IBM Launches Blockchain Cloud Services and Releases Hyperledger Code on Bluemix
IBM today announced a new framework for securely operating blockchain networks, as well as new services on the IBM Cloud that meet stringent regulatory and security requirements. According to the company, IBM has created essential new cloud services for tamper-proof, trusted blockchain networks. "Clients tell us that one of the inhibitors of the....
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IBM on Tuesday announced a new Bluemix Garage in New York, located at Galvanize’s newly launched New York campus in SoHo. This enables developers and enterprises to work with IBM Blockchain code in the cloud. As with IBM's other garages in San Francisco, London, Nice and Toronto, the New York Garage will invite startups and enterprises to collaborate in a creative environment outside of their traditional office setting. IBM is ramping up its efforts to become one of the top players in the emerging sector of distributed ledger technology. The company is a key member of Linux Foundation’s....
Recently, IBM announced a new blockchain architecture based in the cloud after working with “hundreds of clients, startups, and developers.” The protocol is a cloud service that address security standards, regulatory compliance with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 140-2) and Evaluation Assurance Levels (EAL). The firm is also making it....
IBM has introduced a cloud-based blockchain service for business-to-business networks that allows companies to test performance, interoperability and privacy of blockchain ecosystems. The company noted in a press release that the service is suited to organizations in regulated industries. IBM’s blockchain cloud is supported by IBM LinuxOne, which IBM considers the industry’s most secure Linux-only server. LinuxONE addresses the security requirements of the healthcare, government and financial sectors. Cloud Gives Secure Access. IBM’s cloud services are designed to run blockchain in a....
IBM Bluemix Garage has unveiled that Singapore FinTech startup KYCK! is to use its blockchain in a project to fast-track the know-your-customer (KYC) on-boarding process in financial organizations, according to a report from Yahoo!. It is hoped that by using the blockchain technology banks will be in a better position to enhance operations for on-boarding customers, reducing the time and expense that is normally required. By utilizing the Hyperledger Project Fabric, IBM Bluemix Garage in Singapore will work to create and test the solution, which is to be built on the Hyperledger Fabric.....
R3CEV, the startup behind the world's largest banking consortium focused on distributed ledger applications, has made the code for its Corda platform freely available. The open-source release coincides with R3's contribution of the code to the Hyperledger project, the Linux Foundation-led blockchain effort first launched late last year. From here, the code goes to the Hyperledger group for formal acceptance. Corda is envisioned as a permissioned distributed ledger enabling the management of legal agreements between financial institutions, with restrictions on which parties can see what....