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Article: HP ProCurve Switch 8000M Wins Network Computing's "Best Value" Award; HP Networking Solution Dubbed "Second to None" Among Top-Tier Vendors.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- September 8, 1998
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PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1998-- Hewlett-Packard Company, the leader in networked systems for workgroups, today announced that its ProCurve Switch 8000M has won the coveted "Best Value" award in Network Computing magazine's Gigabit switch comparison titled "Gigabit Ethernet Switches Set To Take On The Enterprise."
The comparison, which included switches from Extreme, Cabletron, Bay and Cisco, lauded the HP switch's performance and its advanced management features. The article gave the HP ProCurve Switch 8000M a Best Value Award based on the low pricing of $150 per port; the strong performance of the switch in performance testing; and the HP ...