Latest articles by Mary Branscombe
Java isn't even slightly dead and here's why...
Opinion When the entire Java ecosystem is a first class system on Microsoft’s cloud, you know the language is sticking around...
Build 2016: Why Microsoft predicts a world of talking bots
Analysis Satya Nadella’s big vision for Microsoft is around intelligent conversations with machines
Getting to a billion Windows lovers
In-depth Squaring the circle of making a platform company relevant cross-platform
Business travel in the 21st century
In-depth How to make business travel less painful, more productive
Microsoft widens the appeal of Visual Studio cross platform
In-depth Microsoft offers Visual Studio for free as well as announcing other key developments
The Microsoft Cloud Platform System unpacked
In-depth Microsoft debuts an Azure-consistent private cloud delivered in a box
Microsoft StorSimple 8100 review
Reviews An unlimited storage array offering cloud that looks like a SAN and is firmly in the infrastructure camp
Top ten best British tech inventions
Best From the computer to the World Wide Web, the iPod to the typewriter, a lot of modern technology started out in the UK
Q&A: The Nokia renaissance
In-depth Following the release of the Lumia 800, Nokia has been reborn. We chat with the mobile giant's UK MD about how the company is turning things around.
BBX BlackBerry Server brings security ruckus for CIOs
News Working with the new BlackBerry Server, BBX will secure enterprise data and provision enterprise apps without blocking consumer apps.
RIM announces its next OS: BBX
News QNX, Android, HTML5, WebGL, Flash and open source: BBX-OS promises to support almost everything mobile except BlackBerry.
Microsoft Windows Server 8 review: First Look
Reviews Microsoft has unveiled Windows Server 8 - but is there more to this upcoming server operating system than just the new Metro user interface? Mary Branscombe finds out in our sneak peek.
Windows Server 8: Microsoft makes big virtualisation splash
News The next version of Windows Server commoditises storage and network hardware, whilst taking the fight to VMware.
Microsoft Windows 8 review: First Look
Reviews Windows 8 aims to combine a touchscreen Windows Phone 7-style interface with a traditional full-power desktop. Mary Branscombe gets hands on to see if it’s a winning combination.
Head to Head: Google Apps vs Microsoft Office 365
Vs Mary Branscombe compares the enterprise versions of both and her conclusions may surprise you...
Windows InTune 2 goes into beta
News Microsoft has taken the wraps off the latest version of its cloud-based PC management service, Windows InTune.
Why Bing and BlackBerry make sense together
News 'BingBerry' is a sensible response to Google because Bing and RIM share more than an enemy.
BlackBerry Bold 9900 review: First Look
Reviews Hardware-accelerated graphics and browsing come to the thinnest ever BlackBerry in the new touchscreen Bold, in addition to greater control over the security of business data. We find out whether the Bold 9900 lives up to its claims in this first look review...
Biometric authentication: the key to keeping businesses and
In-depth You’re already paying for biometrics in business laptops, so is it time for your business to start using them?
Microsoft Windows Intune review
Reviews Managing and protecting an office full of PCs doesn't necessarily entail the complications of Active Directory or domain joined accounts as Mary Branscombe discovers.
Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 4: First look
First look We take a look at the latest preview release of IE9 to see if it really is faster and more standards-compliant than other web browsers.
Multimedia boost for Internet Explorer
News IE9 gains Canvas and HTML 5 video in platform preview 3, improves Acid 3 and SunSpider scores.
Toshiba Libretto W100 review: First look
Reviews We take a look at Toshiba's dual screen Libretto W100 to see what all the fuss is about.
