Internet calling company Skype said Sunday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GroupMe, a startup that …
Tesco rings up eight year Microsoft contract
Tesco has signed an eight year contract with Microsoft, covering desktop and data centre software to support its offices, stores …
Microsoft pays customer $250,000 to use Office 365
The University of Nebraska is dumping Lotus Notes for Microsoft’s Office 365, and getting $250,000 from Microsoft to help make …
BPOS users must wait for Office365 :Microsoft
Office 365 is now officially out, but customers of the suite’s previous version, called BPOS, will have to wait at …
Microsoft Office 365 goes live
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched the much-awaited Office 365 yesterday, after a beta program of about nine months, as the …
Eight Skype executives depart post Microsoft buy out
Eight Skype executives have departed the company following Microsoft’s $8.5 billion buyout in May, a Skype spokeswoman confirmed on Monday. …
Microsoft’s Skype buy could boost unified communications
Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype could profoundly influence a set of collaboration and conferencing technologies called Unified Communications (UC) that …
Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion
Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The companies’ CEOs, Steve Ballmer and Tony …
Microsoft to buy Skype
Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The companies’ CEOs, Steve Ballmer and Tony …
Microsoft changes licence rates
Microsoft is boosting the price of a licence that provides client access to Windows Server, SharePoint, Exchange and Systems Center, but …
Wi-Fi goes underground
London underground has announced plans to extend Wi-Fi access at tube stations after a successful trial at Charing Cross. Tube …
Polycom gets instant Microsoft integration with Accordent buy
Polycom said it bought video management firm Accordent Technologies for $50 million in cash, giving the videoconferencing vendor a leg …
SecureVAD to recruit partners
SecureVAD, the exclusive distributor for STEALTHbits across EMEA and Asia-PAC is planning to set up shop in the UAE. The …
State of the union
While many businesses tightened their IT budgets during the recent recession, a growing number of organisations are deploying unified communications …
BMC buys GridApp for cloud database automation
BMC Software has purchased GridApp Systems, maker of software tools for database provisioning, patching and management in physical and cloud …
Microsoft rolls out OCS replacement
Lync, which is set to replace Microsoft's Office Communications Server (OCS) integrates instant messaging, presence, audio, video, webconferencing and voice …
Brocade aims high
At its annual Brocade Technology Day held in New York, the company took the wraps off Brocade One – its …
Microsoft cuts time Bing stores some user data to six months
Microsoft announced plans to cut the length of time it stores IP addresses of Web searchers using its Bing search …
Microsoft cuts time Bing stores some user data to six months
Microsoft announced plans to cut the length of time it stores IP addresses of Web searchers using its Bing search …
On an upswing
Despite the unsteady state of the global financial markets, the worldwide telecommunications industry is expected to continue expanding over the …