3COM WINS MILLION DOLLAR DEAL TO NETWORK IPG

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 (Bernama) -- 3Com Corporation announced today it has
won a million dollar tender to equip the Institutes of Teacher Education (IPG)
under the Education Ministry.
The global enterprise networking solutions company said it will provide
products to power 10 campus networks nationwide for IPG which offers training to
teachers at various graduate levels.
The solutions will "help reduce the IPG's total cost of ownership without
compromising performance, security and reliability", it said in a statement.
Under the contract, 3Com, together with partner Sigma Rectrix Systems (M)
Sdn Bhd, will develop a high-speed wired and wireless campus network for IPG's
campuses nationwide.
With the new network, the ministry will be able to achieve its goal of
placing graduate-level teachers in all secondary schools and 50 percent of all
primary schools by next year, 3Com said.
"3Com's established reputation of being the market leader in
price-performance and convergence, coupled with our broad networking portfolio
and our innovative wireless and security technologies, gives us the unique
ability to outfit our customers with cost-effective solutions that span from the
data centre to the network edge," said 3Com Malaysia country manager Marcus Lai.
"With strong local support services and our investment in a direct-touch
partner model, 3Com is in a position of strength to continue to win sizeable
deals over competition despite the current economic crisis," he said. -- BERNAMA
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