SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ShoreTel Inc . (NASDAQ:SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), today announced that its Enterprise Contact Center has achieved VMware Ready" status. This designation indicates that ShoreTels Enterprise Contact Center has passed a detailed evaluation and testing process managed by VMware (VMW) and is now listed in the VMware Partner Product Catalog.

Passing the extensive VMware-specified testing helps ensure that Enterprise Contact Center makes best use of VMware technology and is ready for deployment in customer environments.

We are pleased that ShoreTels Enterprise Contact Center qualifies for the VMware Ready" logo, signifying to customers that it has passed specific VMware testing and interoperability criteria and is ready to run in production environments, said Sheryl Sage, director, alliance programs, VMware.

The VMware Ready program is a VMware co-branding program for qualified partner products and is a benefit of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. With more than 2,000 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to deliver enhanced value to joint customers.

ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center can be found within the online VMware Partner Product Catalog at http://alliances.vmware.com/public_html/catalog/PublicCatalog.php. Hardware products can also be found within the online VMware Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.

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About ShoreTel

ShoreTel, Inc. 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 Singapore. For more information, visit www.shoretel.com.

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Source: ShoreTel, Inc.

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