(1888PressRelease)
August 27, 2009 - Bangalore - 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) today announced Miercom, a leading provider of independent test services, evaluated the company’s H3C® S7506E and H3C S5500-EI enterprise networking switches and determined they lead the industry in energy efficiency, using up to 40 percent less energy than competing products.
Miercom evaluated “the overall environmental impact and business enabling green benefits” the products provide to customers and rated them “Miercom Green Certified.” The complete reports with the testing results for the H3C S7506E and H3C S5500-EI switches can be downloaded at H3C 7506E and 3Com S4800G/H3C S5500-EI, respectively.
Miercom, as part of its Certified Green Test Program, evaluated the power consumption and efficiency of the switches. Miercom reports the H3C 5500-EI stackable switch with 24- and 48-port models are up to 40 percent more energy efficient in terms of watts of energy used per gigabits per second of performance. The H3C S7506E modular, multilayer 10-Gigabit and gigabit switch is up to 24 percent more energy efficient than comparable products. 3Com’s entire H3C enterprise networking portfolio is designed to deliver the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).
Miercom also reports that organizations can realize further cost savings by deploying the new H3C Intelligent Management Center (IMC) to manage their network. IMC is an end-to-end enterprise-class management solution that provides unique single-pane management of the entire heterogeneous enterprise network infrastructure and integrates with existing systems to deliver heightened efficiency and value. IMC’s centralized remote administration capability can help reduce network administration costs.
“Our commitment to developing products with low “TCO by design” sets our H3C portfolio apart from the competition,” said Saar Gillai, 3Com senior vice president, worldwide products and solutions. “Miercom’s test results confirm that the H3C S7505E and S5500-EI are the right choices for enterprises
that want outstanding price/performance and energy efficiency from their network infrastructure investment, particularly in today’s economy.”
The newest H3C products feature the latest 90nm silicon technology, which increases performance without increasing power usage. According to Miercom, “The silicon technology delivers a 35% increase in processor speed, while reducing active power needs by 60%.”
“Using merchant silicon instead of proprietary ASICs, the H3C portfolio features the most modern and low-power chipsets available,” said Gillai. “By developing products that use far less power than the industry average, 3Com enables enterprises to reduce capital expenditures and spend less money on energy to run their networks. This embodies 3Com’s commitment to ‘no-compromise’ networks, where enterprises don’t have to compromise performance and features in order to save money,” said Gillai.
According to Miercom, the annual operating cost of the H3C S7506E is 24 percent lower than the industry average. The annual operating cost of the H3C S5500-EI is 17 percent below the industry average, for both the 24- and 48-port models.
Miercom also evaluated the energy efficiency of the company’s 3Com Switch 4800G and 3Com® Switch 7906E switches for small and medium-sized enterprises. It says the Switch 4800G stackable switch with 24- and 48-port models is up to 40 percent more energy efficient in terms of watts of energy used per gigabits per second of performance and its annual operating cost is 17 percent below the industry average.
Miercom says the Switch 7906E modular, multilayer 10-Gigabit and gigabit switch is up to 24 percent more energy efficient than comparable products and its annual operating cost is 24 percent lower than the industry average.
All H3C and 3Com products comply with international restrictions on the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical components. 3Com also enforces guidelines for disposing and recycling of its products. These commitments, along with the energy efficiency of its products, establish 3Com as a leader in protecting the environment.
About 3Com
3Com Corporation is a $1.3 billion global enterprise networking solutions provider that sets a new price/performance standard for customers. 3Com has three global brands—H3C, 3Com, and TippingPoint—that offer high-performance networking and security solutions to enterprises large and small. The H3C enterprise networking portfolio—a market leader in China—includes products that span from the data center to the edge of the network, while TippingPoint network-based intrusion prevention systems and network access control solutions deliver in-depth, no-compromise application, infrastructure and performance protection.
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