Blockchain
Expand Free Trade by Enhancing Digital Trust
Free trade has been an enduring goal of the international community for more than a century. Despite broad technological progress, modern transaction systems remain heavily burdened by antiquated practices. This creates “friction” that slows global commerce and hinders service delivery of all kinds. Banks, for example, still issue letters of credit to importers, a practice […]
How Blockchain Can Provide Instant Redemption this Holiday Season
It’s now time for pumpkin spice everything, but before we know it November, December, and the holidays will be here. During the upcoming busy shopping season, marketers looking to retain the more valuable returning customers realize loyalty programs are a no brainer. And while these programs have grown rapidly across financial services, travel, retail and […]
Faster, Easier, and More Reliable Digital Transactions with Blockchain
Digital payments have fundamentally changed how many of us conduct our financial affairs, from day-to-day purchases to international transactions. Consider the following scenario. From my home in London, I search online for present for a friend. I find the perfect gift; it’s from an American retailer, and once I enter my credit card information, the […]
How Poland’s Central Securities Depository Uses IBM Blockchain to Revolutionize AGM Voting
The advent of the Internet and mobile technologies has resulted in the emergence of unconventional economies, and dramatic changes in human behavior. Just think how often we now check our phones to engage with friends, share experiences, and connect with businesses using mobile apps. Digital transformation is forcing organizations to rethink their businesses in response […]
Paving the Road to Self-Sovereign Identity with Blockchain, Open Standards
Imagine a world in which you always have peace of mind that your personal information is safe. Imagine a world in which your information cannot be shared without your clear, explicit consent at the time of the transaction; where you decide who can access what information, when, and for how long. In this world, you […]
Interested in Blockchain? Start Thinking About Talent
As more companies across a wide range of industries move from trying blockchain, to starting blockchain-based networks, demand for the technology’s skills is exceeding supply. Blockchain has been around for years but the tech itself is just a fraction of any blockchain solution. Companies working with blockchain are looking to hire more than merely software developers; they’re looking […]
Bringing Transparency to Reinsurance with Blockchain
At IBM we have been demonstrating the increasing role of blockchain across industries. From finance, to shipping to food safety, we’ve shown the real value of bringing transparency and monitoring to the supply chain. We’re now bringing that same level of tracking and visibility to the insurance and reinsurance industries. Reinsurance serves, in part, to […]
IBM Blockchain: What Can We Solve Together?
About three weeks ago, Dutch authorities learned that 20 percent of the eggs coming from the Netherlands were unsafe. European authorities are now in a dash to pull the bad food from the shelves. Five months earlier, 3,000 school children in Egypt became ill in the early afternoon. Ambulances were dispatched to elementary schools, as […]
Protecting Data in the Cloud Era
The world is facing a data breach pandemic. Last year alone, more than four billion data records were lost or stolen, a 556 percent increase over 2015.¹ Of the more than nine billion records breached during the past five years, only four percent were encrypted – or securely scrambled – leaving most of that data […]
Making Blockchain Real for Business with IBM and Hyperledger Fabric
New technologies with the profound power to change entire industries come about only once or twice in a lifetime. I was fortunate to be working at IBM in the early days of e-business and WebSphere and saw the powerful impact the Internet had on the way we share information. This accelerated with mobile and cloud making […]
Why Consumer Brands Should Care About Blockchain
At the Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit in Berlin this June, I spoke alongside Frank Yiannas from Walmart about how blockchain is a collaborative solution that can help increase the traceability and transparency of food across the supply chain. In our digitized world, consumers are demanding accurate, real-time inventory information, faster service, and low or […]
Supporting Small Business with Blockchain and IBM Cloud
A small kitchen supplies manufacturer in France is delighted when it receives a large order from a mid-sized Italian retailer. The manufacturer is eager to respond, but first it needs a bank loan for working capital to fill and ship the order. Without a short-term loan, the manufacturer might not make payroll; without this order, […]