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Microsoft has extended its latest unified communication offerings to Mac OS X, in addition to Windows.
Lync Server 2010 was launched in November 2010, and the product comes with a variety of UC components, the latest of which was delivered this week.
Lync for Mac 2011 was released to manufacturing on S... |
9 September 2011
07:08 GMT |
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Microsoft is making it extremely simple for customers embracing its latest unified communication offerings to get the necessary training resources. The Microsoft Lync 2010 Training Download Package is available from the software giant, a sort of an all-in-one collection of content set up to get Lync 2010 adopters up... |
1 August 2011
03:31 GMT |
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IT professionals have been able to at least test drive Lync Server 2010 for months now, with Microsoft making sure that they have comprehensive planning and deployment guidance at their disposal.
At the same time, the Redmond company is making sure that IT pros can also access resources designed to help them unin... |
23 July 2011
04:15 GMT |
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A Lync 2010 extension from Microsoft is designed to enable users speaking different languages to IM seamlessly in their own native tongues, and still understand each other. The Conversation Translator Add-In for Microsoft Lync 2010 is now available for download from the software giant, free of charge. As the offici... |
6 June 2011
07:01 GMT |
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While Microsoft’s unified communications solutions enable customers to give up their PBXs (private branch exchange), hardware is still required. As is the case with additional products, including Windows, the Redmond company has set up an "Optimized for Microsoft Lync" logo program for Lync 2010. In addition,... |
21 March 2011
09:14 GMT |
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Lync 2010 made no exception to Microsoft’s rule of dogfooding products, and now the Redmond company is ready to share the experience with the world. Microsoft traditionally adopts and uses its own software solutions more often than not even while they’re still in development, a process known as dogfoodin... |
27 January 2011
15:11 GMT |
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Microsoft’s latest unified communications solution is capable of handling in excess of 4 million calls without dropping a single one, according to the tests performed by Miercom. Earlier this week, Miercom published the detailed report with the conclusions from the Lync 2010 testing it performed, available for... |
26 January 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Companies looking to embrace the successor of Office Communication Server now have a free resource they can download from Microsoft to help streamline their deployment efforts. The software giant has released a guide designed to help customers with the planning process associated with the deployment of Lync Server 20... |
3 January 2011
07:04 GMT |
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Since video conferencing seems to be the next big thing that is going to hit enterprises everywhere, Logitech decided to take a short leave of absence from the consumer world and concluded it's time for a quick foray into the corporate market, the company just announcing they will deliver a variety of unified co... |
18 November 2010
05:37 GMT |
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The launch of Lync Server 2010 is now just minutes away, but fact is that the RTM bits for the successor of Office Communications Server are already available via the Microsoft Download Center. Customers can grab a trial version of Lync Server 2010 and start testing the capabilities brought to the table by the next ... |
17 November 2010
09:45 GMT |
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At the end of October 2010 Microsoft released to manufacturing the next generation of its Unified Communications platform, swapping the old brand Office Communications Server for the new Lync Server. Lync Server 2010 will hit general availability on November 17th, at a New York event, but customers can already downl... |
12 November 2010
07:24 GMT |
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Microsoft’s next generation unified communications solution has reached an important milestone, namely the end of the development process. And with Microsoft Lync now released to manufacturing, the focus shifts away from the engineering efforts and onto bringing the offering to customers worldwide. The Redmond ... |
28 October 2010
04:58 GMT |
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Microsoft and Polycom have inked a strategic alliance designed to usher in a new range of integrated end-to-end unified communications (UC) for businesses. The new agreements spans across several years and encompasses products tailored to enterprise, small-to-medium business, and government markets. According to the ... |
10 August 2010
07:47 GMT |
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The second half of 2010 will bring with it the next iteration of Office Communications Server. A specific availability deadline was not offered for codename Communications Server “14”, however, Microsoft already provided the first taste of the product. Gurdeep Singh Pall, corporate vice president of Micro... |
25 March 2010
06:21 GMT |
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Orange Business Services announced recently that it was providing key elements of NXP Semiconductors BV’s unified communication strategy. According to the company, its services are meant to enable NXP to improve multinational team collaboration, while also speeding up workflow and benefiting from low cost owne... |
9 March 2010
13:01 GMT |
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On Monday, wireless carrier Sprint announced support of Tango Networks’ Mobile UC solution, Abrazo, meant to bring enhancements to its Mobile Integration solution. According to the carrier, this will also result in offering its business users the possibility to leverage the productivity and cost benefits of wi... |
2 February 2010
12:11 GMT |
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Provided that you know where to look, Microsoft has a range of free resources available for customers designed to make their life easier when it comes down to using its technology. Case in point: the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Workload Architecture Poster, which is currently available via the Microsoft Down... |
