John C. Howard

ShoreTel, Inc. was engaged in the provision of business communication solutions, which engaged in development and sale of Internet Protocol (IP) unified communication systems and solutions. It was provided communication solutions, comprised of integrated voice, video, data and mobile applications based on IP technologies architecture and switch based hardware and its business communication solutions, which enables multi-site enterprises to be served by a single integrated communication system. The company was founded by Edwin J. Basart and Mike Harrigan on September 17, 1996 and it was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Avaya, Inc. provides real-time business collaboration and communications solutions. The company offers customer engagement, team engagement, networking, cloud, and real-time communication solutions. It offers professional, support, enterprise cloud and managed services. The company was founded on February 16, 2000 and is headquartered in Durham, CA.