With Microsoft working hard to fold the venerable MSN Messenger network and client into Skype, Microsoft is left with two messaging products: Skype and Lync. The future of these apps is integration ...

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 ...

One of the main news stories from last week's Lync Conference in Las Vegas was that the next release of Lync would support not just Skype audio and IM, but also video. The intention is to provide ...

Microsoft has rolled out the first phase of integrating Lync and Skype. Merging the two together makes both services better, but an even better solution would be to eliminate one of them altogether.

Microsoft is rebranding its Lync unified communication products as "Skype for Business." The company announced the name change, as well as some target dates for the next versions of the offering on ...

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 ...

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Ever since Microsoft bought Skype in 2011, one of the biggest questions has been how the company would integrate the voice and video messaging service with its other voice and video messaging software ...

Following the roll out of Microsoft's Skype Translator earlier this month, it was announced this week that Lync, Microsoft's instant messaging and video conferencing software for Office (previously ...

Microsoft Lync, which is available in a trial download to anyone and will be available to business customers on Dec. 1 in 38 languages and 150 countries, weaves together enterprise VoIP, instant ...

Your goal may be to standardize on a single vendor, but it may not be practical to do so in the near term. Overview There has been much debate about which vendor products offer the best collaborative ...