Open-Source Giant Red Hat Revs Up “Openshift Blockchain”
Red Hat, Inc, one of the leading providers of open-source software to the enterprise community, has announced a new partnership initiative for blockchain software vendors. The initiative is called “Openshift Blockchain” and will aid fintech start-ups and independent software vendors (ISV’s) to build hosted blockchain solutions while Red Hat manages container application deployment. Red Hat will also provide support through Openshift Dedicated. The goal is to provide a dev ecosystem capable of handling build activity ranging from the start-up to traditional financial institutions that are....
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