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Published on August 22, 2007

3Com Corporation unveiled a unified sales and support organisation for the Asia-Pacific region (APR), following the integration of 3Com and H3C Technologies. 3Com and H3C sales and marketing organisations are now one team with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a broader product portfolio in the region.

"With this successful integration, we have built a stronger, more experienced team that we believe will enable us to increase our presence and success in the region," said Peter Chai, Vice President & General Manager (Asia Pacific), 3Com Corp. "By combining the two organisations, our customers and partners now have access to a more expansive portfolio of low-cost, high-quality secure, converged networking solutions.

Additionally, the company intends to fully leverage H3C's research and development capabilities to help 3Com create new, innovative products and deliver them to the enterprise and service provider markets faster than the competition.

Moving forward, 3Com will look to combine systems in the region, as appropriate, in order to streamline processes and promote operational efficiency.

As part of the integration, 3Com also announced its new APR management team, led by Peter Chai.

Chai has more than 24 years in the telecommunications industry with direct hands-on experience in the entire operations of several recognised global companies.  Specifically, his background includes focus on the financial and commercial aspects of running a business, as well as business development, marketing and sales, product development, project management, engineering and network operations.  Prior to joining 3Com, he was vice president and country manager for South East Asia BT.

On March 29, 2007, 3Com acquired the remaining 49% of H3C Technologies, a Chinese-based provider of network infrastructure products of China, giving it full 100 percent ownership.