Cumulative update package (CU3) released for Lync 2010

The latest batch of Lync cumulative updates 3 are listed below:

Server-side updates

Lync 2010 Server – KB2571546 – download

Lync 2010 Core Components – KB2571545 – download

Client-side updates

Lync 2010 (Communicator) – KB25715423 – download (x86 / x64)

Lync 2010 Group Chat Client – KB2500446 – download

Lync 2010 Phone Edition (Polycom CX500, CX600 & CX3000) – KB2529977 – download

Lync 2010 Phone Edition (Aastra 6721ip & 6725ip) – KB2529978 – download

Lync 2010 Phone Edition (Polycom CX700 & LG Nortel 8540) – KB2577593 – download


FULL MICROSOFT LYNC: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2493736

MIKE STACY DESCRIPTION : http://mikestacy.typepad.com/mike-stacys-blog/2011/07/lync-serverclient-cummulative-update-3-lync.html

Updates that are released for Lync Server 2010

o Update for Administrative Tools

2467771 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2467771

Description of the update package for Lync Server 2010, Administrative Tools: January 2011


o Update for Core Components

2571545 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2571545

Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Core Components: July 2011

o Update for Conferencing Attendant

2575872 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2575872

Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Conferencing Attendant: July 2011

o Update for Conferencing Server

2575870 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2575870

Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Conferencing Server: July 2011
o Update for Web Components Server

2571547 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2571547

Description of the update package for Lync Server 2010, Web Components Server: July 2011
o Update for Standard/Enterprise edition Server

2571546 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2571546

Description of the update for Lync Server 2010: July 2011
o Update for Web Conferencing Server


2575871 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2575871

Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Web Conferencing Server: July 2011

o Update for Mediation Server


2502810 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2502810

Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Mediation Server: April 2011

o Update for Unified Communications Managed API 3.0 Runtime


2571505 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2571505

Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Unified Communications Managed API 3.0 Runtime: July 2011


FULL STORY :

http://imaucblog.com/archive/2011/07/25/cumulative-update-package-cu3-released-for-lync-2010-july-2011/

Audiocodes : Lync 2010 been very good to me.

Audiocodes reports higher revenue and profit

The company met the analysts' revenue consensus, and beat their earnings per share consensus.

Hermosa Beach Pic of the day

27 July 11 14:03, Globes' correspondent

VoIP and networking solutions developer AudioCodes Ltd. (Nasdaq: AUDC; TASE: AUDC) today reported higher revenue and profits for the second quarter of 2011. The company met the analysts' revenue consensus, and beat their earnings per share consensus.
AudioCodes's revenue rose to $41.5 million for the second quarter from $36.5 million for the corresponding quarter of 2010.

GAAP-based net profit nearly doubled to $4 million ($0.09 per share) for the second quarter from $2.1 million the corresponding quarter, and non-GAAP net profit rose to $4.9 million ($0.12 per share) from $2.8 million. The analysts' consensus was $0.10 per share.

AudioCodes had $56.5 million in cash and cash equivalents at the end of June, less than at the end of March, and $2 million more than a year earlier.

AudioCodes chairman, president and CEO Shabtai Adlersberg said, "AudioCodes' improved financial performance continued a trend that reflects the strength of our enterprise and carrier VoIP business… driven primarily by the rising demand in the access, broadband, contact....

Full Story...


http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000668035&fid=1725

Microsft releases its Lync 2010 VHD - Full config Demo

Microsoft released as a pre-configured set of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 VHD's, v1.0


Download from here

[EAT CROW-UC] THE GODS THEY BE CRAZY. MS$ TO ACQUIRE SKYPE FOR $8bn

"...this is really smart UCC play for microsoft. Remember SKYPE + LYNC + CLOUD+ NOKIA+WIN MOBILE 7 = Instant ecosystem and instant million+ user base! Now the hard part begins...execution..." - K. Preddie

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According to the Wall Street Journal and AllThingsD, Microsoft will announce its acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion later this morning morning at 8 am ET.

This will be the biggest acquisition Microsoft has ever made.

It's also one of the craziest -- Microsoft already has products that offer the same functionality, and apart from Skype's brand and some slightly different peer-to-peer technology, Microsoft would be getting almost nothing new out of the deal.

Well, it would be acquiring some customers -- at about $1,000 a pop.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-15-biggest-acquisitions-so-far-2011-5#ixzz1LvgT0Gu0

TUTORIAL ON LYNC 2010 Part 1 - Design a Site and Create a Topology

Courtesy NEXTHOP

This video helps get you started using the Lync Server Planning Tool to design sites and create your topology.

Check it out. Lync Server Planning Tool: Part 1 - Design a Site and Create a Topology.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/05/04/lync-server-planning-tool-part-1-design-a-site-and-create-a-topology.aspx