25 January 2010
04:56 GMT |
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At the start of July 2009, Microsoft announced that it was kicking off the initial charter of a program addressed at consultants interested in accessing resources that would boost their expertise on the company's unified communications solutions. The Microsoft Unified Communications Consultant Program (UCCP) is ... |
2 July 2009
04:37 GMT |
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A new end-to-end unified communications and collaboration solution is cooking, courtesy of Microsoft and HP. The Redmond company announced that it had inked a partnership with Hewlett-Packard spanning a total of four years and a variety of enterprise communication-related aspects from messaging, to video and even voi... |
19 May 2009
09:15 GMT |
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Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 was launched officially on October 14, 2008, at the VoiceCon tradeshow in Amsterdam. Designed as an update to the Office Communications Server 2007, version R2 only became available for purchase in February 2009. The Redmond company is providing potential customer... |
31 March 2009
05:49 GMT |
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The evolution from on-premise solution to Cloud services affects all aspects of IT infrastructures, including unified communications. A relevant example in this regard is a new hosted unified communications service aimed at small business customers available via a partnership involving Microsoft, LightEdge and BroadS... |
11 February 2009
04:14 GMT |
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One year after Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, the Redmond company is ready to make the next step in the evolution of software-powered unified communications and VoIP. In this context, Microsoft is gearing up for the availability of an update to Office Communicati... |
14 October 2008
08:58 GMT |
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Via a partnership with BroadSoft, Microsoft is fueling Cloud computing initiatives, while at the same time establishing a new foothold for its Software + Services business strategy. The two companies have put together a unified communications offering that involves a marriage between BroadSoft’s BroadWorks busi... |
7 October 2008
11:46 GMT |
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Microsoft and Nortel are expanding the reach of unified communications to customers that are not traditionally in the default target segment. NXTcomm08 was the stage where the two companies announced a new joint offering aimed at the small and midsize business market. Fully hosted carrier solutions reserved exclusive... |
17 June 2008
04:05 GMT |
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Microsoft has kicked its unified communications offerings up a notch through an alliance with Aspect. According to the Redmond company, the multiyear strategic partnership will serve to offer its unified communications solutions to contact centers worldwide. With an emphasis on the need to accelerate both development... |
18 March 2008
13:08 GMT |
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With the unified communications platform business delivering strong growth in the background, Microsoft has revealed that it is expanding the reach of its software-powered videoconferencing to desktops, being what the solutions initially offered. With a strong focus on interoperability, the Redmond company announced ... |
17 March 2008
09:52 GMT |
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IBM has announced that the company is committed to investing $1 billion in its unified communications strategy for a three-year period. The move will allow the Big Blue to continue the battle with Microsoft on a market that is developing rapidly.According to Steve Mills, senior vice president of IBM's software g... |
11 March 2008
05:41 GMT |
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Microsoft unveiled no less than five new products set up as its next line of unified communications software. Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, Office Live Meeting, RoundTable and Service pack update of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 were introduced by Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and... |
17 October 2007
04:50 GMT |
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If you are looking for a cute and funny perspective over Voice over Internet Protocol then look no further than Microsoft. The Redmond company introduced a new website designed to advertise its latest VoIP solutions and also managed to throw a little humor into the mix. The point of the website is to get the message ... |
3 September 2007
10:29 GMT |
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Microsoft made yet another step designed to evolve its current unified communications portfolio with the acquisition of Parlano, a leading enterprise group chat provider. Following the acquisition, the Redmond company will be able to integrate Parlano's MindAlign application into its unified communications lineu... |
30 August 2007
03:48 GMT |
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The VoiceCon San Francisco 2007 Conference was the stage where Microsoft announced that it would license its voice codec software to Intel. But the CPU maker is not the sole company after what Microsoft has to offer in the area of voice communications. In addition to Intel, Texas Instruments, AudioCodes, Dialogic, LG... |
21 August 2007
11:35 GMT |
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Microsoft is massing a comprehensive partner ecosystem designed to support its vision for unified communications. And of course that at the heart of the Redmond Company's drive for unified communications is the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Interop Las Vegas 2007 was the stage where Microsoft unve... |
23 May 2007
14:51 GMT |
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Applied Voice & Speech Technologies has launched a new version of its flagship unified communications solution, CallXpress. The new version enhances AVST's robust unified messaging offering with the ability of defining architecture that best meets an enterprise's storage, access and security needs. CallXpr... |
6 March 2007
08:03 GMT |
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