| 3Com and Digium Partner to Deliver 3Com Asterisk |
| New open source-based appliance complements 3Com's existing product line for converged applications |
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala./MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — October 1, 2007 — Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, and 3Com Corporation today announced a partnership that will expand 3Com's voice product offerings for small businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, 3Com will offer Digium's award-winning Asterisk Appliance™ to small businesses that need a reliable, easy-to-deploy voice solution based on open standards. 3Com Asterisk will be available through the company's proven channel of partners worldwide. For additional information about the 3Com convergence strategy surrounding voice as a networked application, see today's announcement "3Com Brings Enterprise-Caliber IP Telephony to SMBs." Digium created, owns and drives innovation of Asterisk®, the most popular and successful open source communications platform. Asterisk powers the new 3Com Asterisk Appliance, which also includes hardware and a graphical user interface to allow easy configuration. It supports voice over IP (VoIP) and analog phones alike so small businesses can use equipment they already own. "3Com is focused on delivering products and solutions for converged secure networks, in which voice is an application that can be readily integrated with many others," said Bob Dechant, senior vice president and general manager for 3Com Corporation. "We've announced a complete voice strategy and new product offerings for small businesses, including the 3Com Asterisk Appliance. We also offer innovative enterprise-caliber 3Com Global Services for customers who purchase the 3Com Asterisk. We chose to partner with Digium because of the company's position as the Asterisk leader, its commitment to open standards and the ease-of-use of the appliance." Bill Miller, vice president of product management and marketing at Digium, commented: "Digium pioneered Asterisk and is now working to bring the software's power and rich feature set to a broader array of customers. 3Com's selection of our new appliance to offer to its own customers validates our strategy of opening new markets to Asterisk by making it user-friendly, and is also testament to the fact that Digium's products are the gold standard in the Asterisk ecosystem today." About 3Com Corporation 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) is a leading provider of secure, converged voice and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes. 3Com offers a broad line of innovative products backed by world-class sales, service and support, which excel at delivering business value for its customers. 3Com also includes H3C Technologies Co., Limited (H3C), a China-based provider of network infrastructure products. H3C brings high-performance and cost-effective product development and manufacturing and a strong footprint in one of the world's most dynamic markets. Through its TippingPoint division, 3Com is a leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth application protection, infrastructure protection, and performance protection. For further information, please visit http://www.3com.com, or the press site http://www.3com.com/pressbox. About Digium Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its founding in 1999, Digium has grown to become the open source alternative to the traditional communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less than proprietary voice communication platforms. Digium makes Asterisk available to the open source community under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and uses business-class Asterisk to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company's product line also includes a wide range of hardware to enable resellers and customers to design their own voice over IP (VoIP) systems. This year alone, more than 12 billion new minutes of calls will be made using Asterisk. More information is available at www.digium.com. Copyright © 2007 3Com Corporation. 3Com, the 3Com logo and TippingPoint are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, Asterisk Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, Asterisk Appliance and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
| This press release was accurate at the time it was issued but may not reflect 3Com's current strategy or product offering. |
