Transcend United Technologies Expands ShoreTel Practice Group

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Transcend United Technologies announced today an expansion of its ShoreTel Unified Communications practice to the East Coast.  Transcend United is currently the largest regional seller of ShoreTel pure IP solutions in the Midwest and one of the largest in the US overall.  Transcend United will now add support for customers in the Boston to Washington corridor.  The company has operations in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest, with customers in 35 states and approximately 40 countries.

"With revenues that place us among the top 5% of VARs nationally, an expanded engineering staff, and a wider, more comprehensive set of technology solutions, we are well-positioned to be a dependable Unified Communications partner for mid-sized organizations looking to reduce total cost of ownership for their communications infrastructure," said George Demou, Executive Vice President.  "We help organizations reduce total cost of ownership across all areas of IT, and ShoreTel's distributed software architecture eliminates the traditional costs, complexity and reliability issues typically associated with other telephony and unified communications solutions,"  Demou added.

"Transcend's commitment to customer satisfaction and meeting the needs of its customers is just one of the key factors in its long history of success," said John W. Combs, chairman and CEO of ShoreTel. "We're pleased to partner with this industry leader, and delighted that Transcend is expanding its reach."

The ShoreTel Call Manager was recently named No. 1 worldwide for market share among small and midsize businesses by independent research analyst, Synergy Research, and ShoreTel was recently named Best Overall VoIP Provider for six years in a row by Nemertes Research.  Effective February 17, 2010 Transcend United now offers these products to customers throughout the Boston to Washington corridor as well as continued support for Midwest customers.

About Transcend United Technologies

Transcend United Technologies LLC combines cost-effective technology, experienced people, and world-class service to help small and mid-sized organizations manage their IT and communications infrastructure.  Transcend United delivers products and expertise in key technologies including Voice-over-IP telephony, WAN Optimization, data center management, and data replication.  With these offerings, Transcend helps organizations solve real business problems such as improving application performance for branch offices, reducing voice, data, and video telecommunications costs, ensuring business continuity in case of a disaster, and reducing staffing and operations costs in the data center.  For more information, please visit www.transcendunited.com.

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