Com networking (routers, switches, etc)

Is 3Com really that big a player in networking infrastructure? Wondering if a 3Com certification would be of value. BTW I'm a new HP employee myself, via recent acquisition.

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Claymoore

Maybe not anymore, but there was a time when they were THE player. The company was founded by Bob Metcalf - the man who invented ethernet. They also sold an early network operating system co-developed with Microsoft call LAN Manager. There is still code in the Windows OS that comes from that product, such as the various NTLM authentication methods.

At the last place I worked they used 3Com hubs (yes - hubs) and unmanaged switches until we replaced everything with nice Cisco multilayer switches a few years ago. I haven't seen much of their gear recently, but I remember a time when it seemed like every server or workstation had a 3Com 3C905b NIC and an Adaptec 2950 SCSI controller.

rhauser44

Claymoore wrote: »

Maybe not anymore, but there was a time when they were THE player. The company was founded by Bob Metcalf - the man who invented ethernet. They also sold an early network operating system co-developed with Microsoft call LAN Manager. There is still code in the Windows OS that comes from that product, such as the various NTLM authentication methods.

At the last place I worked they used 3Com hubs (yes - hubs) and unmanaged switches until we replaced everything with nice Cisco multilayer switches a few years ago. I haven't seen much of their gear recently, but I remember a time when it seemed like every server or workstation had a 3Com 3C905b NIC and an Adaptec 2950 SCSI controller.

Your comments echo what an "old-timer" just related. Once upon a time 3Com was a big player. I guess, it will be interesting to see how HP uses this new aquisition.