Prepare for blockchain technology to play a significant role in business, society, and almost everything. While 45% of CIOs said their organizations had yet to invest in blockchain between 2016 to 2021, that will change as information exchange becomes decentralized and demonstrated use cases show blockchain’s success. Blockchain spans various industries, from real estate, insurance, health care, […]
A Checklist to Manage Your Database if You’re into DeFi
Click to learn more about author Hiral Rana. Decentralized finance, or DeFi, emerged as a part of the crypto industry in 2013. As the name suggests, DeFi refers to peer-to-peer applications that allow crypto trading, loans among other services to take place digitally. Such applications follow a decentralized structure, relying heavily on blockchains. In essence, they […]
Blockchain Apps on Bare Metal Servers (Part 1): Big Data and Security
Click to learn more about author Andreea Jakab. Blockchain applications are becoming more and more popular both in the public and private sectors. However, most people still put an equal sign between blockchain and bitcoin. But are cryptocurrencies the only use case for blockchain? Is that why the massive hype about it emerged in recent […]
Cybersecurity in Cryptocurrency: Risks to Be Considered
Click to learn more about author Ben Hartwig. Blockchain has grown rapidly in recent years, but cryptocurrency is not immune to security attacks. There are still cybersecurity risks to be aware of. Some cryptocurrencies have already been the victim of ransomware attacks and other security breaches by hackers. ZenCash and Ethereum Classic have both lost […]
The Future of Blockchain
The media focus around blockchain over the last five to ten years has shifted from the currency bitcoin to the underlying database technology, which is a distributed ledger technology(DLT), now used in a wide variety of use cases. So, what is the reason behind blockchain suddenly gaining so much traction? McKinsey Report’s Blockchain’s Potentials, Limitations, […]
The Future of Cloud Computing: Blockchain Will Have Its Day
Click to learn more about co-authors Harsh Arora and Archi Bhatia. The increase in the financial needs of the current generation has brought blockchain and cloud computing into the limelight, even though both have been in the technological arena for many years. The desire for transacting without any third-party involvement is the reason for the […]
Putting Blockchain Models to Work within the Enterprise
Bitcoin has made many people familiar with the term “Blockchain.” But many enterprises don’t realize that the foundational pieces that comprise this model already may be in place in one form or another for internal Blockchain use cases. Though likely they have not been packaged together to drive similar benefits within an organization. These pieces […]
How Blockchain Can be Used to Secure Sensitive Data Storage
Click to learn more about author Mary Ann Callahan. Data Security is no longer a luxury or an afterthought. With so much of our private, personal, and sensitive information being stored and transmitted online, tight security and privacy are now necessities for everyone. But, just as more of our lives are going online, we are […]
Why Your Company Should Get Started with Blockchain
Click to learn more about author Andrew Sohn. The hype surrounding Blockchain – also known as Distributed Ledger Technology – is in overdrive. Many pundits liken the potential impact of Blockchain to that of the Internet. Investments in Blockchain startups topped $1.4B in 2016 and new industry consortia seem to pop up every week. Why the feverish pace? […]