Morrisville, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/29/2009 -- Alpheon Corporation, the region's leading provider of managed technology services, announced today it has won the 'East Region Small and Medium Business Greater Southeast Area General Manager Award' as part of Microsoft's Fiscal Year 2009 East Region Partner Awards Program. The company was chosen out of an extensive field of Microsoft partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.

"Microsoft places a strong emphasis on the worth of our partners and, as a company, we want to highlight their commitment of delivering solutions and applications to customers," said Kim Tubbs-Herron, General Manager – East Region Market Development Team. "The exceptional performance, tremendous contributions and outstanding achievements of our partners should be recognized over the past year."

The Microsoft Partner Program Awards recognizes Microsoft Partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the past year. The award recognizes a partner who constantly seeks to improve their processes and practices, sharing their expertise and ideas with others.

Greg Donovan, CEO of Alpheon, said, ""We are really humbled that our Microsoft Territory Manager, Tom Harshbarger, nominated us for this award and honored to receive this recognition from one of our most valued partners."

About Alpheon®:
Alpheon is IT the way it should be. Located in the heart of the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, it provides businesses with information technology management and services from the area's most friendly, patient and skilled technology engineers and account managers.

Through its propriety Assure® services platform, it proactively monitors and manages customers' networks to prevent issues before they disrupt business. Customers spanning the eastern U.S. over a variety of industries - healthcare, legal, finance, biotechnology and pharmaceutical, construction and engineering and professional services – depend on Alpheon Assure® to keep their networks safe, secure and reliable.

Alpheon is ranked as the #3 managed service provider in the country by MSPmentor.net and is consistently named one of the "Best Places to Work" by American City Business Journals.

Alpheon's leadership, processes, and roster of happy clients are what make it one of the top managed service providers (MSPs) in the nation. For more information, visit http://www.Alpheon.com.

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CMSP exam program provides assurance of quality, and reliability for current, potential customers; vendor-neutral benchmarking for Managed Services Professionals worldwide

Raleigh, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/30/2009 -- Greg Donovan today announced that he has passed the MSPAlliance's Managed Services Professional Certification (CMSP). CMSP is the first program of its kind, specifically designed to ensure that individuals employed in the managed services industry are meeting and exceeding the highest levels of ethics, education, work experience, as well as possessing a strong combination of both business and technical requirements.

"The MSPAlliance Certified Managed Services Professional exam is a rigorous test that benchmarks and verifies the quality of the individual providing managed services," said Charles Weaver, MSPAlliance president. "We are very proud to have Mr. Donovan as a part of this prestigious body of managed services professionals."

CMSP was created using a wide base of criteria that encompasses many disciplines in the managed service profession. By testing for the skills and business criteria that matter to customers, the CMSP ensures that the individual has met a high level of professional and business practices.

"Completion of the CMSP is a milestone in the development of Alpheon Corporation", said Donovan. "This distinction reinforces the devotion that Alpheon has taken to provide the highest level of service and integrity to our customers. We view this endorsement by the MSP Alliance as a resounding affirmation of the work we are doing every day for our customers."

Certified Managed Services Professionals are required to pass a written exam, possess a minimum of IT related work experience and/or education, as well as have a strong understanding of the Managed Service Provider's Code of Ethics and Conduct.

About MSPAlliance
The MSPAlliance is the world's largest professional association and accrediting body for the Managed Services Industry. Comprised of more than 8,000 managed service providers (MSPs) and service enabling technology vendors, the MSPAlliance works in a collaborative effort to define, promote and educate the Managed Services Industry and the end-user consumer on the adoption and successful use of technology through Managed Services. The MSPAlliance is committed to increasing reliability and dependability in the industry surrounding the value and benefit of using Managed Service Providers to provide a wide range of mission-critical services. In addition, the MSPAlliance collects data on the practice of managed services on behalf of its members, to help them increase the value delivery of IT to the organizations they serve. For more information about the MSPAlliance please visit http://www.mspalliance.com

