a net loss of $18.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. The company reported that it had more than 2,700 engineers, with more than 1,400 United States patents and nearly 180 Chinese-issued patents, as well as more than 1050 pending Chinese applications. It also reported pending applications for 35 separate inventions outside of China covering a wide range of networking technologies. Acquisition by HP On November 11, 2009, 3Com and Hewlett-Packard announced that Hewlett-Packard would acquire 3Com for $2.7 billion in cash. On April 12, 2010, Hewlett-Packard completed its acquisition. When Hewlett-Packard split into Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Hewlett-Packard Inc., the 3Com unit continued with HPE and was ultimately integrated into Aruba Networks along with the rest of HP's networking portfolio. Products Fixed configuration Ethernet switches including stackable switches: 3Com brand Gigabit switches Switch 5500G, 4800G, 4500G, 4200G, Baseline, OfficeConnect; 3Com brand Fast Ethernet switches Switch 5500, 4500, 4210, Baseline, OfficeConnect; H3C brand switches S5600, S5500, S5100, S3600, S3610, S3100. Modular Chassis switches: 3Com brand 8800, 7900E, 7500. H3C brand S9500, S7500, S7500E. Wide area network routers Wireless access points, adapters, and connectivity products Internet access gateways and firewalls, both wired and wireless Network management applications Network security platforms including the TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System. IP Telephony applications including PBX and Computer Telephony Integration. Telecommunications products utilized Voice over Internet Protocol and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Voice platforms included VCX and NBX. Local area network interface cards IP Video Surveillance and Network Storage (marketed in China, South Africa, South America and other key markets) Consumer USB webcams and associated software (3Com HomeConnect) The 3Com Laser Library which, at the time, was a revolutionary CD based documentation and tech support tool (brain child of Dirk Martin) Acquisitions 3Com came close to merging with computer maker Convergent Technologies, abandoning the pact just two days before a vote was scheduled in March 1986. Later, 3Com went on to acquire the following: Bridge Communications in 1987 BICC Data Networks in 1992 Star-Tek in 1993 Synernetics in 1993 Centrum in 1994 NiceCom in 1994 AccessWorks, Sonix Communications, Primary Access, and Chipcom in 1995 Axon Networks and OnStream Networks in 1996 USRobotics merger/acquisition in 1997 (included product lines: Sportster, Courier, Palm, Megahertz, Conferencelink, Audrey, and more) NBX in 1999 Kerbango in 2000 TippingPoint in 2005 Huawei-3Com (H3C) in 2007 (Bought out Huawei's 49% stake for US$882 million from a 2003 joint venture) Former