3Com Corp, San Jose and Sync Research Inc have announced a joint marketing agreement through which 3Com will recommend Sync’s Synchronous Data Link Control to Logical Link Control 2 conversion products as part of its SNA internetworking offering: 3Com says that the partnership is part of the second stage of its three-stage SNA strategy to help customers integrate SNA and multiprotocol local networks, and enables it to offer one-stop shopping for SNA-to-local network internetwork needs; Sync’s sole UK distributor is Coventry-based Isogon Communications Systems Ltd.
