3Com: one of the longest running shows in networking

12.11.2009

1997 – The company spends $7.3 billion to buy U.S. Robotics, the maker of modems and Palm handhelds.

2000 – 3Com gets out of the large enterprise switching market and spins off Palm as a separate entity.

2003 – The company creates a joint venture with Huawei – H-3C - in an effort to get back into large enterprise switching. The headquarters moves from Santa Clara to Marlborough, Mass.

2004 – for $430 million.

2006 – for $882 million.