That's true Matthew, I'd forgotten Cisco... I've spent so many years in organizations that couldn't afford Cisco stuff, so we went with HP and other vendors for switches, routers, etc. Stuff that stacked up very well against the Cisco stuff, for lots less.
>>> "Matthew W. Ross" <[email protected]> 11/12/2009 12:09 PM >>> Without saying Cisco, they mean Cisco. There are shops which are "100% Cisco". I'm not saying that's a bad thing, Cisco makes good hardware. But where people feel like they have to purchase Cisco because there are no other companies that cover all their needs, HP is looking to be an alternative. And good on them, competition is always good. Have a Cisco Firewall? Switches? IP Phone System? Wireless? If you said yes to all of these, there is now a competing product from HP. Cisco just recently got into Servers, and I've already heard a few people swear by them. In that case, Cisco is entering HP's territory. This is all good news. So, where will HP go next? Maybe they'll buy Axis and enter the security camera market. Cisco's there, so HP will follow, right? Sm:)e. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:59:30 -0800 Subject: RE: HP to acquire 3com > "Companies are looking for ways to break free from the business > limitations imposed by a networking paradigm that has been dominated by > a single vendor,” > > Umm, isn't HP that dominating vendor? So how are people to break free > when one of the options they had is now gone? > > > > Not that I mind the merger; I've only used 3com stuff in a handful of > places over the past 12 years. > > >>> "Matthew W. Ross" <[email protected]> 11/12/2009 8:52 AM > >>> > HP acquiring 3Com makes sense to me. 3Com is dying, as a switch > company. I'm sure they have good engineers, patents, etc. > > I don't know anything about 3Com's business in China or Tipping Point. > > But I do remember the 3Com NBX phone system. This is an area where HP > can expand into with the portfolio of 3Com. I'm quite interested in > where the 3Com phone system ends up. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Berry > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 > 07:39:22 -0800 > Subject: RE: HP to acquire 3com > > > > Patent portfolio has value, I'm certain. > > > > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:17 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: HP to acquire 3com > > > > Meh. > > > > I'm not sure what the value proposition is. > > > > 3C509's and 3C905's were _THE_ nics back in the day. They've been on > the > > decline ever since. > > > > -sc > > > > From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:35 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: HP to acquire 3com > > > > http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/091111xa.html > > > > > > Webster > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
