Top Honor Reflects Revenue Growth, Customer Satisfaction and Staff Expertise
PORTLAND, Ore. – (September 22, 2008) – Structured Communication Systems, Inc., has been named ShoreTel’s “Partner of the Year,” out of 550 North American partners.
ShoreTel, Inc., am industry-leading provider of Enterprise IP Phone Systems and the fastest growing IP PBX company worldwide, announced the award at its Annual Partner Summit in Las Vegas. This honor recognizes Structured for exceptional achievement in growth, product mix, customer satisfaction and revenue excellence.
“We are honored to be recognized by our partner, ShoreTel,” says Ron Fowler, CEO and co founder. “At Structured, our goal is to help customers build a bridge to take their business from where they are today to where they want it to be tomorrow – using technology to solve business problems. This goal is complementary with ShoreTel’s vision, which is to help businesses work smarter by setting new standards for usability and manageability while reducing telecommunications costs.”
The Partner of the Year Award is presented to ShoreTel’s top North American partner based on revenue success, product mix, number of certified ShoreTel engineers and achievement of world-class customer satisfaction scores of more than 90, as measured by an independent third party.
ShoreTel’s partners consist of VARs, integrators and interconnects that help customers navigate a world of voice over IP (VoIP) options, including LAN, WAN, call center, voice and data application integration, technology deployment, and training and support.
“ShoreTel continues to grow and receive industry accolades for customer satisfaction, performance and value -- thanks in part to the dedication of partners like Structured,” said Don Girskis, senior vice president of worldwide sales. “As an important contributor to ShoreTel’s success, Structured has shown it truly deserves this recognition for its ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction, product mix and consistent success in growing revenues.”
About Structured Communications Systems, Inc.
Structured Communication Systems, Inc. is the Northwest's largest infrastructure integrator and leading provider in the areas of secure infrastructure; storage and systems; voice and mobility; professional services and managed services.
Founded in 1992 by industry veterans, Structured represents 97 different IT hardware and software solutions including network core upgrades, WAN acceleration, network access control, VoIP, active directory integration/migration, server virtualization, disk storage, data archiving, data deduplication, data back-up and security and systems assessments.
Headquartered in Portland, Ore., Structured has offices in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho and Illinois. Structured has tripled its size in the past six years, and now employs 104 sales and support members, over half of whom are technical engineers. For more information, visit www.structured.com or call 1-800-881-0962.
About ShoreTel, Inc.
ShoreTel is a leading provider of enterprise IP telephony solutions. ShoreTel voice systems provide customers with a number of key benefits, including ease of use, manageability and lower total cost of ownership than alternative solutions. ShoreTel’s distributed software architecture and switched-based hardware platform extend enterprise-class voice services to every office and outpost, keeping employees fully connected wherever they go. Founded in 1996, ShoreTel has achieved broad industry recognition for its technology and high customer satisfaction. For the last four years, IT executives surveyed by Nemertes Research, an independent research firm, have rated ShoreTel highest in customer satisfaction among leading enterprise telecommunications systems providers. A select, worldwide group of channel partners provide service and support. ShoreTel is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has regional offices in the United Kingdom, Sydney, Australia and Munich, Germany. For more information, visit http://www.shoretel.com/ or call 1-877-80SHORE.
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Media Contact:
Liz Carroll
Structured Communications Systems, Inc.
503-799-5551
lcarroll@structured.com
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