Today, Microsoft officially announced and launched the next generation in communications technology in the enterprise with the new Microsoft Lync platform. As a former Microsoft and Microsoft Research ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During a discussion panel at the launch event for Microsoft Lync last week, Estee Lauder IT exec Earl Newsome rattled off a line that could have been scripted by Microsoft (It wasn’t, I checked). He ...

Microsoft is at it again, preparing to roll out new versions of its suite of business servers. Last week, I detailed eight great new features in the forthcoming Exchange 2013. This week, I turn my ...

Comparing the first four partner releases. To deliver Lync-based video rooms, Microsoft is taking much the same approach it took with delivering Lync-based desk phones: Deliver a set of hardware ...