About Alpheon Corporation
Alpheon is IT the way it should be. Located in the heart of the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, it provides businesses with information technology management and services from the area's most friendly, patient and skilled technology engineers and account managers. Through its propriety Assure® services platform, it proactively monitors and manages customers' networks to prevent issues before they disrupt business. Customers spanning the eastern U.S. over a variety of industries - healthcare, legal, finance, biotechnology and pharmaceutical, construction and engineering and professional services – depend on Alpheon Assure® to keep their networks safe, secure and reliable. Alpheon is ranked as the #3 managed service provider in the country by MSPmentor.net and is consistently named one of the "Best Places to Work" by American City Business Journals. Alpheon's leadership, processes, and roster of happy clients are what make it one of the top managed service providers (MSPs) in the nation. For more information, visit http://www.Alpheon.com

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Triangle Company named as value added solution provider of enterprise communication solutions.

Morrisville, NC -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/22/2009 -- Alpheon Corporation announced today that they have been awarded ShoreTel's Certified Champion Partner status, recognizing Alpheon Corporation as a value-added solution provider of enterprise communication solutions. ShoreTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOR), a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications (UC) solutions, has designed the Champion Partner Program to strengthen the relationship between ShoreTel and its partners, advancing and growing both companies' market share in the unified communications industry, while ensuring every customer continues to be delighted with their ShoreTel experience.

"We're pleased to welcome value-added partners into the Champion Partner Program – especially those that have made the commitment to sales and technical training, infrastructure development and focus on customer service in delivering our innovative products and leading business solutions," said Tom Hamilton, senior director of worldwide channel marketing at ShoreTel. "In this case, the achievement of Certified Champion Partner status is based on Alpheon Corporation's value-add solution sales and delivery, of ShoreTel Unified Communications systems.

"As a ShoreTel partner for over five years, we have watched the evolution of a solid product company become a telecommunications industry leader. The ShoreTel platform continues to add value for our customers that seek reliable telephony solutions based on new technology, not obsolete systems," said Greg Donovan, President and CEO of Alpheon Corporation. "Since 2004, we standardized on ShoreTel as our preferred VoIP telephone solution because of the ease of use, administration and low cost of support. Customers have rapidly adopted and realize the benefits of using a world-class IP Unified Communications platform."

Since ShoreTel's first product shipment in 1998, customer satisfaction has been at the core of ShoreTel's top business priorities, and is a requirement for the primary business values for all ShoreTel partners. Customers who purchase ShoreTel solutions rank their product above other manufacturers for technology, ease of use, management, customer service, solution experience, product features and performance. Alpheon Corporation satisfied customers like Raleigh Medical Group and S&ME have contributed to ShoreTel's ranking as Best Overall VoIP telephony vendor among end-users for the past five years in a row, according to industry analyst firm Nemertes Research.

About Alpheon Corporation
Alpheon is IT the way it should be. Located in the heart of the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, it provides businesses with information technology management and services from the area's most friendly, patient and skilled technology engineers and account managers. Through its propriety Assure® services platform, it proactively monitors and manages customers' networks to prevent issues before they disrupt business. Customers spanning the eastern U.S. over a variety of industries - healthcare, legal, finance, biotechnology and pharmaceutical, construction and engineering and professional services – depend on Alpheon Assure® to keep their networks safe, secure and reliable. Alpheon is ranked as the #3 managed service provider in the country by MSPmentor.net and is consistently named one of the "Best Places to Work" by American City Business Journals. Alpheon's leadership, processes, and roster of happy clients are what make it one of the top managed service providers (MSPs) in the nation. For more information, visit http://www.Alpheon.com

About ShoreTel, Inc.
ShoreTel, Inc., (NASDAQ: SHOR) is a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions. ShoreTel enables companies of any size to seamlessly integrate all communications – voice, video, messaging and data – with their business processes. Independent of device or location, ShoreTel's distributed software architecture eliminates the traditional costs, complexity and reliability issues typically associated with other solutions. ShoreTel continues to deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction, ease of use and manageability, while driving down the overall total cost of ownership. ShoreTel is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has regional offices in the United Kingdom, Sydney, Australia and Munich, Germany. For more information, visit http://www.shoretel.com or call 1-877-80SHORE.

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