Tagged: Lync & News
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Rise of the mobile worker means Microsoft decides to raise its licensing fees News
27.11.2012 Software giant Microsoft is to raise its licensing fees by up to 15pc in response to the proliferation of mobile devices in enterprises and the enduring bring your own device... -
Department of Environment deploys webcams and HD video to 900 staff News
04.09.2012 Ireland’s Department of Environment, Community and Local Government is to deploy video conferencing technology from Polycom in a move that will see 900 staff kitted out with... -
The new Microsoft Office customer preview is now available (video) News
17.07.2012 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has unveiled the customer preview of the new Microsoft Office, which will come as a cloud service that makes the most of the upcoming Windows 8...Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Lync, Skype, Business Software, Software, Office 365, Cloud, Yammer, Social Media -
Is Microsoft planning to reveal Office 2013 any day now? News
13.07.2012 Microsoft is reportedly planning to preview its next major productivity suite Office 2013 (or Office 15 if you like) on 16 July, suggesting a full launch early next year. -
BT in stg£20m Northern Ireland healthcare transformation deal News
21.05.2012 BT has won a stg£20m contract to be the sole supplier of voice and data communications to Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in a five-year contract to transform healthcare... -
The five minute CIO: Rory Donnelly News
17.02.2012 Welcome to a new series of exclusive interviews on Siliconrepublic.com, where we learn the thoughts of Ireland's IT leaders on tech trends and strategy. This week we talk to... -
Microsoft to begin technical preview of Office 15 News
31.01.2012 Software giant Microsoft says it will shortly begin the technical preview programme for its forthcoming Office 15, which Microsoft Office head of development PJ Hough describes... -
Can firms get a good return on investment from flexible working? News
26.01.2012 There are few firms today that aren’t treading water and, you can imagine, suggesting to hard-pressed managers that flexible working might be the answer to their problems may be... -
Microsoft Q4 revenues reach US$20bn – Servers up, Windows down News
20.01.2012 Microsoft delivered what it describes as a solid fourth quarter with revenues up 5pc to US$20bn. Servers & Tools showed strong 11pc growth but its Windows and Windows Live...Tags: Microsoft, Unified Comms, Lync, Server, Office 10, SharePoint, Xbox 360, Kinect, Windows Phone, Ultrabooks -
Will operators be happy about Skype coming to Windows Phone? News
16.01.2012 So Skype is coming to Windows Phone. That’s the buzz at the moment, but wasn’t that inevitable? I mean seriously, it’s already available on iPhones, iPads, Android and Symbian... -
Microsoft reports record Q1 results News
21.10.2011 Microsoft's first-quarter revenue has increased 7pc to US$17.37bn from the same period last year, the company has reported. -
Endless possibilities: Cloud computing can transform business News
14.10.2011 How can cloud computing make life easier for businesses? LAURA O'BRIEN looks at ways it could transform our work culture.Categories: Virtualisation, Unified Communications, Security, Mobility, IT Management, Internet, Communications, CIO, Business Software -
Microsoft Ireland's Jeremy Showalter on the Lync unified communications platform News
30.06.2011 Jeremy Showalter, Productivity Lead at Microsoft Ireland, spoke to Licensed Wireless News about the road map for Microsoft's unified communications platform, Lync, and how the... -
Microsoft confirms Skype acquisition News
10.05.2011 Microsoft has confirmed it will acquire Skype for US$8.5bn in cash, stretching Skype’s support to services such as Xbox, Kinect, Windows Phone, Outlook and Lync.Tags: Skype, Microsoft, deals, Steve Ballmer, Acquisitions, Kinect, Outlook, Xbox, Windows Phone, Lync, -
Microsoft releases Office 365 for public beta, plus apps store News
18.04.2011 Microsoft’s next-generation cloud productivity service, Office 365, has been released for public Beta, including web versions of Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Exchange and its... -
Mobile Business - The biggest thing to happen to work since email News
26.03.2011 Unified communications – the set of technologies that will make the phone on your desk look like a dinosaur – will unite voice with data and make the workplace universal.Tags: Collaboration, instant messaging, Email, Videoconferencing, Video, Damovo, SMEs, Lync, Microsoft, Mobile Business -
The Irishman shaping the future of work News
06.01.2011 Few people realise it is Irishman PJ Hough at the helm of the global $20bn Microsoft Office business. -
Microsoft launches Lync – unified comms goes to the cloud News
17.11.2010 Microsoft has announced the general availability of its next generation of unified communications Microsoft Lync, which brings a unified IM, presence, audio and video...