As we in the United States watch the Olympic Games televised from Beijing over the next couple of weeks, Chinese security personnel will be watching over the Games via IP-based surveillance cameras, thanks to networking provided by 3Com's Chinese subsidiary H3C Technologies.
A recent study by In-Stat says that fixed-configuration 24- and 48-port switches can vary by more than 600% in terms of how much switching capacity they support in relation to how much electric power they draw.
3Com has claimed it leads the market in making its networking gear more energy efficient. The company based its claim on a report by U.S. analyst firm In-Stat; however, a rival has charged that 3Com only counted its role in enterprise-class large switches and may actually lag behind in greening the key market for small and midsized Ethernet switches.
A group of security researchers Wednesday said they have infiltrated one of the world's biggest botnets and can snatch control of compromised machines from the hackers.
3Com and its partners in a proposed acquisition haven't yet reached a deal that they believe would ease U.S. government concerns about national security.
3Com has added a virtualization feature to its routers via a partnership with LineSider Technologies, a provider of policy-based network infrastructure control and management products.
Jim Duffy
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