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 ...

Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2, which was released in early 2009, does a credible job of providing presence awareness, instant messaging, conferencing and voice capabilities.

Lync makes communication easier and could be a money saver, but it has the potential to be a worker distraction and eat up network bandwidth Lync, the next generation of Microsoft’s Office ...

Since Wipro has a presence across multiple geographies, the company was keen to adopt a more optimal and seamless solution to enable better collaboration among users. In fewer than three months, Lync ...

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 ...

Need to meet with someone across the country, or even the world? Save yourself the money and hassle of traveling. UB offers students, faculty and staff convenient virtual conferencing through ...

As Microsoft launched its Lync unified communications product last week, CIO.com’s Shane O’Neill investigated how one company is using it to improve customer communications. During a discussion panel ...

Microsoft has launched Lync Server 2010, the latest release of Office Communications Server. A 180-day trial is available to everyone while businesses will be able to purchase the product starting on ...

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 ...

More contextual information is available, but there are some new twists as well. As you move from using Lync just for instant messaging and presence to using Lync as a complete telephony replacement, ...