Keep Cash Flowing with Innovative UC Leasing

Investment protection is a prime consideration in any technology purchase, but given today's uncertain market conditions, it has never been more important. Technology — especially unified communications (UC) — offers organizations an opportunity to reduce costs and boost productivity, yet investing in growth can be challenging for organizations that are facing budget cuts and limited resources. For these organizations, leasing solutions bring flexibility and peace of mind to the purchase process.

Choose a Lease that Fits

With leasing, customers can preserve cash flow while investing in a powerful, brilliantly simple platform that will support their UC needs today — and tomorrow. To help customers in North America make a risk-free move to a state-of-the-art UC solution today, ShoreTel has joined forces with a leading financial services company to form ShoreTel Financial Solutions, powered by TAMCO (SFS).

SFS offers three innovative acquisition solutions for ShoreTel customers — FlexGuard, Fair Market Value (FMV) and $1 Out — so they can choose the solution that fits their specific needs with flexible options as their business requirements change over time.

  • FlexGuard allows organizations to choose the equipment that's right for their requirements today, and if the business grows or changes, the equipment can be replaced at any time with no questions asked. SFS will cancel the original contract, issue a new one, and companies never have to worry about rolling over a balance or hidden fees. SFS absorbs the risk of ownership, not the customers.
  • FlexGuard is structured to qualify as an off-balance-sheet item, which allows customers to preserve their cash and protect their lines of credit. At the end of the contract, the customer can choose to keep the equipment, return it, or replace it.
  • FMV offers a lower monthly payment than FlexGuard, and since ownership is optional, it gives companies more flexibility. With FMV, companies can return the equipment at the end of the lease or purchase it for the fair market value.
  • $1 Out Lease allows companies to purchase their leased equipment for $1 at the conclusion of the contract agreement.

In Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), ShoreTel has joined forces with Wyse Leasing, now part of CHG Meridian, to offer similar financing options that support customers throughout the region.

Leasing saves capital for other business investments, and SFS is designed to provide customers with maximum flexibility and no financial penalties. With SFS, organizations have the flexibility to replace outdated equipment at any time, which protects them against unforeseen changes in business conditions and allows them to take maximum advantage of advances in UC advances.

SFS Trade-in Program Gets You into a ShoreTel System Today

Now through the end of 2009, customers in North America can take advantage of ShoreTel's Go Orange and Get Green! Trade-in program. Qualified customers can get a new ShoreTel solution through trade-in rebates on eligible systems, including certain models from Intertel, NEC, Mitel as well as Avaya, Cisco, Nortel and Toshiba. Companies that finance a new ShoreTel UC solution with SFS will receive a rebate for every eligible phone traded in.

In today's challenging economic times and with more companies demanding greater flexibility in their payment terms, SFS is a sweet deal that enables organizations to move to a UC solution at a price that doesn't break the bank.

For more information, contact your local ShoreTel partner.