3Com

Empowering the Network to Deliver
a New Generation of Services

Innovation, Flexibility

Unique challenges exist in every business environment, and no single vendor has every best solution. The OSN initiative enables an open ecosystem of innovative technology solutions from which organizations can flexibly select from among best-in-class solutions that best meet specific business needs.

Rapid Deployment of New Services

The OSN initiative allows organizations to accelerate the deployment of new services on the network by freeing them to select best-available technology solutions, avoiding being locked into a limited selection of solutions from a single vendor.

Cost Savings-CAPEX and OPEX

Open Services Networking drives savings in both capital and operating expenses with an integrated hardware infrastructure that reduces the amount of equipment that an organization needs to purchase, implement, manage and support.

Lasting Investment Protection

Not only are business requirements unique for every organization, they also change. The OSN initiative provides a flexible network infrastructure that can be adapted dynamically to meet evolving business needs without requiring forklift upgrades of network equipment.

Increased Control of Business Operations

Whether an organization provides services to its own workforce or delivers managed services to customer networks, an OSN infrastructure lets network decisions match evolving business requirements. Applications can come from the 3Com portfolio, third-party developers, customer-developed or even open source application developers. Selections can be made based on business value. Implementation timeframes can be set to align with each organization's business needs.


OSN Introduction
Introduction to OSN
Networking Challenges
Business Benefits
Learn More
OSN Infrastructure
Infrastructure Overview
Module
OSN-enabled Router
OSN Applications
Applications Overview
Open Source Applications for OSN
3Com|ON Program
3Com|ON Website
Press Release
White Papers
3Com Open Services Networking — Freedom to Innovate
Tolly Report - 3Com Open Services Networking 3Com Open Services Networking - 3Com Logo
FAQ
OSN — FAQ
Press Release
OSN — Press Release