<p>Not only is Options a truly global company, but today the majority of our customers run truly global operations. Although "HQ" may be in the City of London or New York they have staff located in key centres all around the world. They also need to facilitate working from home, in some cases from the beach, and we even have a few customers who work from "castles" (literally) located high in the Alps!</p><p>In this new distributed working model seamless communication and collaboration is a must - as is security and compliance. Options' deployment of Microsoft Lync, the latest component of the PIPE Platform, brings all that, with a range of hot features ranging from Desktop Sharing, Presence, Federation, Video Conferencing, Online Meetings (inc Whiteboard), Instant Messenger, right down to real-time Document Sharing. All these features are delivered over platform with industry leading security and compliance fully built in.</p><p>Lync is a superb addition to the Options PIPE Platform, providing built-in security, encryption, archiving and call records. The solution sits on the Options servers, giving Options control over clients' sensitive data while allowing those clients to leverage Lync's communication tools. This gives the client the peace of mind they've always had while offering a much improved communication platform.</p><p>The competition</p><p><a href="http://www.automatedtrader.net/blogs/options/143643/options-deploys-unified-communication--collaboration-and--productivity-platform-leveraging-microsoft-lync">Keep reading...</a></p>