…Fortunately for businesses, there is. Microsoft Lync is Microsoft’s server platform for unified communications and it an easy-to-use but powerful tool. All told, it is the future of communication for ...

Microsoft has released a nearly completed preview version of its next-generation communications server and associated software, which the company has collectively renamed as Lync. This release ...

Cloud-based Lync won't be immediately available, but could eventually be a viable alternative to in-house software.

Earlier this month, Microsoft unveiled a preview version of Lync Server, which will replace Office Communications Server 2007, and said the finished product will be ready before the end of 2010.

Microsoft has begun integrating Lync, its enterprise-focused communications service, with Skype according to multiple user reports that we’re seeing.

Microsoft’s Lync instant messaging service, part of the Microsoft Office 365 package, suffered an outage Monday morning and was still inaccessible for some users as of noon Pacific time.

Lync is Microsoft’s rebranded and revamped Office Communications Server, its instant messaging, audio- and videoconferencing product. Lync is an intriguing addition to the suite.

Microsoft is previewing integration between its Lync enterprise IM and conferencing server and its Skype consumer counterpart.

RapidScale will own Vonage's infrastructure as a service, hosted Exchange, virtual desktop, hosted Lync, hosted firewall, Microsoft Skype for Business, and its IT services units, according to ...