On July 10, 2025, Microsoft Outlook experienced a significant global outage, leaving thousands of users unable to access their email accounts across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. The disruption began on Wednesday evening and extended into Thursday morning, affecting individuals and...
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Few products in the enterprise communication landscape have navigated as turbulent an evolution as Skype for Business Server. With the launch of the Subscription Edition (SE), Microsoft’s latest move, the platform is undergoing a significant licensing transformation that directly reflects the...
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In the interconnected world of multinational corporations, effective communication with regional teams is not just a logistical necessity—it’s a strategic imperative. With a workforce spread across multiple countries, languages, and cultural landscapes, global organizations like Microsoft...
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In a move that signals the brisk acceleration of conversational AI adoption across enterprise landscapes, Twilio has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft, unveiled prominently at the recent Twilio SIGNAL event in San Francisco. This alliance aims to blend Twilio’s robust...
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The software world is often described as fast-moving, but few technologies exemplify both meteoric rise and gradual fading into obsolescence quite like Skype. Once hailed as the trailblazer of internet-based communications, Skype’s upcoming retirement marks not just the closing of a chapter for...
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Skype Retires; Teams Archiving Boosts Compliance Capabilities
In a bold strategic move, Microsoft is streamlining its communication offerings by retiring Skype for consumers on May 5, 2025. At the same time, new integrated archiving solutions are evolving around its modern communication...
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In a recent experiment conducted by the Washington Post, a panel of communication experts, including Harvard instructor and author Carmine Gallo, evaluated five prominent AI writing assistants: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, and Anthropic’s Claude. The objective was to...
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Microsoft Link Removed and the UC platform SDKs, such as Link Removed (UCMA) 3.0 SDK, are changing the way we communicate and collaborate by providing a platform to integrate communications and presence capabilities into existing business solutions. Terry Gold, CEO of Gold Systems, gives an...