Companies Bring Pure IP Unified Communications to Australia and UK

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ShoreTel(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: SHOR), a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions, and Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq: BBOX), the world's largest technical services company, today announced an expansion of their strategic alliance in which Black Box will deliver ShoreTel's solutions to customers throughout Australia and the UK.

With a strong partnership already established across the United States and Canada, ShoreTel and Black Box build on existing success in delivering IP Unified Communications solutions to SMB and enterprise-class organizations, including some of the most demanding FORTUNE 1000 organizations.

'Expanding our relationship with ShoreTel furthers our commitment to bringing only the best telecom products and services to our customers worldwide,' said Brendan Tobin, Black Box managing director UK and Ireland, and Denzil Stephenson, Black Box country manager ANZ, 'Black Box has had a long standing relationship with ShoreTel and we look forward to working together to bring reliable, scalable one-stop shop solutions to our customers.'

Black Box is the world's largest voice and data networking company employing over 5,000 staff and with more than 175,000 clients in 141 countries around the world. Black Box offers complete communications solutions including evaluation, design, procurement, implementation and maintenance of data and voice network infrastructure systems. The expansion of the company's relationship with ShoreTel adds local presence in Australia and the UK to Black Box's global support of ShoreTel customers. In Europe, ShoreTel will begin work with Black Box in the UK with plans to expand Black Box's reach across 15 countries.

'Enterprise and SME customers in Europe expect and demand local service and support. By partnering with such an established technical services provider as Black Box, we can drive the expansion of our business and ensure that our global customers continue to be delighted by delivering the support they need on their doorstep.