ShoreTel (News - Alert), a provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications, or "UC," has stated that they were overwhelmed by the number participants for the Untangling Complexity Video Contest which proves the passion customers have for their brilliantly simple solution. The company also announced the winners of the contest.

For users it is brilliantly simple to enter the contest just like ShoreTel's credo - they have to submit a three minute video that states how ShoreTel's brilliantly simple IP phone system has helped their business simplify communications and send complexity packing. Winners of the contest are selected on the video's creativity, originality, humor and inspiration.

According to the company, this contest is an opportunity for customers to express how their ShoreTel system helped them untangle complexity for their business and this time it netted 61 original video submissions, which ranged from the hilarious to the educational and repeatedly stressed the quality, simplicity, reliability and flexibility of the ShoreTel system. The submissions came from across ShoreTel's international customer base, including finance, healthcare, retail, government, education, and manufacturing.

John W. Combs, chairman and CEO of ShoreTel has commented that the tremendous response to their video contest and the thoughtful yet entertaining submissions clearly show the passion that their customers have for ShoreTel. It's extremely heartwarming to see how their obsessive commitment to world-class customer satisfaction continues to delight their customers.

They are extremely grateful so many customers invested time, put in a lot of thought, and showed them how ShoreTel has had a positive impact on their organizations. It's truly gratifying to see their focus on great products and excellent customer service pay such dividends in the form of truly delighted customers.

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