KUALA LUMPUR, 17 SEPTEMBER 2009 – The Malaysian ministry of foreign affairs has awarded a tender to secure network firm 3Com to carry out a network backbone upgrade.
“The project is to upgrade the network backbone for the ministry of foreign affairs from asynchronous transfer mode [ATM] to gigabit ethernet technology using 3Com’s H3C enterprise solutions portfolio,” said 3Com Malaysia country manager, Marcus Lai.
“With the enhanced H3C network, the ministry will boost the speed, reliability and security of its network to enhance communications both internally and externally with its foreign counterparts,” said Lai.
“The deployment will also help the ministry reduce both its capital expenses and operating expenses in maintenance support for both its local area network and wide area network compared with equivalent solutions on the market,” he said.
Lai said the ministry carried out a thorough evaluation of the features, functionality, service and support levels, as well as cost of comparable products from competitors. “The ministry decided that 3Com’s H3C enterprise core and edge network infrastructure solutions were proven, secure and provided the best value for performance.”
“Another differentiating factor was H3C’s Intelligent Network Management solution with network traffic analysis that enables greater visibility, control and automation of the network,” he said.
Awards project to 3Com
By AvantiKumar
17 Sep 2009
17 Sep 2009
