News-By-Mail January 17h, 2014 ~ January 23th, 2014

By • Jan 23rd, 2014 • Category: News-By-Mail

Cloud

Parallels announced support for the Microsoft Windows Azure Pack through the APS (Application Packaging Standard) for Parallels Automation. www.parallels.com

Social

Facebook announced Trending, a new product that’s designed to surface interesting and relevant conversations in order to help you discover the best content from all across Facebook. www.facebook.com

Unified Communications

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST), announced that the newest version of its CX-E 8.5 UC platform features a new SIP integration with Cisco Unified Communications Manager. www.avst.com

Skype released version 6.13 of Skype for Windows desktop which addresses high computer processor usage is when Skype for Windows desktop is running with Chrome as the default browser. www.skype.com

Interactive Intelligence Group Inc.’s all-in-one IP communications software suite, Customer Interaction Center™ (CIC) version 4.0, has achieved Lync 2013 Qualification in the contact center category, which demonstrates interoperability with Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2013. www.inin.com

Miscellaneous

VMware and AirWatch have signed a definitive agreement under which VMware will acquire AirWatch, a leading provider of enterprise mobile management and security solutions, for approximately $1.175B in cash and approximately $365M of installment payments and assumed unvested equity. www.vmware.com

Lenovo and IBM have entered into a definitive agreement in which Lenovo plans to acquire IBM’s x86 server business. www.ibm.com

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