It’s that time of year again … Santa has been kidnapped and the only team that can save him is the Black Marble Brigade! And what great tools do the team have at their disposal this year?! Why Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft Surface! There is no limit to what use these can be put to to save Santa and Christmas in 2010. …

This is a great time of year for events – as well as our own (see previous post: A Series of Fortunate Events), there are the following great community events to look forward to: First up is SQL Bits in York – taking place from 30th September to 2nd October at York University – a three day event, with a community focus …

We are delighted at Black Marble to announce a great series of events to brighten your days through the darkness of Autumn and Winter. Kicking off in September with the first of four Visual Studio events exploring the different products available – from Express to Ultimate – to help you determine which is best for you …

During our current season of events we’ve just started to give away some great Black Marble – Microsoft freebies … you might be able to guess from the pictures what they are! Thanks to all who contributed to producing a great product, our team at Black Marble and the great people at Mountain Goat Software who produce …

Black Marble returns to Dublin for Epicenter 2010: the second annual Irish Software Show. This is a great conference on your doorstep, and this year we have … Robert Hogg speaking on SQL Modelling Services (8 June) Steve Spencer on Visual Studio 2010 (8 June) Iain Angus on Application Lifecycle Management (8 June) …

Recently, Black Marble took part in a Video Case Study for Microsoft, extolling the virtues of how we use SharePoint and the Microsoft platform for working with our customers. It was an interesting experience – we usually prefer to let the technology do the talking – but the company (CredComms) putting it together were …

Following our popular Architect Insight Forum in the North, Black Marble is delighted to bring you Microsoft TechDays in the North Microsoft are celebrating a number of product launches and innovations during TechDays: a week of technology and social events. Black Marble is joining in with a Northern event exploring …

Black Marble is delighted to support the Microsoft campaign for Sport Relief – GiveWithBing.com. For every 10 searches made, Bing.com will donate 5p to Sport Relief 2010 raising money just by searching with Bing until the end of March. If you have any questions: Read the FAQ

Our Annual Tech Update went well – a good turnout, asking intelligent questions over a great lunch and soaking up our view of the Microsoft Roadmap for 2009, 2010 and beyond. Feedback was positive as ever, with comments that it exceeded expectations which were already high! Rik Hepworth has blogged on the key Microsoft …

REGISTER ONLINE Following the success of our Visual Studio 2010/ALM with TFS events in Yorkshire and London, we are now taking it to Microsoft in Edinburgh. MVP for Team Foundation Server Richard Fennell and Microsoft’s Giles Davies return with an exploration of developer tools and application lifecycle management. …