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US Robotics
Eric Benhamou & the Turnaround of 3Com (Part 17)
Posted on Wednesday, Sep 5th
SM: Whom did you sell the high end product line to? EB: We sold it to Extreme. We put Extreme in business. It was a bad decision because the analysis was wrong. It was taken in an overheated period, by an over impatient board who were comparing ourselves with companies whose growth rate was inflated
Eric Benhamou & the Turnaround of 3Com (Part 14)
Posted on Sunday, Sep 2nd
3Com acquired US Robotics, and then USR started shrinking in the modem market, one of its primary franchises. In a royal nightmare that ensued, Eric lost the advantage that 3Com had built as part of its first turnaround. SM: Were there any positives which came out of this mess? EB: The only thing that came
