Network World

Microsoft Lync: Take to the cloud or keep it in-house?

Cloud-based Lync won’t be immediately available, but could eventually be a viable alternative to in-house software. Microsoft’s overhauled unified communications platform — Lync — will soon hit the ...
CRN

Lync Launched: Microsoft Officially Unveils Latest UC Challenger

Microsoft Lync, which is available in a trial download to anyone and will be available to business customers on Dec. 1 in 38 languages and 150 countries, weaves together enterprise VoIP, instant ...
Network World

Microsoft Lync: The Pros and Cons for Enterprises

Lync, the next generation of Microsoft’s Office Communications Server software, was unveiled yesterday in New York City, complete with a surprise appearance from Bill Gates via Lync’s video conference ...
No Jitter

First Look at Microsoft Lync 2010

Lab testers see significant improvements in quality and feature/function. Testing lab partner Miercom recently conducted testing on the just released Microsoft Lync Server 2010 unified communications ...
Finextra

Nice Trading Recording tech supports Microsoft Lync

Nice Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced that the NICE Trading Recording solution has been qualified to support Microsoft Lync, Microsoft's next generation unified communications software. The ...
Inside Higher Ed

Microsoft, Skype, and EDU

My gut reaction is that Microsoft's $8.5 billion purchase of Skype is a good thing for higher ed, and probably a smart move on Microsoft's part. I'm betting that you are critical of this acquisition, ...