Dear Members & Guests:
VoIP (Voice over IP) has enjoyed a significant amount of hype in the marketplace. It was initially viewed as a way to get free phone calls over the Internet and has evolved to being viewed as the technology that will replace the legacy public circuit-switched network. VoIP is clearly more than a 'must have' technology and in preparing for this new future of telephony businesses are evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of making the switch.
This month the Technology Alliance Group (TAG) is very pleased to invite Neal Underwood, the Northwest Area Manager of ShoreTel to help answer your questions about VoIP. Mr. Underwood will focus on the specific communication needs of small business. These unique needs include but are not limited to the ability to add phones, change extensions, and be flexible to grow as the business grows, while keeping costs affordable.
With 15 years experience as a Network Consultant and more recently 5 years working with ShoreTel Mr. Underwood has a lot of experience from VoIP implementations to draw on.
This will be a popular meeting so please RSVP by clicking as soon as possible.
Date and Time: Friday, May 19, 2006 from 12:00 - 1:15 pm.
Location: DIS building at 1315 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA
Cost: Free for members, $10.00 at door for non-members to cover lunch.
RSVP by calling Carol Spano 360-756-8080
About Neal Underwood - Northwest Area Manager, ShoreTel,
Neal Underwood has over 15 years experience in the information technology consulting field as a specialist in datanetworking; designing, building and staffing large datacenters. As an early adopter of VoIP, Neal discovered first hand the costsaving benefits as well as the employee productivity gains a sucessful VoIP deployment can attain for an organization. Neal joined ShoreTel as an applications engineer over 5 years ago and today is the NW area manager.
About ShoreTel
ShoreTel is the fastest growing IP PBX company in the United States and the leader in customer satisfaction. The company has shipped its groundbreaking solutions since 1998 and continues to outpace the rapidly expanding IP telephony market with technological advances and sales that are doubling year over year. ShoreTel voice systems are designed to make businesses smarter, setting new standards for usability and manageability while reducing telecommunications costs. A uniquely distributed architecture extends enterprise-class voice services to every office and outpost, keeping employees fully connected wherever they go. A select, worldwide group of channel partners provide top-notch service and support.'
For more information on ShoreTel please visit http://www.shoretel.com .
To learn more about the Technology Alliance Group the Northwest Chapter of WSA please visit http://tagwsa.org
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