3Com's Nick Tidd Recognized as One of North America's Elite Channel Executives by VARBusiness Magazine; Tidd Honored for Leading 3Com's Five-Star Award-Winning Focus Partner Program

Business Wire, April 13, 2005

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- 3Com Corporation today announced that Nick Tidd, vice president of the company's North American Channel Sales, was recognized by the editors of CMP Media's VARBusiness as one of North America's "Top 75 Executives" - a who's who of the women and men leading the information technology (IT) distribution and VAR channels. Tidd was honored in the special March 21 "Partner Programs Guide" issue for leading 3Com's Focus Partner program. VARBusiness Magazine also honored 3Com's Focus Partner program with its coveted Five-Star Award in that issue.

"Nick Tidd demonstrates the deliberate, steadfast focus needed to drive mutual growth for 3Com as well its loyal solution-provider partners," said VARBusiness Publisher Robert C. DeMarzo. "He and his team have developed a successful program that breaks down barriers to success and creates an ease of doing business selling environment through innovative and dedicated programs."

Tidd added, "I am honored to receive this recognition, but even more encouraged by the Five-Star Award we achieved for our overall Focus Partner program. We recognize the channel is our strength and we are committed to empowering and investing in partners that invest in 3Com. As our primary go-to-market vehicle, our channel partners are the key to 3Com's success. Our team will continue to develop innovative and value-added programs, and invest and strengthen our North American Channel Sales organization, which, coupled with our robust portfolio of secure, converged networking solutions, will help us foster growth and win in the enterprise and small business markets."

The "Top 75 Executives" list is based on information from IT analysts, sales figures, market share and accumulated knowledge. In addition to being published in the March 21 issue of VARBusiness magazine, the feature package and executive listing is posted to the Web at www.varbusiness.com.

About VARBusiness Magazine

For the past 18 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for Solution Providers through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available on the magazine's Web site at www.varbusiness.com.

About 3Com Corporation

3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) is a leading provider of secure, converged voice and data networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes. 3Com offers a broad line of innovative products backed by world class sales, service and support, which excel at delivering business value for its customers. When customers exercise choice, their choice is 3Com. For further information, please visit www.3com.com, or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox.

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