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Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 at 09:30 - This seminar is hosted by Microsoft

Microsoft UK invites you to join us at the Microsoft Offices in Victoria for an overview of the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This session is suitable for everyone and will provide a full overview of the latest development toolset and demonstrate how developers, testers, team leaders, project managers and architects can work together to deliver successful projects. If you are already familiar with previous versions we will also highlight the new capabilities of the 2010 release, and the UK technical specialists will be on hand to answer your queries.

15 places are available for this seminar and is free to attend.

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Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 at 09:30 - This seminar is hosted by Microsoft

Microsoft UK invites you to join us at the Microsoft Offices in Victoria for an overview of the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This session is suitable for everyone and will provide a full overview of the latest development toolset and demonstrate how developers, testers, team leaders, project managers and architects can work together to deliver successful projects. If you are already familiar with previous versions we will also highlight the new capabilities of the 2010 release, and the UK technical specialists will be on hand to answer your queries.

15 places are available for this seminar and is free to attend.

More info...

Microsoft TechDays - Virtualising Servers with Hyper V - Leeds

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Leeds

The aim of this camp is to provide a practical introduction to Hyper-V, for people new to server virtualisation or those experienced in other server virtualisation technologies.

Park Plaza, Plaza 3-6 Room, Boar Lane City Square, Leeds, LS1 5NS, United Kingdom.

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An overview of the Visual Studio 2010 testing tools

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 at 12:00 - This Live Meeting is hosted by Microsoft

Visual Studio 2010 introduces a range of new testing tools covering test case management, manual testing, automated functional testing and virtual test environment support. Together with an update to the load and performance testing tools Visual Studio now provides a full range of testing tools to support testers and help developers and testers collaborate more effectively. This session will be delivered jointly by Microsoft and Testhouse, a Microsoft Gold Partner specialising in testing, and will provide an overview of the testing tools now available.

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QCon London – International Software Development Conference 2012

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 at 09:00 - This event is host at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London

QCon London is the sixth annual London enterprise software development conference designed for developers, team leads, architects and project management.

There is no other event in the UK with similar opportunities for learning, networking and tracking innovation occurring in the Java, .NET, Html5, Mobile, Agile and Architecture communities.

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RAD Studio XE2 in Action Live

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 at 09:09 - This event is hosted by Embarcadero in London

Lead Delphi Evangelist  David I and Stephen Ball will be in London on 5 March 2012 and will put Delphi XE2 and FireMonkey through its' paces at this exclusive interactive developer session.

In these interactive demo-led technical sessions you will be able to leverage more of the FireMonkey features, develop multi-platform application (windows, Mac and iOS) and real world examples of FireMonkey and more.

This is a workshop you can’t afford to miss, spaces are limited so register your place today.

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RAD Studio XE2 in Action Live

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 at 09:00 - This event is hosted by Embarcadero in Dublin

Lead Delphi Evangelist  David I and Stephen Ball will be in London on 5 March 2012 and will put Delphi XE2 and FireMonkey through its' paces at this exclusive interactive developer session.

In these interactive demo-led technical sessions you will be able to leverage more of the FireMonkey features, develop multi-platform application (windows, Mac and iOS) and real world examples of FireMonkey and more.

This is a workshop you can’t afford to miss, spaces are limited so register your place today.

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Content Management with Avviso and SharePoint 2010 (Online)

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

An introduction to Avviso - a cutting edge Microsoft SharePoint communications solution, designed to help internal communications professionals create more impact and engage with their audience across the enterprise.

Black Marble holds the Gold Competency in Portals and Collaboration, as well as Silver in Search, Content Management and Digital Marketing.

Black Marble is authorised to deliver SharePoint Deployment Planning Days (SDPS)
This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

More info...

Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 at 09:30 - This seminar is hosted by Microsoft

Microsoft UK invites you to join us at the Microsoft Offices in Victoria for an overview of the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This session is suitable for everyone and will provide a full overview of the latest development toolset and demonstrate how developers, testers, team leaders, project managers and architects can work together to deliver successful projects. If you are already familiar with previous versions we will also highlight the new capabilities of the 2010 release, and the UK technical specialists will be on hand to answer your queries.

15 places are available for this seminar and is free to attend.

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Mindjet Connect SharePoint Breakfast Briefing, London

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 at 08:30 - mindjet@greymatter.com

Mindjet will show you how you can drive productivity in your organisation through:

• Enhanced Navigation
• Improved insight into the knowledge base
• SharePoint Dashboards

Mindjet will also provide a unique offering of all of the above including a highly discounted Connect SP starter package, which includes 5 free MindManager 2012 licences.

One Aldwych, London, 15th March - Register Now

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Microsoft TechDays - Virtualising Servers with Hyper V - Birmingham

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Birmingham

The aim of this camp is to provide a practical introduction to Hyper-V, for people new to server virtualisation or those experienced in other server virtualisation technologies.

