ShoreTel and Alinean Launch Online TCO Tool
ShoreTel has recently announced that its ShoreTel Online TCO Tool, powered by Alinean, is now available through the ShoreTel web site. This tool is based on the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) industry standards set by Alinean, and incorporates third-party research from leading firms.
The ShoreTel TCO Tool analyzes TCO, including acquisition costs management and support, for not only ShoreTel but also various companies and UC vendors.
The tool combines upfront capital costs, annual recurring operating expenses, and annual tax savings into a single TCO comparison, and shows that ShoreTel’s “brilliantly simple” solutions eliminate complexity, thus reducing TCO by up to 40%.
"TCO is a cornerstone of ShoreTel's value proposition, and partnering with Alinean helps strengthen this," said Jon Arnold, UCStrategies UC Expert and principal of J Arnold & Associates. "Businesses have more choices than ever before around communications solutions, and anything that makes this process simpler and easier to quantify will give sellers the edge."
Once information is entered online, the TCO Tool provides detailed reports for vendors, and all results are supported by ShoreTel's Lowest TCO Guarantee program, so if ShoreTel's Tool determines that ShoreTel’s TCO is higher than a competing solution, ShoreTel will lower its prices to beat (not merely match) the competition.
For more information, visit www.shoretel.com.