GEC NEWS WIRETeams are already beta trained and ready to deliver Skype for Business as soon as it’s launched
Dimension Data has been appointed one of a few Microsoft Skype for Business Global Elite Launch Partners. This follows today’s announcement by Microsoft that the next version of its communications and collaboration tool, Microsoft Lync – now called Skype for Business – will be ready for sale in the first half of 2015.
“As a Microsoft strategic partner for over a decade, we’re very excited about Skype for Business.
Over 300 million people use Skype for messaging, calling and sharing. With Skype for Business, Microsoft is bringing together the familiar user experience of Skype with the security, compliance and control of Lync,” said Peter Menadue, Dimension Data’s Group GM for Microsoft Solutions.
Menadue added “Our teams are excited because it adds to our vision around workspaces for tomorrow. It also enables our clients to adopt unified communications into their business applications, and leverage the cost and efficiency benefits that go hand in hand with the Skype for Business platform”. He pointed out that Dimension Data has a strong track record for deploying high volumes of Lync on a global scale. “Our teams are already beta trained and ready to deliver Skype for Business to our clients when the product becomes available in the first half of 2015.”