Maple House, 150 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6TB.

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Mindjet Connect SharePoint Breakfast Briefing, Manchester

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 at 08:30 - mindjet@greymatter.com

Mindjet will show you how you can drive productivity in your organisation through:

• Enhanced Navigation
• Improved insight into the knowledge base
• SharePoint Dashboards

Mindjet will also provide a unique offering of all of the above including a highly discounted Connect SP starter package, which includes 5 free MindManager 2012 licences.

The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, 14th March - Register Now

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RAD Studio XE2 in Action Live

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 at 09:00 - This event is hosted by Embarcadero in Leeds

Lead Delphi Evangelist  David I and Stephen Ball will be in London on 5 March 2012 and will put Delphi XE2 and FireMonkey through its' paces at this exclusive interactive developer session.

In these interactive demo-led technical sessions you will be able to leverage more of the FireMonkey features, develop multi-platform application (windows, Mac and iOS) and real world examples of FireMonkey and more.

This is a workshop you can’t afford to miss, spaces are limited so register your place today.

More info...

Microsoft TechDays - Building a Private Cloud - Birmingham

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Birmingham

Welcome to the IT Pro Camp series. Unlike traditional Microsoft Tech.Days events these camps are designed to be interactive to help you learn in a more hands on and collaborative way with Microsoft experts and fellow IT Professionals.

Maple House, 150 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6TB

More info...

Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 at 09:30 - This seminar is hosted by Microsoft

Microsoft UK invites you to join us at the Microsoft Offices in Victoria for an overview of the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This session is suitable for everyone and will provide a full overview of the latest development toolset and demonstrate how developers, testers, team leaders, project managers and architects can work together to deliver successful projects. If you are already familiar with previous versions we will also highlight the new capabilities of the 2010 release, and the UK technical specialists will be on hand to answer your queries.

15 places are available for this seminar and is free to attend.

More info...

Visual Studio Team Foundation for Everyone (Online)

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer Everywhere (VS TEE), unites your development teams - even if your developers work on non-Microsoft platforms, they can use TFS as their Application Lifecycle (ALM) solution, providing a hetergeneous development environment that means work can be tracked across the whole ALM process. This session will outline what Visual Studio TEE is, and how it can be used.

Black Marble is authorised to deliver Developer Tools Deployment Planning Days (DT DPS) as part of your Software Assurance Benefits.

This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

More info...

Microsoft TechDays - Building a Private Cloud - London

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in London

Welcome to the IT Pro Camp series. Unlike traditional Microsoft Tech.Days events these camps are designed to be interactive to help you learn in a more hands on and collaborative way with Microsoft experts and fellow IT Professionals.

200 Aldersgate, St Paul's, London, EC1A 4HD

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Dev Week 2012

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 at 09:00 - DevWeek 2012 is taking place at the Barbican Conference Centre London

Meet Grey Matter and Embarcadero at DevWeek 2012

We are pleased to announce that Grey Matter and Embarcadero technologies will be hosting a stand at DevWeek 2012 and will be demonstrating how Visual Studio developers can deploy their applications to multiple platforms. The event will be taking place during 26th to 30th of March 2012 and has become the UK’s biggest conference for Developers, DBA’s and IT Architects and includes sessions around programming in C#, C++, .NET as well as mobile and cloud development.

Find out more by visiting www.devweek.com

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An Introduction to SQL 2012 (Online)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

Want to know what to expect? What became of Denali? This session will provide a brief overview of the new features in SQL 2012.

This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

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Microsoft TechDays - Consumerisation of IT - Newcastle

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Newcastle

Welcome to the IT Pro Camp series. Unlike traditional Microsoft Tech.Days events these camps are designed to be interactive to help you learn in a more hands on and collaborative way with Microsoft experts and fellow IT Professionals.

Novotel Newcastle Airport, Ponteland Road, Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3HZ

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Architecture Forum - London

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 at 09:30 - This event is hosted by Black Marble and Microsoft at Cardinal Place London

Black Marble, and Microsoft, are bringing the Architecture Forum to London.
Running for four years in Yorkshire, this March sees the successful Architecture Forum come south. Black Marble and Microsoft invite you to join us for an unique opportunity to learn about the latest technologies and best practices from luminaries in the field of computing.

This year we have an exciting range of speakers covering how you can meet the challenging business environment, while still equipping Architects with the knowledge and tools needed to succeed.

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Introduction to Azure (Online)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

earing a lot about the Cloud, and in particular Windows Azure, but sure what it is, or how it is relevant for your business? Join us in this session for an introduction to Windows Azure, and how your business could benefit from a move to the Cloud.

Black Marble is certified to deliver Planning Services Days around Azure (AZDPS), and is a member of the Azure Circle.

