3Com
Sign in to save3Com Corporation was an American digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney and others. Bill Krause joined as President in 1981. Metcalfe explained the name 3Com was a contraction of "Computer Communication Compatibility", with its focus on Ethernet technology that he had co-invented, which enabled the networking of computers.
Key facts
- Company.name
- 3Com Corporation
- Company.logo
- 3com logo.svg
- Company.logo_caption
- last logo designed by Interbrand from 2000 to 2010
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- (1984–2010) S&P 500 component (until 2010)
- Company.fate
- Acquired by Hewlett-Packard
- Company.founder
- Robert Metcalfe and others
- Company.parent
- Hewlett-Packard (2009–2010)
- Company.hq_location
- Marlborough, Massachusetts
- Company.industry
- Computer network products
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Robert Metcalfe
- Headquarters
- Marlborough
- Owned by
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Parent organization
- Aruba Networks
- Industry
- telecommunications
- Employees
- 6000
- Legal form
- public company
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- Hewlett-Packard
- Official website
- www.3com.com
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- MAC Address Block Large ID
- 00104B
- Commons category
- 3Com
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2010-04-12
- inception
- 1979-00-00
- product or material produced
- software
- member of
- Wi-Fi Alliance
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Article · 中文
3Com公司是曾经美国的一個企業和小型企業聯網解決方案供應商，提供網絡交換機，路由器，無線接取器，IP語音系統和入侵預防系統等產品。3Com由羅伯特·梅特卡夫博士於1979年創立。3Com名稱取自電腦（Computer）、通訊（Communication）與相容性（Compatibility）。2010年，它被惠普收购。
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