{"id":5108,"date":"2014-02-10T16:35:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T16:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/?p=5108"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T23:00:32","slug":"congrats-to-windstream-for-winning-the-circle-of-excellence-award-from-shoretel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/congrats-to-windstream-for-winning-the-circle-of-excellence-award-from-shoretel\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats to Windstream for winning the Circle of Excellence Award from ShoreTel!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span>Press Release Source:<\/span><a rel='no-follow' href=\"http:\/\/unified-communications.tmcnet.com\/topics\/unified-communications\/articles\/369713-windstreams-services-recognized-shoretel.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Unified Communications<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Windstream- (News \u2013 Alert), a provider of advanced network communications, recently announced that ShoreTel has recognized the company with Circle of Excellence Award for the 2013 partner year. The officials from ShoreTel (News  Alert) said that Windstream was recognized for its achievement in areas including customer satisfaction, revenue growth and proficiency with advanced applications. Windstream delivers ShoreTel\u2019s solutions portfolio, training and supporting end-user customers.<\/p>\n<p>Windstream is a Fortune 500 and S&#038;P 500 company, which offers a suite of solutions which includes voice and data services such as VoIP, SIP trunking, MPLS, and dedicated high-speed Internet. Windstream also offers unified communications, managed services, cloud computing, disaster recovery, and networking services designed to help businesses increase productivity and improve operational costs.<\/p>\n<p>The company also recently won the 2013 U.S. North American Market Growth Excellence Leadership Award in VoIP Access and SIP Trunking Services. This award is based on the findings of Frost &#038; Sullivan (News \u2013 Alert)\u2018s Best Practices research and was presented to Windstream at a ceremony in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 14. Windstream received this award based on its ability to leverage competitive intelligence and execute competitive strategy, as well as its impact on market share, competitive brand positioning, and customer satisfaction and value, having demonstrated excellence in capturing the highest annual compound growth rate in the industry for the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWindstream is proud to partner with ShoreTel in offering the latest unified communications solutions for the diverse business communication needs of our customers, continuing our promise of \u2018smart solutions, personalized service,\u2019\u201d said Matt Preschern, Windstream\u2019s senior vice president and enterprise chief marketing officer. \u201cWindstream shares a common goal with ShoreTel\u2013to deliver UC solutions that improve communication and collaboration, with superior levels of customer satisfaction, at a low cost of ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Circle of Excellence is the highest award given by ShoreTel to its partners and we\u2019re very pleased to welcome Windstream into this elite group,\u201d said David Petts, senior vice president of worldwide sales at ShoreTel. \u201cThe Circle of Excellence Award is presented to ShoreTel\u2019s top global reseller partners, and each year, less than one-half of one percent of all partners earn this distinction. We\u2019re proud that Windstream surpassed the strict criteria required to earn Circle of Excellence status this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Windstream<\/strong><br \/>\nWindstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&#038;P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas. For more information, visit www.windstream.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/windstream2.gif\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"windstream\" src=\"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/windstream2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windstream has been recognized by ShoreTel for their customer satisfaction, revenue growth and proficiency with apps! Congrats on winning the Circle of Excellence Award!  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/congrats-to-windstream-for-winning-the-circle-of-excellence-award-from-shoretel\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}