blockchain for business
IBM and Samsung SDS advancing blockchain and business outcomes
With the blockchain revolution heading full steam ahead, throughput speed is top-of-mind for enterprise organizations that want to maximize their investment and performance. Combining forces to deliver the best possible blockchain network for application development, IBM and Samsung SDS are continuing to collaborate on strengthening The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric and blockchain ecosystems. With faster […]
Three New Year’s resolutions in 2019 for your blockchain success
About a year ago, I wrote a blog post on my New Year’s resolutions for 2018 blockchain success. They were lead with business, understand the network type, understand the path to productive use, know why you are choosing blockchain, and make sure your architecture is ready. I tried to stick to these resolutions in 2018 […]
Blockchain for KYC: Game-changing RegTech innovation
One of the best things about working at IBM — and in the RegTech field in particular — is meeting daily with the engineers and developers who are driving technological innovation in the financial industry. Consider, for example, the blockchain space. While blockchain’s decentralized, distributed-ledger technology is most popularly known as the basis for cryptocurrencies […]
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 […]
Blockchain explained: Why it’s not just about Bitcoin
In the webinar series “Now Being Served”, my colleagues and I answered questions about blockchain with the goal of getting blockchain explained in a way that was both precise and relatable. Do I really need a cryptocurrency to run a Blockchain? This is one of those questions I hear from clients regularly. It’s not a […]
What you missed: Our top 10 blockchain blog posts of 2017
It’s been a big year for blockchain, the distributed ledger technology that’s disrupting industries by enabling new ways to transact. It’s no wonder Blockchain Unleashed has seen such enormous growth in content and audience. There’s something for everyone, whether you’re just getting into blockchain and want to learn more about the technology or you want […]
Making blockchain real for business
Blockchain technology is poised to revolutionize businesses and change how societies interact. It alters the paradigm of how multi-party transactions are performed by enabling a shared, immutable ledger for recording the history of transactions between counter parties in a business network. Organizations can now leverage blockchain to fundamentally rewrite existing business models, processes and systems, […]
Blockchain security: What keeps your transaction data safe?
Proponents of the distributed ledger technology known as blockchain consider it to be one of the best ways to secure transactions. I don’t know about you, but hearing that anything is the “best” immediately makes me skeptical. How exactly does blockchain provide more security than traditional transaction processes? Let’s take a look. Security by […]