ShoreTel Expands Technology Partner Program, Certifies Products on Unified Communications Solution
Ecosystem of technology partners helps businesses easily take maximum advantage of ShoreTel's solutions
SUNNYVALE, CA, July 21, 2008 - ShoreTel, Inc., (NASDAQ: SHOR), a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications (UC) solutions, today announced that eight technology partners have certified the interoperability of their solutions with ShoreTel 8.0, the latest update to ShoreTel's Unified Communications solution. The technology partners with certified solutions include new partners ADTRAN, EtherSpeak, Foundry Networks, GotVoice, Trapeze Networks, and existing partners DiVitas Networks, Extricom and Ingate. The certifications reflect continued market momentum for the ShoreTel UC solution and growth of the ShoreTel ecosystem, enabling customers to easily extend the capabilities of their ShoreTel UC system and integrate all forms of communications - wired and wireless voice, video, IM and more - with business processes for a more collaborative and productive enterprise.
"We're extremely pleased to be working with technology partners that have demonstrated the same level of commitment to innovation, quality and customer service that has been ShoreTel's hallmark," said Steve Timmerman, vice president of marketing at ShoreTel. "From mobility to SIP trunking to applications, we have worked together to achieve the broad technology innovations and the specific feature sets to deliver on the full promise of Unified Communications: making employees more productive and helping them collaborate more effectively."
"With its latest version, ShoreTel continues to enhance a very elegant system that delivers on the promise of Unified Communications, lowering costs and providing other advanced features and benefits that can only be made possible with IP networks. With Ingate's robust SIP-enabling edge device, ShoreTel customers can make the connection to ITSPs with the reliability and security they need," said Steven Johnson, president, Ingate Systems
ShoreTel's Technology Partner Program (TPP) enables businesses to maximize the return on their investment in their converged network. With this program, ShoreTel customers can utilize the open interfaces of the ShoreTel system with partner-provided solutions across the enterprise. Membership in the program requires all companies to pass ShoreTel's interoperability certification testing in ShoreTel's test lab. Further, all partners are required to provide complete integration documentation that makes it easy for customers to leverage these solutions in their networks and business. These stringent policies make ShoreTel's Technology Partner Program a win for organizations seeking a flexible, scalable and customizable communications system that can be integrated with their enterprise infrastructure solutions.
"Mobile Unified Communications (Mobile UC) is all about bringing together all the modes of business communication and having them available where and when you need them," said Nancy Colwell, vice president of marketing at DiVitas Networks. "DiVitas and ShoreTel provide the ultimate in mobility, enabling the busiest phone users to take the full functionality of the industry's leading Mobile Unified Communications system with them wherever they go without ever missing a beat or being dropped from an important call."
About ShoreTel, Inc.
ShoreTel, Inc., (NASDAQ: SHOR) is a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions. ShoreTel enables companies of any size to seamlessly integrate all communications-voice, video, messaging and data -with their business processes. Independent of device or location, ShoreTel's distributed software architecture eliminates the traditional costs, complexity and reliability issues typically associated with other solutions. ShoreTel continues to deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction, ease of use and manageability while driving down the overall total cost of ownership. ShoreTel is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has regional offices in the United Kingdom, Sydney, Australia and Munich, Germany. For more information, visit www.shoretel.com or call 1-877-80SHORE.