3Com Story TeamAug 24, 20181 minSweaty ball caps, determination, and hard workBob Metcalfe shared with us his favorite tchotchkes (yiddish for what we call schwag today) and this 30 year anniversary ball cap stood o...
3Com Story TeamAug 19, 20181 minKeep Calm and 3Com Will Fix It!This could have been used on a 3Com coffee mug but all we could find were these mugs for now - we'd love to see your mug from 3Com or rel...
3Com Story TeamAug 2, 20181 minSilicon Dragon?Perhaps the most important article ever written in 3Com's history - Bob Mao, 3Com's CEO, based in Beijing, and Ron Sege, COO, out of Marl...
3Com Story TeamJul 27, 20181 minWe Came. We Saw. We Routed. 1992 - it was a very good year - for 3Com returning to its internetworking roots. First, they bought BICC in the UK, bringing valuable hu...
3Com Story TeamJul 21, 20181 minA Tale of 2 Cities -Intel and 3Com - Happy 50th Birthday to Intel! "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief...
3Com Story TeamJul 11, 20181 minSummer Reading?In researching and writing our book about 3Com, we found inspiration in a variety of materials - these are just a few of the books that h...
3Com Story TeamJul 6, 20181 minThe First 100A huge thank you to 3Com's first 100 employees! Many of these early 3Comers provided eye-opening interviews that have helped bring our co...
3Com Story TeamJun 30, 20181 minWould you give this man $2.7 billion?Congratulations to Ron Sege, CEO of Echelon Corporation, on the successful sale of Echelon to Adesto Technologies (NASDAQ: IOTS) on June...
3Com Story TeamJun 29, 20181 minWho are these guys playing tennis in ties? And what's with the motorcycle dude?Almost 40 years ago, In 1979, Bob Metcalfe called up his MIT Sigma Nu fraternity brother Howard Charney, a motorcycle aficionado, and ask...
3Com Story TeamJun 22, 20181 minI have to go!In 1990, 3Com laid off a sizable number of employees as a result of exiting the 3+Open partnership with Microsoft. 3Com worked hard to ma...
3Com Story TeamJun 14, 20181 minBill Gates and FriendsWhat do Bill Gates, Dan Fystra, Mitch Kapor, Dennis Vohs, David Clayton, Fred Gibbons, and Bob Frankston all have in common?
3Com Story TeamJun 13, 20181 minWhat are you wearing?Unless you are like tidying phenomenon Marie Kondo, you have probably collected a few sentimental T-shirts over the years... or a few doz...
3Com Story TeamJun 1, 20181 minWho said this?"3Com was an experiment that worked because the people were so dedicated and so smart." a. John Chambers b. Bob Metcalfe c. Eric Benhamou...
3Com Story TeamMay 21, 20181 minThe Soundtrack of EthernetEthernet arrived (in the form of a celebrated memo from Bob Metcalfe) on May 22, 1973, and went on to have profound impact on the world. ...
3Com Story TeamMay 16, 20182 minWhere were you when the lights went on?With apologies to Lennon & McCartney, Bob Metcalfe…and everyone else! It was 45 years ago Dr. Metcalfe taught the bits to flow They’ve be...