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ShoreTel Wins TMC Labs Innovation Award from Unified Communications Magazine
May 12 2008
ShoreTel Wins TMC Labs Innovation Award from Unified Communications Magazine First TMC Labs/Unified Communications Innovation Award Honors "Trendsetters in Unified Communications" SUNNYVALE, CA, May 9, 2008 - ShoreTel, Inc., (NASDAQ: SHOR), a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions, announced today that the company was named a TMC Labs/Unified Communications Magazine Innovation Award winner. The 2008 Unified Communications TMC Labs Innovation Awards recognize "ground-breaking products in the communications and technology world," as well as technology that "challenges established standards and introduces different approaches to achieve distinctive results that signify innovation within the industry." Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), an integrated global media company helping companies build communities in print, in person and online, has honored ShoreTel 7.5, along with products from 15 other companies. ShoreTel 7.5, announced in November 2007, offers customers new options for extending corporate communications to mobile workers, increased support for international locations and reliable switches that provide twice the capacity in half the space. The release includes ShoreTel's ShoreWare® Mobile Call Manager, which extends to mobile phones the same visual communications environment customers rely on at their desktop, native BRI connectivity, support for 11 languages and 20 countries' dial plans, ShoreTel's ShoreGear® voice switches (consume 20% less power, 60% more efficient than the previous generation), the ShorePhone IP 265 and the ShorePhone IP 115. "As mobility becomes an integral component of companies' overall communications strategies, ShoreTel delivers Unified Communications solutions that allow a business professional to take his office anywhere," Steve Timmerman, vice president of marketing, ShoreTel. "ShoreTel's newest mobile offering provides business professionals with visual voicemail, access to the corporate directory with convenient speed dialing, and the ability to assign their corporate extension to any phone in the world." "TMC Labs sought trendsetters in unified communications solutions to honor with this newest Innovation Award. Like all TMC Labs Awards, only the highest standards of accomplishment were recognized. The companies whose products broke the mold with a new product launch or devised a brilliant spin to an existing application were singled out," said Rich Tehrani, President and Group Editor-in-Chief. "The TMC Labs engineers have extensive knowledge of the UC market and selected only those companies that proved their out-of-box thinking to transform the industry. My congratulations to all winners."
Texas Automobile Dealers Association Moves to New Headquarters in June
May 15 2008
Austin, TX, May 15, 2008—In late June, the Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) will move into their beautiful new headquarters building located at the southwest corner of 12th and Lavaca, one block west of the State Capitol. TADA will occupy the 8th and 9th floors. The 8th floor is unique in that it will consist of a half-floor of office and meeting space, along with a landscaped rooftop terrace for events. The terrace will have a perfect overlook of the State Capitol grounds and Capitol Building. The nine-story building consists of 70,000 square feet of office space. The building will also include a multi-story parking facility and street-level retail space. The Building is a partnership between TADA, the Texas Hospital Association (THA) and Development 2000. The building will also become the new headquarters facility for the Texas Hospital Association. Since 1916, the Texas Automobile Dealers Association has been the voice of Texas' franchised automobile and truck dealers. TADA represents the dealer body before the Texas Legislature and regulatory agencies. It provides members with legal support, an annual conference, training and education programs, business services, a variety of informative publications, public relations on behalf of the industry, and even a consumer mediation service.