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 ...

Microsoft Lync is posting impressive adoption rates. Cisco remains a heavyweight in networks and IP PBX systems. And the list of up-and-comers looking for a piece of the UCC pie continues to grow.

Every once in a very long while, I get to review a product that strikes me as a stepping stone toward the future. Microsoft Lync 2010 combines instant messaging, VoIP calling, live meetings, and ...

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 ...

Alyson Behr has more than 15 years of experience writing about technology and has been a contributing editor for leading product-testing labs. Want a flexible, enterprise-ready unified messaging ...

Microsoft today announced it has completed the integration of its enterprise-focused Lync tool into the consumer-based Skype service. As a result, Lync and Skype users around the world can now connect ...

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is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. In a move that further blurs the boundaries of work and home, Microsoft is ...

More than three years after acquiring Skype, Microsoft today said it would rebrand its semi-rival Lync corporate communications platform as “Skype for Business.” The name change will become official ...

Microsoft announced plans this week to rename Lync, its unified communications platform for organizations. The next version of Lync -- both Lync Server and the Office 365 service called Lync Online -- ...

Microsoft is rebranding its Lync unified communication products as "Skype for Business." The company announced the name change, as well as some target dates for the next versions of the offering on ...

Microsoft has rolled out the first phase of integrating Lync and Skype. Merging the two together makes both services better, but an even better solution would be to eliminate one of them altogether.