Westcon Group is Named QuesCom Partner of the Year

Slough, UK, July 28, 2008 - Westcon Group, Inc., the leading specialty distributor in networking, convergence, security and mobility, announced that Westcon Convergence has been named Partner of the Year by QuesCom, the leading technology vendor of innovative, fixed-mobile VoIP telecom appliances.

The award was presented to Westcon in recognition of its success with QuesCom throughout the year, particularly through its solutions programs, ConvergencePoint and OneVoice. Westcon Convergence also ran formal training on QuesCom solutions throughout the year, of which hundreds of resellers took part.

“We are proud to have won QuesCom’s Partner of the Year award,” commented Guy Koster, Vice President, Technology Solutions Group, Westcon Group. “Their fixed-mobile convergence solutions, which represent a very attractive margin opportunity for resellers, are a core part of our affinity portfolio and drive real business value to the enterprise.”

QuesCom, which generates over 70% of its revenues in more than 40 countries, is a multi-national partner of Westcon Group; its products, which center on fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) are compatible with PBXs from major networking manufacturers such as Cisco, Avaya and Nortel.

“Westcon Group has demonstrated its expertise in delivering the most innovative technologies to the market,” stated Robert Urban, VP Sales and Marketing, QuesCom. “The Enterprise One Number solutions from QuesCom have found their number one Distributor for 2008!”

Gilles MEIMOUN, General Manager of ETS Communication, based in Courbevoie, France, added “QuesCom’s products are designed to provide mobility enhancements to any sized business, at any stage of the technology lifecycle. Westcon provides us with additional value by setting us up with all the tools, training and information we need to deliver these solutions seamlessly to our customers.”


About Westcon Group
Westcon Group, Inc. is the leading specialty distributor in networking, security, mobility and convergence for leading technology vendors, including Cisco, Nortel, Avaya and Polycom. Through its Westcon, Comstor and Voda One business practices, Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and wireless connectivity. For more information, visit www.westcongroup.com.

About QuesCom
QuesCom designs enhanced telephony solutions focusing on the Fixed-Mobile Convergence for enterprises and service providers. Natively ready for Voice over IP, QuesCom solutions leverage the current telecommunication system. QuesCom Appliances allow companies to realise up to 50% savings on their telephone bill and benefit from value-added services like mobility and fax designed to increase efficiency in corporate communications (one number, mobile extension, fax).

QuesCom is a leading player on the markets of VoIP-mobile convergence and Telecom application solutions and a member of Nokia PRO Forum, Nokia's advanced developer program. The company has more than 200 European resellers and is a certified member of major PBX vendor programs as Aastra, Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, Innovaphone, Mitel & 3COM.