3com
Looks like 3com is heading in the right direction pushed by the allience with the chinese network brand Huawei. Their XRN technology really makes thing intresting. Will be intresting to see how Cisco will respond.
XRN behaves as a plug-and-play rapid spanning tree configuration. Instead of manually having to set up different Vlan on each redundant link or using something like Cisco flexlink the protoocol send each client-server tcp/ip session on the link that has the most bandwith availble right now. And opposed to Cisco RSTP it is increadibly easy to configure. Quite a nobrainer.
I´d say that the biggest reason not to invest in 3com right now is that they are having problem with the support and logistics. Their enterprise network organisation and staff are also quite new in the clothing. The last issue is the juridical issue with Cisco that needs to be resorted. Until then I'd say that even though XRN is really cool, 3com's organisation really need to shapen up.
My Advice: Dont buy. Cisco still leads.
Looks like 3com is heading in the right direction pushed by the allience with the chinese network brand Huawei. Their XRN technology really makes thing intresting. Will be intresting to see how Cisco will respond.
XRN behaves as a plug-and-play rapid spanning tree configuration. Instead of manually having to set up different Vlan on each redundant link or using something like Cisco flexlink the protoocol send each client-server tcp/ip session on the link that has the most bandwith availble right now. And opposed to Cisco RSTP it is increadibly easy to configure. Quite a nobrainer.
I´d say that the biggest reason not to invest in 3com right now is that they are having problem with the support and logistics. Their enterprise network organisation and staff are also quite new in the clothing. The last issue is the juridical issue with Cisco that needs to be resorted. Until then I'd say that even though XRN is really cool, 3com's organisation really need to shapen up.
My Advice: Dont buy. Cisco still leads.
