BIS Tech Talk

1. By: Andrew Josephs

2. What is it?
- Unified Communications Platform
- Clients can run on Windows operating
systems, Android phones and tablets and
Apple iOS devices.

3. Merger with Microsoft
Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 Billion
Why?
- Telephony infrastructure
Consumer Skype vs
Business Skype

4. For Business
- Instant Messaging means instant answer
- Easily share files, and even your desktop,
voice and video
- Skype for Business avoids creating another
privacy or intrusion risk

5. Citations
http://fortune.com/2017/03/27/microsoft-skype-business-2/?iid=sr-link4
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3199087/collaboration/almost-
there-skype-for-business-inches-forward.html
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Video-What-is-Skype-for-Business-
3a21eca4-434d-41f1-ab06-3d4a268573b7#ID0EAABAAA=Overview