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Create Rich Yet Simple Solutions
There are products, and there are solutions. A product
performs a function. A solution fills a human need. People
want solutions.
Wherever possible, 3Com is changing the networking
paradigm from products to solutions. Because it's at the
solution level that technology and people come together.
Solutions include such things as distance learning for
schools. Communications mobility on the retail floor. Or a
call center that integrates advanced telephony and
Ethernet networking. 3Com has helped bring all these
solution-focused offerings to market.
Imagine for a moment that you're a business traveler who
wants to check e-mail and download information from the
Internet. Instead of making you crawl around on the floor
looking for a phone jack, your hotel has thoughtfully
installed an access point that links you directly to the
hotel's own network. You plug in and go directly to the
hotel's Web portal. There you find a point-and-click menu of
broadband Internet access options and other services.
You've just encountered a 3Com visitor and community
network.
Now imagine you're at home and it's a normal, chaotic day.
Your son has soccer practice, your mother needs a ride to
the grocery store, and you're thinking of selling some stock.
So you go over to your 3Com Internet appliance. You
display the family calendar to see when the practice is. You
check an Internet traffic site to make sure road
construction won't hold you up. You make arrangements
with a mobile grocery service to have mom's food delivered,
and send her an e-mail to tell her when it will arrive. Then
you go to your online brokerage, scan current prices, and
place a sell order. No booting, no application loading, and no
long waits.
All these 3Com solutions are rich in capabilities, yet radically
simple to use. And there'll soon be many more just as rich,
just as simple.
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