Cloud Services

Mitel announced the release of its Mitel AnyWare Cloud Contact Center solution, which allows SMBs to take advantage of predictable operating costs, avoid capital expenditures and off-load management and maintenance of contact center. www.shareholder.com

Mobility

Microsoft announced that its Lync 2013 mobile app is available for Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows Phone devices. www.technet.com

Oracle announced the release of Oracle Communications Converged Application Server 5.1, which offers integrated support for Java, Web services, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standards, enabling communications service providers (CSPs) to rapidly deploy voice, video and data services. www.oracle.com

Security

F-Secure’s free Online Scanner tool has been completely rebuilt, downsized to 5 MB, and cleans up advanced rootkits and advanced malware.www.f-secure.com

Social Networking

Facebook announced “Home,” software that places feeds from the social network on the home page of Google Android devices. www.fb.com

Twitter updated Twitter for Android with new features that reflect a native Android experience, and released new versions of Twitter for iPhone and mobile.twitter.com. www.twitter.com

Miscellaneous

Openwave Messaging announced an agreement with Open-Xchange, which establishes Open-Xchange (OX) App Suite as the primary user interface for Openwave Messaging’s Universal Messaging Suite. www.owmessaging.com

Rackspace announced that is has acquired Exceptional Cloud Services to enhance its toolset for developers deploying and managing applications in the open cloud, with new capabilities such as error tracking and Redis-as-a-Service. www.rackspace.com

Trustwave announced the acquisition of SecureConnect, a privately-held managed security provider with services tailored to franchisee and multi-site organizations. www.trustwave.com

Microsoft announced that Skype users spend more than 2 billion minutes per day connecting with each other. www.skype.com