"It is no secret that we are all challenged with the task of doing more with less and technology budgets definitely are no exception." states John Garrett, CNP Owner/Director.  "Our event will feature solutions geared to help cut expenses in your organization."

Charlotte, NC, July 25, 2011 - CNP Technologies, LLC announced today that it has received the ShoreTel 2011 Circle of Excellence Award for the ninth consecutive year. ShoreTel, Inc., the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), announced the winners of sales and customer satisfaction achievement awards during the annual Champion Partner Conference, in July. The Circle of Excellence award is the highest honor ShoreTel bestows upon a partner.

GSP conducted a comprehensive evaluation before selecting CNP and ShoreTel to replace their 15 year old Avaya phone system.  The ShoreTel solution provides a unified communications solution that gives the airport the required flexibility and simplified management. At the end of the search process, CNP Technologies and ShoreTel came out as the clear leaders with the best functionality and feature set for GSP, along with the lowest total cost of ownership.

"This is a breakthrough technology and available to customers regardless of the backend PBX." states Wes Clark, Executive Director of CNP Technologies. "ShoreTel Mobility is an exciting solution that can provide a new level of mobile connectivity."

"We are excited to have earned this recognition.  Now that there are nearly 800 ShoreTel partners, the COE Award becomes an even more significant achievement," expressed Wes Clark, Executive Director and Co-Owner of CNP Technologies.  "Our ShoreTel implementation and support team is one the best in the world and a key reason for our perennial success," said John Garrett, Executive Director and Co-Owner.