3Com was founded in 1979. They acquired BICC Data Networks

in 1992, Star-Tek in 1993, Synernetics in 1993, Centrum

in 1994, NiceCom in 1994 AccessWorks, SonixCommunications, Primary Access and Chipcom in 1995 and

Axon and OnStream Networks in 1996. They merged with

U.S. Robotics in 1997.