{"id":82125,"date":"1999-12-31T00:24:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/3com-westcon-divorce-over-direction-issues\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:24:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:24:00","slug":"3com-westcon-divorce-over-direction-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/3com-westcon-divorce-over-direction-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"3Com &#038; Westcon Divorce Over Direction Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3Com Corporation, a leading provider of secure converged networking (SCN) solutions and Westcon Group, an IT distributor specialising in networking technology, solutions for convergence, security and storage, have announced that they have mutually agreed to terminate their partnership agreement in Australia, expected to take effect by the end of August.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"150\" width=\"200\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/2008081104262608c0b_200x150.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Wendy O&#8217; Keeffe, managing director of Westcon Group in Australia and New Zealand, said, &#8220;Westcon Group has enjoyed a successful long-term relationship with 3Com in Australia. 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