3Com Story TeamFeb 28, 20191 minExecutive Spotlight: Jeff ThermondSo, who is this Jeff Thermond? Jeff is very smart, swears like a sailor, and discovered his love of technology all the way back when he w...
3Com Story TeamFeb 21, 20192 minExecutive Spotlight: Chris PaisleyChris is one of the friendliest finance guys in the room, always smiling, and always looking for something humorous to add to the story. ...
3Com Story TeamFeb 15, 20191 minExecutive Spotlight: Doug SprengDoug Spreng has always greeted me with a smile and a kinetic energy that is contagious. Even with a bad right ankle (see his photo below)...
3Com Story TeamFeb 7, 20191 minExecutive Spotlight: Leon WooLeon was a founder of Synernetics, the pioneering Ethernet switching company that was acquired by 3Com in 1994. This acquisition took pla...
3Com Story TeamJan 31, 20191 min3Comers Catching Up When I joined 3Com in 1989, its campus was located on Kifer Road in Santa Clara. On my first day, I recall walking with some of the team ...
3Com Story TeamJan 25, 20191 minWhat's in your Interop?Interop 2009 was a memorable event that led to HP eventually acquiring 3Com. 3Com had not attended Interop the previous five years. Amy P...
3Com Story TeamJan 17, 20192 minDr. Zheng or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the China VentureAt the founding of the H3C venture in 2003, Dr. Shusheng Zheng was Huawei’s CTO working for Ren Zhengfei. Zheng helped develop H3C’s orig...
3Com Story TeamJan 12, 20191 minSaturday Morning CartoonHey! We have made an update to our cartoon of executives to give credit where credit is due – in China! We’ve added Dr. Zheng along with ...
3Com Story TeamJan 3, 20191 min30th Birthday Party!In 2009, 3Com's 30th anniversary not only gave us the fun time capsule in the previous post, but also warranted a big party in Marlboroug...
3Com Story TeamDec 21, 20181 minCompany Secrets InsideIt was a dark and stormy day; the rain fell in torrents. Here I was with Ron Sege, a one-time President and COO of 3Com, breaking in — pe...
3Com Story TeamDec 19, 20181 minSteve Jobs' Failure Helped 3Com's SuccessToday’s New York Times covered Steve Jobs’ desire to manufacture in Fremont, California. Ultimately the Macintosh factory was closed in 1...
3Com Story TeamDec 9, 20181 minDoug Engelbart and the Digital Revolution50 years ago today, on December 9, 1968, Doug Engelbart sparked the tech revolution by presenting the Mother of All Demos - a stunning vi...
3Com Story TeamNov 29, 20182 minWaking the Dragon - The Courtship of Huawei's FatherIn China, the dragon stands for potent and auspicious powers, and can refer to power, strength, and good luck. One Chinese dragon in par...
3Com Story TeamNov 10, 20181 minPowered by the PeopleAt its core, this book is a collaboration between the author and the dozens of former 3Comers that were interviewed for the story. The fi...
3Com Story TeamNov 2, 20181 minThe 6 O'Clock News Rule3Com had a strong “do the right thing” culture but didn’t adopt an official code of conduct until 1989. A funny story about this was rela...
3Com Story TeamOct 13, 20182 minLawyers as superheroes?Bryan Butler, Rest in Peace - left us this month on October 1, 2018. Bryan was instrumental in protecting 3Com from bigger bullies like I...
3Com Story TeamSep 25, 20181 minIs there a West Coast - East Coast divide in business?Take our completely unscientific survey to let us know! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QJDFMPW
3Com Story TeamSep 25, 20181 minCan you find Ron, Janice, Nachman, Steve, Waldo, anyone else you remember? 3Com hosted regular partner meetings worldwide, this one was in 1995 on Cheju Island (sometimes called Jeju) in South Korea. A good time...
3Com Story TeamSep 20, 20181 minA man of his word(s)In 1995, Bob Metcalfe famously predicted that the internet would collapse within a year. Not just collapse but “catastrophically collapse...
3Com Story TeamSep 14, 20181 minWhere were you in 1984?Congrats to the early founders of 3Com that took the company public in 1984. Thank you Bob Metcalfe for sharing this t-shirt with us! W...