3Com Elects Kathleen Cote to Board of Directors

3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) today announced that the company’s Board of Directors has elected Kathleen Cote, the former chief executive officer of Worldport Communications, Inc., to serve as a Class I director, effective September 25, 2008. She is the seventh member of the 3Com Board of Directors and will also serve as a member of the Board’s Audit and Finance Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. Cote will be an "independent” board member.

"We are very fortunate to add someone of Kath’s background to the 3Com Board of Directors,” said 3Com Chairman Eric Benhamou. In addition to her more than 35 years of executive and operational experience with international software and Internet enterprises, she is also firmly aligned with the Board’s focus on creating shareholder value.”

Cote is a private investor and advisor providing strategic and operational expertise to technology companies. From May 2001 through June 2003 she was CEO of Worldport Communications, Inc., a provider of managed Internet services to the European market. Prior to becoming Worldport’s CEO, Cote was president and founder of Seagrass Partners, a provider of expertise in business planning and strategic development. She also has held various senior management positions, including CEO, at Computervision Corporation, an international provider of software for data management and product development software and services.

In addition to her role on the 3Com board of directors, Cote is a director of Western Digital Corporation, Forgent Networks, Inc. (d/b/a Asure Software) and VeriSign, Inc.

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