
Most everyone loves Thanksgiving turkeys. But IT industry turkeys? Not so much. We look at 10 examples of 'turkeys' that have disappointed the tech industry this year.
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| COMPANY: M5 Networks New York (646) 230-5000 www.m5net.com PRODUCT LINE: M5 offers hosted VoIP services for businesses based in both New York and Chicago as well as branch offices all across the U.S. PARTNER POINTS: Benefits to partners of the M5 program include revenue from hardware, services and monthly recurring revenue. |
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| COMPANY: Nortel Networks Toronto (800) 466-7835 www.nortel.com PRODUCT LINE: Nortel offers a broad line of IP telephony hardware and software solutions for businesses of all sizes. PARTNER POINTS: Nortel's Partner Advantage Program is aimed at helping partners generate profits from the resale of Nortel products, solutions and services. |
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| COMPANY: Pingtel Woburn, Mass. (800) 746-4835 www.pingtel.com PRODUCT LINE: Pingtel offers enterprise-grade SIP PBXes, SIP call manager and router, and SIP softphone based on open-source software. PARTNER POINTS: Qualified solution providers include IP-PBX resellers, IP networking experts, PBX and key system VARs, telecom and datacom integrators. |
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| COMPANY: ShoreTel Sunnyvale, Calif.. (800) 425-9385 www.vonage.com PRODUCT LINE: ShoreTel is a worldwide provider of IP telephony solutions including phones, switches and software designed for easy deployment.. PARTNER POINTS: ShoreTel's IP telephony solutions are delivered 100 percent through channel partners, and packages are priced to provide margins on new sales, adds, changes and moves. |
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| COMPANY: Vonage Homdel, N.J. (732) 528-2600 www.cisco.com PRODUCT LINE: Small Business Premium Unlimited Plan includes unlimited local and long-distance calls to the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and select European countries. PARTNER POINTS: The Vonage Affiliate Program pays a flat-rate $30 commission for each qualified customer signed up for service. Affiliates are provided with marketing tools. |
