3Com launches the 3Com ON partner program

(Business News & Technology News, 6 Feb 2007)

3Com Corporation has unveiled a new global technology partner program specifically designed to build and support a wide-array of third-party relationships with best-of-breed independent software and hardware vendors, systems integrators, service providers, consultants and the open source community. Called the 3Com Open Network (3Com|ON), the program creates opportunities for members to expand their market reach by developing solutions or practices that add value to 3Com's Open Services Networking (3Com OSN), IP telephony and security platforms. Together, 3Com and its partners will create new services and solutions that help customers manage, control and enhance their communications network infrastructure.

3Com|ON is designed to provide technology providers with a wealth of resources and support programs that facilitate the development and interoperability of their products and solutions with 3Com's technologies. 3Com|ON is the innovative engine that creates an ecosystem around 3Com OSN as well as the company's IP telephony and security platforms, providing tools and incentives to help members succeed. 3Com|ON furthers 3Com's approach and vision for open, interoperable solutions, best-of-breed innovation and use of open source applications to provide the customer with differentiated solutions to help manage their business.

Some of the benefits 3Com|ON members receive include: robust development tools needed for solution providers to create the next generation of applications that customers demand and business partners want to sell; state of the art labs to conduct comprehensive product testing that will provide members with 3Com validation of product interoperability; company and solution directory listing on the new 3Com|ON website, complete with valid and comprehensive information about members' solutions; greater visibility into 3Com's product strategy and roadmap through various events and information-sharing activities where members can collaborate with 3Com's product teams; global marketing, business development and technical support that can assist members in finding new business opportunities, differentiating their solutions or services, and offering greater value to customers; and visibility and access to 3Com's resellers through integration of the 3Com|ON Program with the 3Com Focus Reseller Program. The two programs are committed to working closely together to help 3Com|ON members and 3Com Focus resellers connect, sell solutions and ultimately serve customer needs.

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