
ShoreTel Version 14.2 is "Virtually there"!
Business Managers, Legacy Services, ShoreTel & Mitel, Technical ManagersWe have previously argued that ShoreTel should shed the hardware business and focus on software development only. Just our opinion and personal hangup! We believe that unless you have the Market Capitalization of an Apple, it is hard to…

ShoreTel Stock Update - Should Mitel and ShoreTel Merge?
Business Managers, Legacy Services, ShoreTel & MitelBack in the summer we did a blog on ShoreTel from a Shareholders perceptive. There were a number of issues troubling us which did not seem to make sense and for which we, as outsiders, could not fully appreciate. Having purchased ShoreTel…

WebRTC to change the Contact Center For Ever! Enter Amazon Mayday Button!
Business Managers, Company & Perspectives, Industry PerspectivesLast month we wrote that we believed that webRTC had the potential to change the business communications landscape forever especially as it related to contact centers! Little did we know that in less than a month, Amazon would do just that…

WebRTC, ShoreTel ECC and CISCO UCCX?
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Multi-vendor Telephony, Technical Managers
What is WebRTC? Think of it as a teleconferencing system built right into your browser! For some time now, call centers have been slowly integrating web chat functionality into the call center tool set. Visitors to the company website…

A Cure for the common Hold?
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Technical Managers, Telephony ArchivesThe Symptoms - Help! My on-hold recording warbles like a wounded canary! If your customers are kvetching over the aches and pains of listening to your wobbly, distorted on-hold recordings, it's time to seek medical help.
The Causes - The…

Most Annoying Business VoIP Marketing Gotcha's
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Telephony ArchivesIf you have ever tried to decide on a new hosted business VoIP solution for your company, then you have most likely run into, and been frustrated by some of the "gotcha's" that VoIP company's use to get you to consider their service above all…

What is going on at ShoreTel now?
Business Managers, Legacy Services, ShoreTel & MitelI very seldom comment, in this technology blog, on company policy and just try to stay focused on VoIP. This time I am speaking out as a ShoreTel Shareholder.You know, one of the people who bought into the $10 a share IPO (at about the time…

CISCO UCCX or ShoreTel ECC – CCadmin script and power to the Supervisor!
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Multi-vendor Telephony, Technical ManagersIf you have managed a contact center of any size, sooner or later, you will be asked to make a change on demand. A contact center supervisor feels the need to have a "team" meeting in the middle of the work day and needs the entire staff…

Compare ShoreTel ECC and CISCO UCCX - Handling Language Options
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Multi-vendor Telephony, Technical ManagersAnyone who has been deploying telephone systems for any length of time has run into the "language" issue. Though I am personally tired of having to "Press one" for English, the fact remains that we market on a global basis even if we are…

Should You Run Your Company from Smartphones?
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Telephony ArchivesWith an estimated 45 percent of Americans now using smartphones (66 percent for those under 30), it smartphones are starting to bleed into the enterprise. And now some businesses are beginning to evaluate whether they can manage their phone…

Compare ShoreTel ECC and CISCO UCCX call back from queue scripts!
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Multi-vendor Telephony, Technical ManagersIt is almost expected that a modern call or contact center be able to offer a "call back from Queue" option to your callers. In fact some call centers are now offering a Call Back with no phone call required from your caller at all! The…

Compare ShoreTel and CISCO - Extension Mobility Options!
Business Managers, Legacy Services, Multi-vendor Telephony, Technical ManagersDo you run a business in which the day shift and the night shift share the same telephone instrument? This is a very common feature requirement in call centers, help desks and order lines. In the Health Care Profession, a very common…
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