3com

3Com Corporation was a networking-technology pioneer founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, the co-inventor of Ethernet, and colleagues; its name derived from "Computer, Communication, and Compatibility." 3Com built Ethernet network interface cards, switches, routers, and enterprise networking and security hardware, and at one point owned the Palm handheld computing business. An early Mayfield Fund portfolio investment (seed participation in 1981, alongside NEA, Venrock, and Sequoia), 3Com later operated the 3Com, H3C, and TippingPoint brands before being acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010 for roughly $2.7 billion, after which the standalone brand was wound down. This record is a historical company profile; 3Com no longer operates an independent developer portal, public API, or live product surface (the 3com.com domain now serves a placeholder page).

3com is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Networking, Ethernet, Hardware, and Enterprise.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyNetworkingEthernetHardwareEnterpriseNetwork SecurityDefunct

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

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  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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name: 3com
description: 3Com Corporation was a networking-technology pioneer founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, the co-inventor of Ethernet,
  and colleagues; its name derived from "Computer, Communication, and Compatibility." 3Com built Ethernet network interface
  cards, switches, routers, and enterprise networking and security hardware, and at one point owned the Palm handheld computing
  business. An early Mayfield Fund portfolio investment (seed participation in 1981, alongside NEA, Venrock, and Sequoia),
  3Com later operated the 3Com, H3C, and TippingPoint brands before being acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010 for roughly
  $2.7 billion, after which the standalone brand was wound down. This record is a historical company profile; 3Com no longer
  operates an independent developer portal, public API, or live product surface (the 3com.com domain now serves a placeholder
  page).
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-acquired-by: hewlett-packard
x-acquired-year: 2010
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
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- Networking
- Ethernet
- Hardware
- Enterprise
- Network Security
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maintainers:
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  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
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  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence