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So You Think You Know 3Com?

You might think you know 3Com — or you might have never heard of the company. Either way, test your knowledge of the iconic tech pioneer...

The Winter Years

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the people and stories captured in the book that tells, for the first time, the blockbuster story of...

The Wander Years

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the people and stories captured in the book that tells, for the first time, the blockbuster story of...

Guardians of the Computer Galaxy

Imagine if somebody sent you a photo of the students in their college English Lit class and their classmates just happened to be Harper...

The Wonder Years

Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the people and stories captured in the book that tells, for the first time, the blockbuster story of...

Whiteboarding with Bob Metcalfe

The jargon has changed — as have the transfer rates and nearly all the players in the marketplace. But if you've got a couple hours to...

A Peek Inside Bob Metcalfe's Yearbook

It's that time of year when high school and college kids step away from their digital screens and engage with some old-school media for a...

3Com: The Seal's Reveal!

Our book is almost here! --> 3Com: The unsung saga of the Silicon Valley startup that helped give birth to the Internet — and then...

Executive Spotlight: Howard Charney

"All Greek to Me" If you’re not up on Greek mythology, you might want to do a quick Google on the myth of Sisyphus. I’ll wait…. Sisyphus...

Executive Spotlight: Bill Krause

"3Com is a must read for anyone interested in learning about how the magic of Silicon Valley works. It is a story about the start up,...

Executive Spotlight: Ron Sege

I met Ron Sege early on in my finance career, when we both worked at ROLM. This was circa 1984, the same year that Apple released the...

Executive Spotlight: Larry Birenbaum

Larry Birenbaum gets credit, in a way, for inventing Fast Ethernet—or at least asking the right question, “Can’t we just make Ethernet go...

Executive Spotlight: Edgar Masri

My first significant interaction with Edgar Masri was at an offsite with other managers. We called it the “Billion Dollar Managers”...

Executive Spotlight: John Hart

John Hart—the Gymnast Inventor. John was 3Com’s CTO for most of a decade. He was instrumental in bringing boundary routing to 3Com, and...

Executive Spotlight: Bob Finocchio

Bob Finocchio was Eric’s right hand man for many years and an instrumental part of 3Com’s executive history. Bob ran 3Com’s Network...

Executive Spotlight: Eric Benhamou

If you get your hands on a copy of our book, you’ll be able to read 3Com CEO Eric Benhamou’s thought-provoking foreword that illuminates...

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