When Marquette University started construction on three campus buildings a year and a half ago, the IT department saw it as a good time to deploy VoIP (Voice over IP) from the ground up. [ See also: ...

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 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 ...

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 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 -- ...

The instant messaging client for Lync Server, which was a unified enterprise communications system from Microsoft. Lync included messaging (IM), voice over IP (VoIP) and Web conferencing. Previously ...

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'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 ...

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 ...

New ReliaTel Service Success Pack Provides a Cost Efficient, Turnkey Solution to Help Managed Service Providers Accelerate Growth of Their MS Lync Service Business. ReliaTel Performance Dashboards ...

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 ...