Press release: Race Communications has confirmed the status of the "Golden Partner" of 3Com.

Based on the results of its work in 2000, Race Communications once again confirmed the status of the Gold Partner of 3Com, the world's largest manufacturer of network equipment.

Race Communications, one of the leading Russian system integrators, successfully supplies solutions based on 3Com equipment to banking structures, industrial corporations, and communications enterprises. Information technology departments highly value 3Com network devices for a good combination of price-functionality-performance. Certified Race Communications engineers help to use 3Com products as efficiently as possible to solve customers' business problems.

"Race Communications specialists are able to provide comprehensive support when working with 3Com equipment, and this attracts customers," said Vitaly Fridlyand, head of the 3Com representative office in Russia.

"3Com products are reliable and meet modern requirements in terms of functionality and performance," says Leonid Lopatin, Managing Director of Race Communications. "Projects based on 3Com devices turn out to be elegant and cost—effective."

3Com provides individual users and organizations with access to information using the most simple and multifunctional products and solutions. Another area of the corporation's activity is the provision of access infrastructure and Web-based solutions for network service providers. For more information, please visit the company 's corporate website www.3com.ru or to the 3Com Representative Office in the CIS by phone (495) 258-0940.

Race Communications specializes in system integration in the field of corporate and telecommunication systems. More detailed information about the company can be obtained by calling (495) 785-0770, 916-RACE (916-7223), on the Web server www.race.ru or at mail@race.ru .