ShoreTel, the preeminent supplier of exquisitely simple unified communications platforms including business phone systems, applications, and mobile UC solutions, announced yesterdaythat it has joined the global HP AllianceOne partner program.
The HP AllianceOne program supplies the tools and resources necessary for hardware and software vendors, original equipment manufacturers, and systems integrators to address HP client needs much more effectively. Through this program, ShoreTel will continue to deliver brilliantly simple unified communication (UC) solutions that operate smoothly in conjunction with the HP Networking infrastructure.
The combination of ShoreTel and HP business communication hardware, software, and infrastructure works to lower costs and eradicate complexities for businesses of all sizes and allows IT administrators to manage their entire network, including data and voice, wired and wireless, core to edge, from an individual management application.
“ShoreTel has one goal in mind, and that is to delight our SMB and enterprise customers worldwide with robust, easy-to-use and manage solutions,” said Chris Burgy, vice president of GTM strategy/planning, business development & alliances at ShoreTel. “Best-of-breed vendors streamline the sales and implementation process, enabling companies to get up and running in record time, and we are extremely pleased to be able to jointly achieve this objective with our HP AllianceOne partnership.”
With the inclusion of the ShoreTel UC platform, HP Networking can deliver an established end-to-end solution for boosting productivity, increases flexibility for employees, and provides an unparalleled option for decreasing expenses, while significantly improving how communications are managed and delivered within any business. The new partnership will give companies the flexibility to perform a multitude of actions including designing, employing, and managing a solid-state network and VoIP infrastructure, as well as providing a consistent user experience with video, voice, and IM presence across the entire HP FlexNetwork architecture.
“Organizations’ networks need to be simple, scalable and automated to accommodate multimedia applications like voice and videoconferencing across an increasingly distributed workforce,” said Mike Banic, vice president of marketing, Networking, HP. “As a member of the HP AllianceOne program, ShoreTel will be able to deliver an end-to-end unified communications infrastructure – creating a highly collaborative and productive anytime, anywhere environment for their customers.”
“The AllianceOne relationship between ShoreTel and HP Networking is ideal for us to migrate our legacy 3Com voice and data customers to future-proof solutions,” said Matt Ferro, vice president, sales and marketing for InPath Devices. “By focusing on these two best of breed vendors, InPath Devices can provide businesses of all sizes with wired and wireless IP networks, unified communications, contact center, and mobility solutions that are easy to deploy and manage while keeping operational costs low.”
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