3Com has announced it will be offering new Gigabit Ethernet switches, according to media reports.
The company has launched the switches for small and medium-sized businesses, website techworld.com reports.
Steve Schuchart, principal analyst for enterprise network systems at Current Analysis, told the website: "3Com is pushing gigabit when a lot of the enterprise competitors have been pushing 10/100[Mbit/s].
"I'm a little mystified as to why people are dealing with 10/100 at this point. You can hardly buy a PC without gigabit on it."
The new product has been designed to improve performance and security, as well as make deployment for Gigabit Ethernet and PoE networking easier.
The products include the OfficeConnect and 2900 PoE switch lines.
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Last Updated: 24/10/2007 17:11
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