Monthly Archives: January 2012
Brilliant Simplicity of ShoreTel’s Distributed Architecture
January 30, 2012
Authored by: ShoreTel, Brilliantly Simple
Why is ShoreTel so brilliantly simple? Discover why and how ShoreTel’s distributed architecture for IP telephony eliminates complexity through reliability, ease-of-management, and ease-of-use.
The Importance Of Sister Companies
January 27, 2012
Authored by: Andrew Lee, Marketing Analyst
As ShoreTel continues to grow, we have larger customers. Larger businesses are often multi-national, and are more likely to have multi-sites even if they are 100 percent domestic. Having these larger businesses as our customers is a positive affirmation that our marketing and branding efforts are paying off. In fact, over 10 percent of our [...]
How Technology Vendors Can Navigate Today’s Challenging IT Spending Environment
January 26, 2012
Authored by: Andrew Lee, Marketing Analyst
Although the current economy has resulted in zero growth of corporate IT budget spending since 2010, there is still plenty of opportunity out there. Remember that, in most organizations, a lot of IT spending is done outside of the corporate IT budget. As a technology vendor, it’s important to bear in mind that with the [...]
New Interactive Unified Communications Project Guide
January 25, 2012
Authored by: ShoreTel, Brilliantly Simple
Choosing an IP phone system and grasping the cost-benefits of UC isn’t easy. A single Web search for “IP telephony” proves how overwhelming the information is. ShoreTel has recently unveiled an easy-to-use guide; “Choosing a Unified Communications Solution” cuts through the clutter, and delivers answers to save you time and money.
Aberdeen Webinar: TCO Benchmarking for Unified Communications
January 24, 2012
Authored by: Mark Arman, Vice President of Business Development
Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. PST: REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR HERE Don’t miss tomorrow’s webinar discussing the results of a recent customer survey, including how the total cost of ownership (TCO) is measured in: Capital costs Implementation and training Ongoing support System administration Networking/long distance usage Businesses are under unrelenting pressure to optimize costs and improve profitability. Swapping [...]
The Importance of VoWLAN
January 23, 2012
Authored by: Christian Gilby, Sr. Product Manager Mobility
Unlike some of the recent mobility offerings being touted, ShoreTel Mobility supports VoIP/ Voice over wireless local area network (VoWLAN) with automatic handover between Wi-Fi and cellular. ShoreTel Mobility leverages the combination of reactive, proactive and policy metrics to provide reliable, automatic handover in all environments. Without Client support for VoIP/VoWLAN, enterprises can’t leverage corporate [...]
ShoreTel Reinforces Commitment to Resellers
January 18, 2012
Authored by: ShoreTel, Brilliantly Simple
The latest investments in ShoreTel’s reseller tools and resources demonstrate ShoreTel’s channel leadership. Now available: Certification Central, a new learning management training system associated with ShoreTel University; an updated reseller dashboard, a critical partner relationship management tool; and a revitalized store for resellers, for quick and easy access to print-on-demand ShoreTel collateral and other demand [...]
Live from Orlando: It’s ShoreTel Communicator for IBM Sametime at Lotusphere 2012
January 17, 2012
Authored by: Bernard Gutnick, Senior Director, Product Marketing
The only thing more fun being IBM’s partner showing integration with their Sametime client, is meeting some of the ShoreTel customers in attendance. I was pleased to meet the team from Brunswick and Magna International, and demonstrating how ShoreTel integrated with IBM Sametime. It was pretty cool to show how our telephony presence, unified messaging, [...]
Knowing Our Strengths – SWOT Analysis and ShoreTel
Authored by: Andrew Lee, Marketing Analyst
Those of us who went to business school (or did a business subject study in academia at some point) are aware of a business intelligence methodology called the SWOT analysis. SWOT = Strengths. Weaknesses. Opportunities. Threats. As the name implies, it’s essentially a structured method for assessing and evaluating both the positive and negative factors [...]
ShoreTel Customer Cost Savings
January 13, 2012
Authored by: Liz Pedro, Customer Programs Manager
While the upfront costs of ShoreTel’s brilliantly simple enterprise unified communication solution is already among the lowest in the industry, we know that our easy to use solutions go even further to drive down burdensome operations and maintenance costs, freeing up more budget and resources over the long term. Total cost of ownership is a [...]