Monthly Archives: November 2010
Health Check on the PBX
November 29, 2010
Authored by: Kurt Kruger, Product Manager, API & Integrations
Many thanks to Telecom Reseller for the opportunity to respond to recent speculation on the health of the PBX. This piece also complements Geoff’s earlier post comparing Microsoft Lync and ShoreTel. For more information on how ShoreTel can best serve your communication needs, request a demo, or contact your local ShoreTel reseller today.
Ten Reasons to Choose ShoreTel UC over Microsoft
November 24, 2010
Authored by: Geoff Murase, Sr. Product Marketing Manager
On November 17th, 2010, Microsoft launched Lync 2010, their latest unified communications offering. While Microsoft Lync is a vast improvement over their previous UC offering, Microsoft OCS 2007 R2, it still contains many shortcomings that we believe make ShoreTel the clear choice for UC for businesses of all sizes. ShoreTel has reviewed the Microsoft Lync [...]
Cash Benefits for ShoreTel Customers through the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
November 22, 2010
Authored by: Bernard Gutnick, Senior Director, Product Marketing
The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 could help you keep cash in hand by providing increased tax benefits. The Act may provide customers with an additional tax deduction or a section 179 expense reduction. The act is retroactive to January 1, 2010 and all telecommunications equipment should qualify. Purchases must take place in calendar [...]
ShoreTel and Brocade Forge Award-Winning Partnership
November 19, 2010
Authored by: Steve Weinstock, Senior Technology Partner Program Manager
What makes a successful partnership? Certainly cooperation, a common goal, mutual respect for one another, open communication and trust all play a large role. But, there’s nothing like success to show that the partnership is functioning well. For the second year in a row Brocade and ShoreTel have won the TMC Unified Communications Excellence Award. [...]
ShoreTel Demos Brilliantly Simple at ITEXPO
November 9, 2010
Authored by: Bernard Gutnick, Senior Director, Product Marketing
ShoreTel Spearheads Federated Workforce Discussion
November 8, 2010
Authored by: Tom Perry, Director of Marketing, EMEA
As the unified communications market is poised for growth, ShoreTel experts in the UK recently met with some of the major UK IT publications to share our industry insight and expertise. We put together a roundtable, entitled ‘The Federated Workforce’, which was attended by some of our most important partners and customers. All in attendance [...]
Congratulations San Francisco Giants!
November 2, 2010
Authored by: ShoreTel, Brilliantly Simple
ShoreTel is pleased to congratulate our very own customer, the San Francisco Giants, for a historic victory in the 2010 World Series. When SF Giant CIO Bill Schlough eloquently stated that the Giants’ ShoreTel IP phone system saves them hundreds of thousands of dollars per year—enough to put a new player on the field—who knew [...]