This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

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An Introduction to SQL 2012

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 at 09:30 - This event is hosted by Black Marble at the Holiday Inn Leeds/Bradford (Tong)

Following the launch of SQL 2012, this session will provide an overview of the new features.
It is promising greater uptime, fast performance and enhanced security features for mission critical workloads, as well as managed self-service data exploration and interactive data visualisations as well as enabling the creation and extension of solutions across on-premises and public cloud.

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Aligning your Business with the Cloud

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 at 13:30 - This event is hosted by Black Marble at the Holiday Inn Leeds/Bradford (Tong)

This session will be exploring the business value of cloud computing with Microsoft Windows Azure. We will address when it is appropriate to use the cloud, what are the implications, while discussing how applications can be implemented that are adaptable to the scaled-out, distributed and virtualised environment of the cloud.

In addition, we will demonstrate how one business has successfully adopted the Cloud for their business - it will explore the reasoning behind why they chose to move their solution to the Cloud and the technical decisions made along the way.

Black Marble is certified to deliver Planning Services Days around Azure (AZDPS), and is a member of the Azure Circle.

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Microsoft TechDays - Building a Private Cloud - Edinburgh

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Edinburgh

Welcome to the IT Pro Camp series. Unlike traditional Microsoft Tech.Days events these camps are designed to be interactive to help you learn in a more hands on and collaborative way with Microsoft experts and fellow IT Professionals.

Apex Waterloo Place, 23-27 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3BH

More info...

Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 at 09:30 - This seminar is hosted by Microsoft

Microsoft UK invites you to join us at the Microsoft Offices in Victoria for an overview of the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This session is suitable for everyone and will provide a full overview of the latest development toolset and demonstrate how developers, testers, team leaders, project managers and architects can work together to deliver successful projects. If you are already familiar with previous versions we will also highlight the new capabilities of the 2010 release, and the UK technical specialists will be on hand to answer your queries.

15 places are available for this seminar and is free to attend.

More info...

Microsoft TechDays - Consumerisation of IT - Edinburgh

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Edinburgh

Welcome to the IT Pro Camp series. Unlike traditional Microsoft Tech.Days events these camps are designed to be interactive to help you learn in a more hands on and collaborative way with Microsoft experts and fellow IT Professionals.

Apex Waterloo Place, 23-27 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3BH

More info...

Datacenter Technologies Academy 2012

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 at 09:00 - This event is being held in London.

Now in its fifth year in London, the Datacenter Technologies Academy can help you clarify your thinking and help maximise your IT investment plans for 2012 and beyond. Topics will encompass a variety of key technologies from virtualization to data protection and from cloud services to converged networking.

More info...

An Introduction to Lab Management (Online)

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

Visual Studio Lab Management is an extension of Microsoft Test Manager that helps you to optimise the use of Microsoft Hyper-V technology to manage and use virtual machines in testing, building, and developing applications in Visual Studio 2010.

Visual Studio Lab Management is integrated with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to enable you to manage multiple physical computers that host virtual machines and to manage the storage of virtual machines, virtual machine templates, and other configuration files in SCVMM library servers.

This session will provide an introduction to the Lab Management tools. Black Marble is authorised to deliver Developer Tools Deployment Planning Days (DT DPS) as part of your Software Assurance Benefits.

This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

More info...

Microsoft TechDays - Virtualising Servers with Hyper V - Manchester

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Manchester

The aim of this camp is to provide a practical introduction to Hyper-V, for people new to server virtualisation or those experienced in other server virtualisation technologies.

Studio Manchester, The Hive, 51 Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1FN

More info...

Microsoft tech days - Building a Private Cloud - Manchester

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft tech day is being held in Manchester

Welcome to the IT Pro Camp series. Unlike traditional Microsoft Tech.Days events these camps are designed to be interactive to help you learn in a more hands on and collaborative way with Microsoft experts and fellow IT Professionals.

Studio Manchester, The Hive, 51 Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1FN

More info...

Microsoft Surface - It is not just Touch (Online)

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

Microsoft Surface Technology enables developers and designers to deliver amazing, social and interactive experiences with a 360 degree interface. This session will explore design considerations when working with Microsoft Surface Technology – it is so much more than a Touch device, and it is important to consider how to make use of object interactions and other specific Surface technology features.

Black Marble is a global Microsoft Surface Premier Partner.

This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

More info...

Microsoft TechDays - Consumerisation of IT - Manchester

Wed, 09 May 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Manchester

Welcome to the IT Pro Camp series. Unlike traditional Microsoft Tech.Days events these camps are designed to be interactive to help you learn in a more hands on and collaborative way with Microsoft experts and fellow IT Professionals.

Studio Manchester, The Hive, 51 Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1FN

More info...

