ShoreTel announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M5 Networks ("M5"), a recognized leader in hosted Unified Communications. As a result of the acquisition, ShoreTel will be uniquely positioned to provide customers a choice between on-premise and hosted UC solutions.

I've been looking for a reliable, easy-to-use application to access my PC and network from my iPad, and after trying several apps, I can recommend iTap RDP. I use this app almost every day and it’s extremely reliable and useful. With a few seconds of quick setup, you can easily access a Terminal Server in your network, or directly access your desktop.

ShoreTel recently announced an update to ShoreTel Mobility, a smartphone integration solution that simply and intelligently integrates all leading smartphones and tablets with leading IP PBX systems extending full UC and cost-saving calling capabilities to the mobile workforce.

In our world of digital photos, on-demand videos and ubiquitous e-mail, fax technology seems almost primitive. When sent via traditional methods, where one fax machine scans a document and transmits it to another fax machine which prints it out, faxes even present a multitude of problems:

Paper jams or a lack of paper can cause a transmission to fail.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug 02, 2011 — ShoreTel(R), the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), today announced that, for the eighth year in a row, it has received the highest ratings for IP telephony products from IT decision makers in the Nemertes Research annual PilotHouse Awards report.

One of the coolest features in ShoreTel Communicator is ‘Simultaneous Ringing’, often referred to as Simulring, Twinning, dual ringing, or forking.  The feature was first introduced in ShoreTel 10.2 and is in all future releases.