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Good week/Bad week

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We look at who's on a roll and who's going downhill fast this week

13 Feb 2012

ShoreTel breaks into hosted space with $150m M5 buy

A briefcase full of cash

IP telephony vendor reaches into its pocket to acquire cloud comms specialist

02 Feb 2012

ShoreTel hunts enterprise A-team to help double EMEA sales

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Vendor issues RFP for pan-EMEA distributors and looks to deepen ties with handful of tactical resellers

13 Jan 2012

ShoreTel EMEA shoots from the Hipkiss

Comms vendor poaches Vodafone sales director to replace recently departed EMEA boss John Howard

18 Oct 2011

ShoreTel EMEA boss Howard heads for exit doors

Tom Perry handed reins on interim basis as comms vendor hunts for successor

22 Sep 2011

Solar power tops ShoreTel partners for fourth time

Chippenham reseller recognised among 500 other partners worldwide

01 Sep 2011

Avaya heads PBX market but EMEA sales remain sluggish

New Jersey-based vendor consolidates top spot but second quarter is a mixed bag for comms market

18 Aug 2011

Big-ticket deals help ShoreTel pass $200m mark

Comms vendor still on high-growth track but continues to operate at a loss

10 Aug 2011

Fast-growing ShoreTel admits parts shortages

Vendor says supply issues will have no material impact on business as it singles out the UK as one of its two best-performing markets

27 Apr 2011

ShoreTel aims for championship

Vendor looks to crack high-end market with range of new channel initiatives

28 Jan 2011

ShoreTel ends CEO hunt with Blackmore appointment

IP telephony vendor nabs Peter Blackmore from UTStarcom as permanent replacement for departed John Combs

13 Dec 2010

UC market hits highest growth for two years

Market expands seven per cent in Q3 as Microsoft readies itself for Lync push

22 Nov 2010

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Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn