3Com Corporation introduced new managed Gigabit switches that deliver large-enterprise performance and features at small-business prices. The new 3Com® Baseline Switch 2900 Plus Family and 3Com OfficeConnect® Managed Gigabit PoE Switch deliver voice-ready Layer 2 enterprise-class Gigabit switching with Power over Ethernet (PoE), advanced features for network control and flexibility and comprehensive security capabilities, all optimized for small and medium-sized businesses.  The new products are the latest examples of 3Com's Secure Converged Networks strategy, where a single converged architecture enables all voice, video and data traffic to be managed effectively and intelligently over one secure network.

Key benefits of the new switches include: Out-of-the-box operation for organizations with limited or no IT support, Auto-voice VLAN - which only 3Com offers - to automatically detect and connect any standards-based Internet Protocol (IP) phones, Gigabit Ethernet performance for high-bandwidth applications such as video, IP security, ERP and CRM, Quality-of-Service prioritization so voice calls always have sufficient bandwidth to ensure clarity, Fast and PoE models that eliminate the expense of installing electrical connections and enable remote wireless device control over the network.

The Baseline Switch 2900 Plus Family of rack-mountable switches is available in 16-, 24- and 48-port models.  A 24-port PoE version delivers data and power over the same cabling and powers devices such as IP phones, wireless access points and Web cameras.  Each switch also has four dual-purpose ports configurable as SFP-based fiber or standard copper to connect to high-performance computers, servers or network backbones.

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