![]() ![]() Microsoft's Skype team laughs at Cisco's arguments. It's even argued that the government should step in and make Microsoft change Skype to interoperate with Cisco's hardware and software. It's upset that Skype's technology doesn't work well with Cisco's. And Cisco has been waging war against Skype since Microsoft acquired it in 2011.Ĭisco sells room-sized videoconferencing systems and other expensive gear. Having Bates in charge of Lync will not make Cisco happy.īates worked at Cisco before joining Skype. It puts Microsoft "in a unique position" in having video chat products for both enterprises and consumers and making the two work together. It's a "significant change," Skype marketing executive Giovanni Mezgec told Business Insider. Having the unit report to Bates is interesting for a few reasons. 90 companies on the Fortune 100 are Lync customers, too. Today, as part of the Lync Conference in San Diego, Bates released a few stats to back up those claims: 5 million employees at enterprise companies are using Lync, up from 3 million 14 months ago. Microsoft has been saying for a long time that Lync is one of the most popular, fastest-growing products in the Office family. Or they can buy a cloud version, Lync Online, also part of Microsoft's cloud version of Office. But it's geared toward business use, with management features and controls that IT departments need.Ĭompanies can buy Lync as part of the Microsoft Office Suite and run it as a service on their networks. Lync is similar to Skype in that it offers instant messaging, video conferencing and phone calls over the Internet. For instance, Microsoft's Derek Burney, corporate vice president of Microsoft Lync Engineering, will now report to Bates, a Microsoft executive told us. ![]() No Microsoft execs are leaving because of the change, we're told, but there will be some shifting. He is now overseeing Microsoft's enterprise Internet phone product, Lync, in addition to running Skype. Tony Bates, the CEO of Skype who sold the company to Microsoft for $8.5 billion, just got broadened responsibilities. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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