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 ...

Entering a phoneless world when switching over to VoIP and a unifed communications suite has cultural and technical challenges. The Marquette University IT group offers three tips on transitioning ...

Microsoft reached the released-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone on Wednesday for Lync, its next-generation universal communications platform. The company will launch Lync at an event in New York Nov.

Company chairman and co-founder Bill Gates helps demo Microsoft's newest communication product, which combines IM, audio and video chat, and a voice service. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now ...

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 today formally announced Lync, it’s next generation of Office Communication Server (formerly known as OCS 14). Once again Microsoft declared that Lync means the death of the PBX. Now that ...

Microsoft will be launching the Microsoft-hosted version of its Lync unified-communications server, known as Lync Online, alongside the rest of Office 365 this summer. At the Microsoft TechEd 2011 ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft updated its Lync collaboration software for Windows 8.1, a relatively minor update that still makes one wonder why Lync and Microsoft’s Skype aren’t a single product. Upgrading ...

Microsoft's newest unified communications offering is showing some gains after being on the market for one year, with partners aiding in the cause. Today represents the one-year birthday of Microsoft ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 13, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release candidate of Microsoft Lync, the next generation of Microsoft’s unified communications software that enables people to ...

Microsoft's Lync communication platform has been waiting for a mobile client for some time. It's been a significant hole in the Redmond giant's offering, especially given the importance of Lync as a ...