Microsoft Azure: Enterprise-Grade Blockchains will Disrupt Industries
Since the beginning of 2015, industry leaders and innovative startups have begun to adopt the blockchain network as a distributed ledger for recording unalterable and irrefutable ownership, instead of utilizing the technology to settle transactions and payments. American multinational technology company Microsoft has been experimenting with bitcoin-style blockchain networks, providing their own Ethereum-based services through its Azure cloud platform to established partners including BitPay, Emercoin, LibraTax and Manifold technology. Microsoft’s Azure blockchain services have been....
Related News
Microsoft is closing its Azure Blockchain Service, giving existing customers just four months to transition to new service providers. Microsoft is turning off its corporate Azure Blockchain Service on September 10 and will not accept any new deployments effective immediately, with no official explanation provided.Large corporate customers who use Azure Blockchain include J.P. Morgan, GE Aviation, Singapore Airlines, Starbucks, and Xbox according to its website.The announcement was made in a low key post on the Microsoft documentation site on Monday, informing all current customers to....
From firmly stamping its presence as one of the first big corporations to pay attention to the bitcoin and block chain arena, Microsoft has now struck a partnership with an Ethereum-based startup to deliver blockchain as an enterprise solution for clients of the software giant's cloud-based Azure service. Microsoft has announced a partnership with ConsenSys, an Ethereum-coder collective from Brooklyn that will allow enterprise users on Azure to gain access to Ethereum Blockchain-as-a-Service (E BaaS). BlockApps Strato, a toolkit used for developing Ethereum-based applications will be among....
The Microsoft Azure blockchain-as-a-service offering just got a bit longer, as AlphaPoint joined the fray. Or to be more precise, the first certified offering by Blockapps is making its way to the Microsoft Azure BaaS service, in the form of STRATO. This single-blockchain instance will let developers tinker around the Ethereum blockchain and provide an API for application purposes. Additionally, AlphaPoint and IOTA are now available on the BaaS platform as well. STRATO Arrives On Microsoft Azure BaaS. It is positive to see Microsoft Azure continue the development of their....
Microsoft is now making its Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering available to all users of its Azure testing environment. Designed to allow developers to quickly create environments in Azure, DevTest Labs seeks to help companies control costs associated with development work. Other features include reusable templates, so developers don't have to design virtual machine environments from scratch, and artifacts, which tell apps what actions to take once deployed. The add-on already supports 26 blockchains and allows developers to create and test blockchains with lower costs than a....
Microsoft Azure has officially released the templates of its Ethereum Consortium Network development. With the product, users can deploy its Ethereum-based platform to create their own consortiums. Microsoft Introduces “1-Click” Ethereum Private Network. The Microsoft Azure platform has introduced its quick start template for an Ethereum consortium....