Higher Education Compact Announces Agreement with Mitel

The Midwestern Higher Education Compact has a new agreement with Mitel®. Higher education institutions, K-12 school districts and education-related non-profit organizations may purchase off of the Mitel contract. Significant discounts are available on Mitel's 3300 and 5000 Communications Platform.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 5, 2009

Through a recent agreement between the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) and Mitel®, a market leader in providing productivity enhancing communications solutions, MHEC members may now receive significant discounts on the Mitel® 3300 IP Communications Platform (ICP) and Mitel® 5000 Communications Platform (CP).

The agreement is a result of an RFP process conducted by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's Network Hardware Committee. This new program is in line with MHEC's strategic goal to increase cost savings opportunities to the Midwestern region. The program offering not only brings direct cost savings to MHEC members but also offers additional benefits derived from MHEC's ability to negotiate savings for services and training.

"These new communication platforms made available through the MHEC/Mitel agreement offer customizable systems for your campus," explained John Dunning, director of Network Operations Center for Wayne State College in Nebraska. Dunning led the RFP committee that landed the agreement with Mitel.

"Our campus experts have worked tirelessly to bring everyday technology to the college campus, K-12 school districts and education-related non-profit organizations. MHEC's ability to aggregate its purchasing power across state lines continues to bring savings back to our states," said MHEC President Larry Isaak.

About MHEC
The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), founded in 1991, consists of twelve states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. MHEC sponsors a variety of programs to reduce costs, to increase student access and to conduct policy research and analysis. The Compact is statutorily created and governed by a board comprised of five commissioners from each member state. Commissioners include legislators, governor's representatives and higher education leaders. For more information about the Compact, please visit http://www.mhec.org or call 612-626-8288, or contact MHEC Chief Information Officer Grant Crawford (grantc@mhec.org) at 612-626-6383. Please visit http://www.mhectech.org/mitel for more program details.

About Mitel
Mitel delivers flexibility and simplicity in smart unified communications solutions and applications for organizations of all sizes. Combined with a full range of managed services that include voice and data network design and traffic provisioning, custom application development, and attractive financing options, Mitel is reinventing how successful organizations gain competitive advantage by easily collaborating and communicating over distance and time with customers, colleagues and partners. Mitel's (http://www.mitel.com) U.S. headquarters are in Phoenix, AZ. Global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with offices, partners and resellers worldwide.

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