KUALA LUMPUR, 21 FEBRUARY 2010 -- Johor-based higher education institute Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia (UTHM) expects that its new network platform will use 60 per cent less power than other solution providers.

Network solutions firm 3Com Malaysia country manager, Marcus Lai, said UTHM chose 3Com's H3C S12500 data centre switching platform and Intelligent Management Centre (IMC) for its next generation network infrastructure project.

"3Com's new H3C data-centre solutions will enable UTHM to consolidate operations and lower networking costs," said Lai.

"Extensive use of open standards and unified switching architecture means UTHM's platform can be extended to leverage next-generation technology support and easily design future-oriented applications, while providing investment protection for critical initiatives such as virtualisation and cloud computing," he said.

Lai added that the new H3C S12500 high-end data centre core switch is built on a modern system architecture that delivers 2.2 billion packets per second (Bpps) of forwarding through a 6.6 terabits per second (Tbps) non-blocking fabric, with up to 128 non-blocking 10 gigabit or 864 non-blocking gigabit ethernet ports.

"To manage and control the entire H3C data centre switching platform via a single pane of glass, UTHM will also implement the H3C IMC Enterprise Edition, 3Com's next-generation enterprise-class management platform," he said. "Designed as a modular network management solution for large enterprises, IMC is based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that allows for the integration of traditionally separate tools for the efficient management of resources, services and users."

"With the S12500 data centre platform, UTHM will also enjoy up to 60 per cent less power consumption than competing products as certified by independent test services provider Miercom," said Lai. "This industry-leading energy efficiency achieved will allow UTHM to lower total cost of ownership in both capital expenditure and operating expenditure."

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