The Horizon

Update improves communications

IUS Horizon October 30, 2011
The Unified Communications software was recently updated on faculty and staff computers. The system has been renamed Microsoft Lync, but the power to connect remains the same. Tom Sawyer, chief information officer, said the services offered are invaluable. Sawyer travels to the various IU regional campuses throughout the week, and he said the teleconferencing and instant messaging allows for him to be in two places at once. "With Lync, I can use any of the sevices from anywhere, even a hotel room if I have Internet access,“ Sawyer said.
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