Microsoft TechDays - Consumerisation of IT - Birmingham

Thu, 10 May 2012 at 09:00 - This Microsoft TechDay is being held in Birmingham

Welcome to the IT Pro Camp series. Unlike traditional Microsoft Tech.Days events these camps are designed to be interactive to help you learn in a more hands on and collaborative way with Microsoft experts and fellow IT Professionals.

Maple House, 150 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6TB

More info...

Designing for SharePoint (Online)

Mon, 14 May 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

Exploring design principles for creating impactful websites with SharePoint.
This session is aimed at Marketing Teams, Designers and non-technical implementers and users of SharePoint 2010. 

Black Marble holds the Gold Competency in Portals and Collaboration, as well as Silver in Search, Content Management and Digital Marketing.

Black Marble is authorised to deliver SharePoint Deployment Planning Days (SDPS)
This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

More info...

Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management

Tue, 15 May 2012 at 09:30 - This seminar is hosted by Microsoft

Microsoft UK invites you to join us at the Microsoft Offices in Victoria for an overview of the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This session is suitable for everyone and will provide a full overview of the latest development toolset and demonstrate how developers, testers, team leaders, project managers and architects can work together to deliver successful projects. If you are already familiar with previous versions we will also highlight the new capabilities of the 2010 release, and the UK technical specialists will be on hand to answer your queries.

15 places are available for this seminar and is free to attend.

More info...

Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management

Thu, 17 May 2012 at 09:30 - This seminar is hosted by Microsoft

Microsoft UK invites you to join us at the Microsoft Offices in Victoria for an overview of the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This session is suitable for everyone and will provide a full overview of the latest development toolset and demonstrate how developers, testers, team leaders, project managers and architects can work together to deliver successful projects. If you are already familiar with previous versions we will also highlight the new capabilities of the 2010 release, and the UK technical specialists will be on hand to answer your queries.

15 places are available for this seminar and is free to attend.

More info...

How to Kickstart your ALM Process (Online)

Mon, 21 May 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

This session will explore why you should have an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) process within your organisation, and how we can help you kickstart that process through the use of Developer Tools Deployment Planning Services (DT DPS)

This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

More info...

Datacenter Technologies Academy 2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 at 09:00 - This event is hosted in London

Now in its fifth year in London, the Datacenter Technologies Academy can help you clarify your thinking and help maximise your IT investment plans for 2012 and beyond. Topics will encompass a variety of key technologies from virtualization to data protection and from cloud services to converged networking.

More info...

Designing Applications for the Windows Phone (Online)

Mon, 28 May 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

This session will explore design considerations for the Windows Phone - what to think about once you have come up with your great application idea, including looking at how we put together the user interface for our own Windows Phone applications.

Black Marble's TFS Phone Explorer Application was a winner of the Redgate Windows Phone competition in 2011.

This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

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A Day with Windows 8

Wed, 30 May 2012 at 09:09 - This event is hosted by Black Marble at the Holiday Inn Leeds/Bradford (Tong)

Almost a year on from Windows 8 fanfare at Build, what has changed in Windows 8? Join us for a comprehensive overview of what’s new, what’s bad and how to get connected to Windows 8.
Please note that as more is revealed about Windows 8, the content and agenda for this session will be updated.

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Visual Studio 2010 Application Lifecycle Management

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 at 09:30 - This seminar is hosted by Microsoft

Microsoft UK invites you to join us at the Microsoft Offices in Victoria for an overview of the Application Lifecycle Management capabilities of Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This session is suitable for everyone and will provide a full overview of the latest development toolset and demonstrate how developers, testers, team leaders, project managers and architects can work together to deliver successful projects. If you are already familiar with previous versions we will also highlight the new capabilities of the 2010 release, and the UK technical specialists will be on hand to answer your queries.

15 places are available for this seminar and is free to attend.

More info...

Creating Data Aware Visio Diagrams in SharePoint 2010 (Online)

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

This session will introduce and discuss the elements required to be able to generate data aware diagrams using Visio Services in SharePoint 2010. It will cover the different sources of data that can be used, SharePoint specific configuration elements and a description of the process of creating a data aware diagram.

Black Marble holds the Gold Competency in Portals and Collaboration, as well as Silver in Search, Content Management and Digital Marketing.

Black Marble is authorised to deliver SharePoint Deployment Planning Days (SDPS)
This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

More info...

What is New in Azure? - 18th June (Online)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 at 09:30 - This online event is hosted by Black Marble

This session will explore what is new in Azure - opening up with an exploration of what Azure is, and how it has grown and developed since launch in February 2010.
Black Marble is certified to deliver Planning Services Days around Azure (AZDPS), and is a member of the Azure Circle.

This is part of the Black Marble series of online webinars exploring different aspects of SharePoint, Azure, ALM and New User Interfaces.

More info...