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Chris Capo Joins Aastra as Director of Channel Business Development for its Hosted Services Business

Industry Veteran to Spearhead the Strategic Alliance Program for Centergy® Virtual Contact Center

Dallas, TX, February 19, 2007 —Aastra announces the addition of Chris Capo to lead its reseller program for hosted call center services, Centergy® Virtual Contact Center Strategic Alliance Program. Joining Aastra last quarter, Mr. Capo is focused on recruiting VARs for the Aastra OnDemand™ hosted service offerings including hosted call center solutions.  “We’re very pleased to have someone of Chris’ experience and energy leading this important effort,” said Tim Whittington, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Aastra Intecom.  “He has hit the ground running and has already generated significant interest from major distributors and resellers in our hosted call center solutions.”

Before joining Aastra Intecom, Mr. Capo led the U.S. and EMEA channel development team at an Avaya value-added solutions vendor based in Houston, TX.  Prior to that, he worked with a California-based software developer specializing in real-time reporting and visual management solutions for the contact center.  Mr. Capo began his channel management career with Paxar Monarch, a globally-recognized apparel identification provider. Chris says, “With more than 10 years of channel experience, specifically in contact center and enterprise communications, I am confident that hosted solutions are now readily accepted.  I am looking forward to leveraging my expertise in training and motivating channel partners to aggressively grow Aastra’s channel organization.”

About Aastra OnDemand™
Aastra OnDemand™ is the new hosted service of Aastra USA, Inc., a leader in IP communications products including IP-PBX systems, standards based telephones, unified communications and contact center applications.  Aastra OnDemand is dedicated to serving the needs of customers taking advantage of the dramatic shift toward the software as a service delivery model. With over 25 years of experience delivering PBX and contact center systems to some of the largest and most demanding companies in the world Aastra OnDemand is now bringing that expertise to companies of all sizes.

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