SCANSOURCE COMMUNICATIONS EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION RELATIONSHIP WITH SHORETEL
GREENVILLE, SC - January 18, 2011 - ScanSource Communications, a leading value-added distributor of communications products and a sales unit of ScanSource Inc., {NASDAQ: SCSC}, has expanded its distribution relationship with ShoreTel and will now offer the company’s complete product portfolio of IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC).Through this expanded partnership of ShoreTel’s communications solutions and ScanSource Communications’ value-added services and support, resellers will be able to meet their end-user customers’ increasing demand for IP and UC solutions. ShoreTel’s product offering includes IP phone systems with built-in UC and integrated contact center capabilities. These solutions are designed to be simple to deploy, easy to integrate, and have a lower total cost of ownership than competing solutions. What’s more, the scalability of the solution allows resellers to easily implement the rich capabilities of UC into their end-user’s business – across the enterprise or across the world.
“ShoreTel and ScanSource Communications have shared a common goal since the inception of the partnership – both companies are committed to helping resellers grow their business by offering industry-leading communications solutions to their end-user customers,” said Buck Baker, president, ScanSource Communications. “We look forward to continuing to help our partners be successful by offering a focused sales and business development team, excellent training and education opportunities, marketing support, and many other industry-leading value-added services that help drive rapid partner success.”
“As further evidence of ShoreTel’s commitment to providing world-class products and customer satisfaction, we’ve expanded our Champion Partner Program to a two-tiered program that gives resellers the option of working with industry-leading value-added distributors like ScanSource Communications,” said Don Girskis, senior vice president of worldwide sales at ShoreTel, “ScanSource Communications shares our commitment to quality, innovation and customer satisfaction, and their expertise will help resellers deliver product and service excellence to customers around the world.”
ScanSource Communications will also continue its series of road shows to be held around the country, as well as web seminars and comprehensive online tools, all dedicated to helping current and prospective partners learn more about ShoreTel’s product line, as well as the services in place to support them and help them get started. Learn more at www.scansourcecommunications.com/shoretel.
For more information about the expanded partnership, please view a video from Buck Baker and Don Girskis at http://bit.ly/gd5na8.
For more information about ScanSource Communications, please visit www.scansourcecommunications.com.
About ScanSource, Inc.
ScanSource®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC) is the leading international distributor of specialty technology products for resellers in North America, Latin America and Europe.
ScanSource POS & Barcoding delivers AIDC and POS solutions; Catalyst Telecom® and ScanSource Communications provide voice, video and converged communications equipment; and ScanSource Security offers physical security solutions. Founded in 1992, the company ranks #881 on the Fortune 1000. For more information, call the toll-free sales telephone number at 800.944.2432 or visit http://www.scansourceinc.com.