Lync: A Ubiquitous Communication Tool for Education

Presenters:
Denis Condon - Microsoft

Description:
Microsoft® Lync™ ushers in a new connected user experience transforming every communication into an interaction that is more collaborative, engaging, and accessible from anywhere. For IT, the benefits are equally powerful, with a highly secure and reliable system that works with existing tools and systems for easier management, lower cost of ownership, smoother deployment and migration, and greater choice and flexibility. Joins us to see how Lync has enabled education customers in Ireland and Worldwide to provide distance learning and education applications to staff, researchers and learners. We will demonstrate this by use of real world scenarios and instances with a focus on homegrown Irish based environments. Also as part of this engagement we will discuss the roadmap of the technology and how it will extend in a ubiquitous nature across platforms and ecosystems. This discussion will demonstrate the new Lync products for iPad and a discussion around Skype, subject to EU approval. We will also address how savings can be accrued by education entities by using Lync as a total end to end telephony solution.