Today we started with a presentation on VSIP program,
Chris Lovett presented "Whidbey XML editor and language service framework",
the XML editor and XSL debugger (isn't Whidbey just great) are shipped as standard
and Chris showed how this was done.One of the most interesting parts showed how Visual Studio …
Read MoreI am over at Microsoft in Redmond attending a Compiler Dev lab.
Compiler developers for all sorts of interesting compilers are here producing Cobol, RPG, Eifel, Delphi and others.The event is run under NDA, so there is unfortunately a large number of ommisions.
John Gough provided an overview of producing your first …
Read MoreOn the 26th of January we ran our ever popular Technical Update Seminar. This seminar was supported by Microsoft as part of their Partner Program. The areas discussed were Microsoft products that were released in 2004 and what is going to be seen in the coming year and more distant future.
The associated white paper …
Read MoreBlack Marble is developing a trial framework for the next generation of Pervasive Mobile games, with the University of Bradford and Microsoft UK. We will be blogging more about this in the new year.
Robert
Read MoreRichard presented a guide for IT managers and developers on current development methodologies including eXtreem programming, MSF and Scrum and pressed the point of why they are necessary even in a relatively small project.
I presented a guide for IT managers who don't necessarily have a development background on …
Read More- Richard presented a comprehensive guide to network and server based security, I covered a detailed view on software security and Nick provided a series of impressive demonstrations on how it can affect web sites. The segment that hit home for most of the attendees was on Social Engineering and how despite the system …
Read More Another successful event, though many of our attendees thought EPM was a step to take in the future, rather than now. The interest in Sharepoint was resounding.
Linda
Read MoreThe 40th Anniversary James Bond Exhibition is now in Arizona, with new terminals and updated software.
Linda
Read MoreWhat can I add? Our response scores for the .NET Curriculum Workshop came in. An excellent response.
Robert
Read MoreThought I'd let someone else comment ...
Today, Microsoft recognizes Black Marble as a new Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise in providing customer satisfaction with Microsoft products and technology. - Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at …
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