3Com touts open source

摘要

3Com this week plans to make a fresh run at Cisco and Juniper with an enterprise network strategy focused on embedding security management and VoIP services from itself and others into its routers and switches. The company will kick off its Open Services Networking (OSN) effort by introducing a module for 3Com routers capable of running applications from an array of new partners, such as VMware as well as from open source code. 3Com says its strategy rivals Cisco's approach for running advanced services at the network layer but allows IT executives more flexibility in choosing such services.