Hyperledger Fabric
Hyperledger Fabric is an open source business blockchain framework hosted by the Linux Foundation and intended to be a foundation for developing blockchain applications or solutions with a modular architecture.
By developers, for developers: The IBM Blockchain Platform Starter Plan
Since being published, the next generation of the IBM Blockchain Platform has been announced. Therefore, IBM Blockchain Platform Starter Plan will be removed from the IBM Cloud Catalog starting July 5th, 2019 and you will not be able to provision new instances after that. However, existing instances will be supported until June 4, 2020. To […]
Introducing MOBI: The Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative
On May 2, 2018, the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative launched at the Dubai Future Blockchain Summit. MOBI is a new consortium for blockchain innovation in the mobility industry. The consortium was founded by leading automakers including Renault, Ford, GM, and BMW, and now represents more than 80 percent of global auto manufacturing by volume. I’m […]
Blockchain for advertising: The new black for media buying
Since being published, the next generation of the IBM Blockchain Platform has been announced. Therefore, IBM Blockchain Platform Starter Plan will be removed from the IBM Cloud Catalog starting July 5th, 2019 and you will not be able to provision new instances after that. However, existing instances will be supported until June 4, 2020. To […]
Blockchain for multinational information sharing
As discussed in previous articles, a blockchain network built on The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric, hosted on a high assurance platform, is well suited for secure information exchanges across network security domains — for example, exchanging unclassified information between an unclassified network and a classified network. One form of the cross-domain use case is multinational […]
Our blockchain journey with IBM and Hyperledger Fabric
One famous proverb states that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” In this proverb we learn that something which takes time begins with an initial action. For most, the blockchain journey starts with the adrenaline fueled feelings associated with trading cryptocurrency. For IT People Corporation, it began with an opportunity […]
The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric enables confidentiality in blockchain for business
The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric is one of the various Hyperledger projects and represents a blockchain for business framework implementation. It’s a permissioned distributed ledger that supports desired enterprise capabilities such as smart contracts, consensus, confidentiality, resiliency and scalability. In this article I will focus on confidentiality, defined as the ability to control access to sensitive […]
Starting your business at the speed of blockchain
According to the World Bank’s latest Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs report, the largest number of reforms made in the past 15 years aimed at facilitating the requirements for starting a business, with 626 reforms recorded in the past 15 years. As it stands, the time needed to start a new small or […]
Top 5 questions for choosing a blockchain technology
Since being published, the next generation of the IBM Blockchain Platform has been announced. Therefore, IBM Blockchain Platform Starter Plan will be removed from the IBM Cloud Catalog starting July 5th, 2019 and you will not be able to provision new instances after that. However, existing instances will be supported until June 4, 2020. To […]
Business value of blockchain: Webcast preview
Last December, Grand View Research, Inc. published a report that predicts the global blockchain technology market will reach $7.74 billion by 2024. This rapid growth is attributed to increasing demand for the technology across financial services, consumer products, travel and transportation, telecommunications, healthcare and the public sector. How can you know if blockchain is right […]