[LCM Articles] [Leb4ever] Masri on 3Com Contribution as Part of Partnership for Lebanon

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3Com supports Ministry of Education to help revitalize Lebanon


As part of its initiative to improve education and address skills shortages
in Lebanon, 3Com has provided vital networking equipment to the Ministry of
Education's new headquarters in Beirut.


Lebanon: Wednesday, August 01 - 2007

To help revitalize the technology infrastructure of Lebanon, 3Com is
participating in projects to improve education and computer access to the
internet for its citizens, providing critically needed resources to bring
long-term economic growth and stability to the country. 

3ComR switches will manage and control a secure, converged network to enable
seamless communications in the new headquarters building of the Lebanese
Ministry of Education. At the core, a modular 3Com Switch 7758 chassis with
two 3Com Switch 7750 96Gb switch fabric, 4 advanced 20-port gigabit SFP
modules, an advanced 20-port copper Gb Ethernet module and 128Gb fibre
connections provides intelligent, multilayer switching and routing for
end-to-end network connectivity with advanced traffic management. The 3Com
Switch 7700 family of high performance, high availability switches provide
unprecedented management control and visibility, prioritizing traffic and
managing bandwidth to ensure the most efficient use of the network. These
modular switches are based on open standards, so they are flexible and
highly scalable to accommodate future needs. 

At the edge, 54 managed 10/100 Ethernet Switch 4500s provide secure,
dependable LAN connectivity with feature-rich Layer 2 switching and dynamic
Layer 3 routing, as well as robust security, QoS, and management features.
Up to eight switches can be stacked via built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports,
allowing single-IP management for a stack of up to 384 ports.
Industry-standard Power over Ethernet allows the Switch 4500 to provide both
data connectivity and electrical power to PoE-capable devices. 

'3Com has a lot to offer Lebanon in terms of networking equipment, and more
in investment into the workforce and training,' says 3Com CEO Edgar Masri.
'Government is playing a big role in growth and development in the region,
and 3Com can do a lot to add to this rapid development.' 

'In the education sector here, 3Com can provide equipment, internships and
interfaces. We are pretty much the first networking company to have most of
our operations in Asia, and we can bring tremendous advantages from that
location and offer the Middle East engineering knowledge and skills to put
in place measures to address the fastest growing economies in the world.
3Com will also involve itself in training more people in this region.
Increased demand in networking is creating a huge shortage of skills in the
region and growth is outpacing the supply of talent, and we hope 3Com can
play a huge role in correcting this anomaly.' 

'We believe that working with major government groups and specific
universities is the way to ensure that 3Com can help further in the region
and take part in its growth,' says Hamed Diab, 3Com Regional Sales Director,
Middle East. 
3Com's donation to the Ministry of Education in Lebanon is part of the
Partnership for Lebanon collaborative effort designed to help the people of
Lebanon build a better future. Launched in September 2006, the Partnership
is led by five US companies: Cisco, GHAFARI Inc., Intel Corporation,
Microsoft, and Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Working through
public/private partnerships and with the Lebanese people, the Partnership is
focused on expanding the reach of education and workforce training and
education, creating jobs, building up the country's technology
infrastructure, and connecting communities and government.

 

Related Information:
About 3Com Corporation 
3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) is a leading provider of secure, converged
voice and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes. 3Com
offers a broad line of innovative products backed by world class sales,
service and support, which excel at delivering business value for its
customers. Through its TippingPoint division, 3Com is a leading provider of
network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth application
protection, infrastructure protection, and performance protection. 3Com also
owns H3C Technologies Co., Limited (H3C), a China-based provider of network
infrastructure products. H3C brings innovative and cost-effective product
development and manufacturing and a strong footprint in one of the world's
most dynamic markets. For further information, please visit www.3com.com, or
the press site www.3com.com/pressbox. 

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Wednesday, August 01 - 2007 at 10:26 UAE local time (GMT+4) 

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