Cal Net Technology Group Selects ShoreTel as VoIP Preferred Technology Partner

The Southern California-based IT services company partners with ShoreTel to deliver unified communications solutions to its roster of managed services clients

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Southern California-based IT consulting and computer services company, Cal Net Technology Group, has selected ShoreTel as its primary Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) partner. After evaluating several other providers, Cal Net Technology Group selected ShoreTel for its ability to integrate rich communication media and presence with business processes to streamline collaboration and improve efficiency.

“Additionally, the day to day simplicity of administration will prove to have a much lower cost of ownership to our clients which is of upmost importance during this tough economic climate.”

“As network systems continue to converge, we believe that ShoreTel will provide superior solutions in the VoIP market,” remarked Zack Schuler, president and chief executive officer, Cal Net Technology Group.

Cal Net Technology Group will use ShoreTel exclusively for its VoIP services to its more than 200 managed clients in a range of industries, including professional services, manufacturing, education, entertainment, banking and healthcare.

“At the end of the day, even after evaluating a partnership with Cisco, we felt that the ShoreTel functionality and expandability surpassed that of Cisco,” said Luca Jacobellis, Cal Net Technology Group’s vice president of professional services. “Additionally, the day to day simplicity of administration will prove to have a much lower cost of ownership to our clients which is of upmost importance during this tough economic climate.”

Added Larry Hart, area sales manager for ShoreTel: “We are excited to have a partner like Cal Net Technology Group coming on board with ShoreTel. With their deep expertise in network integration and their existing Unified Communication experience, they are a perfect fit for us.”

About Cal Net Technology Group

Founded in 1995, Cal Net Technology Group provides Southern California's businesses with technology solutions expertise ranging from outsourced IT services to IT Project consultation and implementation services. Its signature services, TECManage and CoManage, are designed to provide cost-effective options for companies who need the services of part-time or full-time IT personnel.

About ShoreTel

ShoreTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOR) is the provider of brilliantly simple Unified Communication (UC) solutions based on its award-winning IP business phone system. We offer organizations of all sizes integrated, voice, video, data, and mobile communications on an open, distributed IP architecture that helps significantly reduce the complexity and costs typically associated with other solutions. The feature-rich ShoreTel UC system offers the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) and the highest customer satisfaction in the industry, in part because it is easy to deploy, manage, scale and use. Increasingly, companies around the world are finding a competitive edge by replacing business-as-usual with new thinking, and choosing ShoreTel to handle their integrated business communication. ShoreTel is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has regional offices in Austin, Texas, United Kingdom, Sydney, Australia and Munich, Germany.