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• Mitel drops ShoreTel bid

  Customers of ShoreTel phones and unified communications gear can stop worrying that their lives might get complicated by a merger between the company and its rival Mitel.

• Mitel takes aim at Avaya with ShoreTel bid

  Anyone thinking about signing a deal with ShoreTel for unified communications gear might want to take a closer look now that Mitel has made public its hopes to buy the company.

• UPDATED: ShoreTel rejects telephony vendor Mitel's bids

  ShoreTel has rejected both Mitel Networks' first and a subsequent higher bid, declaring it "significantly undervalued" the company.

• Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics disagree...over the cloud

  When the Brooklyn Nets traveled to Boston to play the Celtics last week, it became apparent that the two organizations disagreed about something - the cloud.

• ShoreTel links Android phones to corporate PBXs

  Enterprise IT groups can now tie in <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a>-based mobile devices to corporate directories and IP PBXs, with the latest update by ShoreTel to its mobility software.

• Cisco VoIP network ousted for ShoreTel in Wisconsin school district

  A combination of costs savings and features plus a need to refresh the network infrastructure in general drove a Wisconsin school district to abandon its VoIP and data network for one driven by ShoreTel and HP.

• Open source IP PBX saves serious cash for Michigan CAT

  In a move that might send shivers down the spines of mainstream IP PBX vendors like Avaya, Cisco and ShoreTel, Michigan CAT has deployed an open source Asterisk IP PBX to handle its phone calls and contact centre at half the cost of what commercial vendors would have charged.

• ShoreTel buys Agito for mobile networking gear

  ShoreTel has bought Agito Networks for its wireless technology that enables handsets to switch between Wi-Fi and cellular networks while attached to corporate networks.

• ShoreTel, Skype connect for SIP integration

  Unified communications vendor, ShoreTel. has announced interoperability with the beta version of Skype for SIP, enabling voice calls via Skype with a ShoreTel UC system and Skype users can now contact ShoreTel telephone systems for free via a Web-based click-to-call service.