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Soon to be HP owned networking supplier 3COM launched a combined offering of its H3C and TippingPoint products.

The firm's H3C S9500E is an enterprise switching platfrorm and it being combined iwth the TippingPoint Secure Virtualization Framework Solution - this enables virtual machien traffic including host to host traffic through an intrustion detection platform.

'3Com's Secure Network Fabric now reaches into virtualized data centers to ensure comprehensive security and help drive down the cost of application deployment for both physical and virtual environments while delivering a low total cost of ownership,' the company said in a statement.

"Although the deployment of virtual networks provides organizations with the ability to design an efficient data center that is easier to manage and more cost effective, the business benefits could be negated by increased security exposure and the new complexities of today's evolving threat landscape," said Ron Sege, president and COO of 3Com. "Our new virtual networking and security solutions address this exposure and help customers drive towards uncompromised security, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance."