For whom the benefits toll: Enterprise blockchain is the evolution of economi...

For whom the benefits toll: Enterprise blockchain is the evolution of economi...

Blockchain platforms enable a fundamentally new approach to enterprise architecture where economic incentives are front and center. In my two-decade career at Microsoft, leading .NET platform architecture, visual studio .NET development, application platform, enterprise strategy and Microsoft Digital, I have been part of building technologies for multiple waves of platforms: the early web, service-oriented architectures, the so-called Web 2.0, and more recently, the Cloud.While there is no doubt that previous waves of platform technologies have delivered substantial benefits, their impact....


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