Korean Army, Air Force aim at Defense Apps

BANGALORE, INDIA: 3Com Corporation has clinched two deals with the Republic of Korea Army and the Republic of Korea Air Force to upgrade their local area networks (LANs) using 3Com’s H3C enterprise solutions portfolio.

Following rigorous tests conducted with the help of the Telecommunication Technology Association in Korea, the Army and Air Force picked 3Com’s solutions for the security, scalability and reliability of the H3C portfolio, as well as its price-performance advantage, tells a press release. The tests centered on hardware-based IPv6, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) and non-blocking switching fabrics.

These two projects will see 3Com overhauling the organizations’ LANs by replacing existing backbone and workgroup switches with new ones that will serve them for the next seven years.

The new equipment will help the Korean Army and Air Force deploy hardware-based IPv6 without additional upgrades, and its auto voice VLAN feature will help improve the quality and reliability of their IP telephony deployment. The organizations will also enjoy Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) support and advanced services like network port virtualization for resilience and scalability.