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Why is Cloud-based Lync THE perfect tool for team collaboration?

Cloud-based Microsoft Lync provides the easiest and most comprehensive collaboration software in the market. The platform includes all of the communication channels that a typical user needs for every-day communication and is accessible right when you log in to your computer in the morning. You don’t need to launch any programs or remember extra logins, Lync simply works in parallel with whatever else you are working on.

Lync delivers powerful collaboration tools:

• Presence information and Instant Messaging  (in a call, in a meeting, online, offline, away) so that you can reach people real-time.
• Audio, video and web conferencing. Lync makes it easy for users to create, moderate, and join ad hoc collaboration sessions and online meetings with internal and external users.
• Group chat. Participate in ongoing discussions on topics of shared interest with Group Chat. Collaborate more effectively and get things done faster.
• Enterprise voice. Click-to-call all of your team members, customers and partners with directly from your Lync client.
• Simultaneous ringing. Use Lync simultaneous ringing to direct incoming calls to automatically ring on your mobile, home, or other telephone number so that you never miss a call.
• And more….plus the server is cloud-based so that you don’t have to purchase any technology. Simply subscribe for a month-to-month, no commitment plan and see how Lync works for your business.
• Learn more by signing up for a  60-day Free Trial.

Written by Bob Barnes

The NextUC line of products uses Microsoft Lync Server to provide a set of integrated communication tools and assist businesses in streamlining their collaboration processes. This is done by connecting offsite locations with instant messaging, video, online meetings, and document sharing. These improvements help make employees and teams more efficient and productive.

NextUC Lync provides these solutions to companies in a wide variety of industries. Here are some examples of how companies across various fields take advantage of the many different ways to use Microsoft Lync:

Healthcare

Healthcare workers find Microsoft Lync incredibly easy to use and useful in diagnosing diseases and discussing various treatment options. With this technology in place, doctors around the country and across the globe are not limited by time or travel constraints when it comes to collaborating about difficult decisions.

This immediate integration greatly benefits patients, as top physicians and experts can be consulted and information shared with a few clicks of a computer mouse. NextUC makes this communication process simple for healthcare workers and keeps patient information secure.

Consulting

The NextUC’s communication solutions are a natural fit for consulting firms. These companies help their clients become more productive at their jobs, and Microsoft Lync can help consulting firms become more productive in their communication efforts. The technology is designed to be easy to use, thus saving time and resources that would otherwise be spent in coming up with ad hoc solutions. Employees can use Lync as a complete solution without needing to change between programs.

Consumer Products

Microsoft Lync provides the tools that enable manufacturers and marketers of consumer products to reach fast decisions. With Lync, these communication tools are integrated, which means that employees do not have to switch between applications to begin a call or start a meeting. This assists especially in holding impromptu meetings and eliminates much wait time and travel expenses.

All of these improvements translate to lower costs, which means more money can be invested in critical areas like product research and development, and can eventually lead to a less expensive, better designed product for consumers.

Financial Services

For financial services institutions, Microsoft Lync and NextUC provide instantaneous communication and collaboration with clients. Lync can change the way employees share information and can speed services offered to clients.

No matter what the industry, NextUC’s unique solutions can aid in communications simple. To see the difference this technology can make for your business, take advantage of the 90 day NextUC free trial.

Written by Bob Barnes

The growing trend of ‘working-at-home’ creates immense benefits for the employer and the employees. Employers save on real estate cost, infrastructure and telecommunications and on top of that achieve higher employee satisfaction and lower attrition rates. Employees save time and money on commute, work clothes and lunches and ultimately everybody is happier. However, every company needs a solid and flexible communications system to allow virtual workers to work efficiently from home, the road or a coffee shop.

It is no longer enough to have just a laptop and a cell phone, you need the ability to take business phone calls from wherever you are on a single number. You need to be able to get on conference calls right from your laptop or tablet. You also want to see who on your team is available so you can get answers faster and speed up your decision making process. Microsoft Lync provides an interface that delivers all of these benefits – Presence, chat, telephony, conferencing and collaboration tools accessible from anywhere.

If you are a small business and don’t want to purchase and manage the server yourself, the best option is to sign up with a hosted provider and have Lync delivered from the Cloud. That way, you can focus on projects, not on maintaining the technology. NextUC delivers hosted Lync and  will allow you to not only leverage the rich communications features but also make phone calls directly from the Lync client.  It is powered by CallTower, Microsoft Gold Certified client with over a decade of experience managing hosted Microsoft communications.  See how it works here. Right now we are running a limited time free Beta trial so you can check out the benefits of Lync for yourself. It is free so you have nothing to lose.

Written by Bob Barnes