Say goodbye to Microsoft Lync, hello to Skype for Business

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Hot products from AWS: reInvent Black Friday deals from Target, Best Buy on iPhones, iPads Network World Daily News PM November 11, 2014 Say goodbye to Microsoft Lync, hello to Skype for Business Microsoft is upgrading its Lync unified communication platform to look and feel more like the familiar consumer version of Skype and changing its name to Skype for Business.By the middle of next year the company will drop the name Lync from its unified communication platform altogether and use the name of the better known consumer platform that Microsoft bought in 2011 for $8.5 billion.+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD Microsoft boosts Skype for iPhone speeds 5X |Microsoft finally rolls out Skype-Outlook.com integration to all users +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Hot products from AWS: reInvent 2. Black Friday deals from Target, Best Buy on iPhones, iPads 3. Obama's net neutrality proclamation won't help solve the problem 4. 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