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In a recent webinar on, “Blockchain in Oman Logistics sector” organized by Business Year, Port of Salalah Oman Chief Commercial Officer Sunil Joseph along with Colonel Said Al Ghaithi, Deputy Director General of Oman Customs, as well as Thomas Sproat S

IBM and R3, an enterprise software firm, are collaborting to expand choice for clients scaling blockchain technology while delivering their highest levels of performance, compliance and data privacy. As part of the collaboration, R3 announced

Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) is a type of cloud-based solution for the development of blockchain applications. BaaS serves as a launchpad for broader blockchain technology adoption, effectively providing developers with a functional environment in wh

IBM and Verum Capital, a Swiss-based blockchain advisory boutique, are collaborating to help businesses accelerate the use of digital assets by scaling and securing blockchain solutions.According to Research and Markets, the global digital asset m

Blockchain in the trade and shipping sector has gained ground since IBM launched its TradeLens Blockchain based platform in 2018. DP World shipping conglamorate, UAE based enabler of global trade and smart logistics solutions, has completed the early s

Trade Finance has become one of the biggest use cases utilizing IBM Blockchain. Recently we.trade, a Blockchain based platform that makes international trade faster and more efficient, announced deeper collaboration with IBM which will enable network e

Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, has released Hyperledger Fabric 2.0. This major release of Hyperledger Fabric, delivers a number of features and enhancements needed t

Hex Trust announced the launch of a new institutional custody solution that balances between secure access and the ease of use. This new solution, based on technology from IBM, aims to allow banks, funds, and exchanges access to the full breadth of digital assets, including tokens that represent a diversity of holdings such as commodities, companies, real estate, traditional currencies, and cryptocurrencies.

FCA announced that it has joined the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network (RSBN), an industry collaboration using blockchain technology to support sustainable, responsible sourcing and production practices from mine to market.

Finance Montréal announced a new partnership with IBM which will help FinTech start-ups in Montreal accelerate their growth and connect with like-minded enterprises. Through the partnership, qualifying FinTechs will have access to IBM technology, as well as its leading experts, data and resources designed to help guide and jumpstart entry into the marketplace.

In an effort to advance learning credentials in the veterinary industry, IBM will collaborates VetBloom to bring blockchain technology into the vet industry. The aim is to give out digital badges as credits are completed according to a competency-based framework a source from PRNewswire claims. Vetbloom is apart of the Ethos Veterinary Health digital learning ecosystem.

An internal source told UNLOCK that IBM and French luxury food purveyor Labeyrie announced that Labeyrie will use IBM Food Trust to enhance the traceability information available regarding smoked salmon. The IBM Food Trust blockchain solution will

PRNewsWire published an article regarding a study made by IBM and OMFIF that discusses how many central banks from around the world are keen on developing their own digital currency. The report encompasses 23 central banks from developed and

The first birth certificates to be recorded by exclusively using blockchain technology were issued in Brazil.Álvaro de Medeiros Mendonça is one of the first children in the country to have their birth certificate recorded only with blockchain technolog

Lithuania’s central bank, Bank of Lithuania, has selected technology behemoth IBM and IT services firm Tieto as the finalists contending to develop its blockchain platform. Both firms will test their platform and the winner will be selected later

IBM announced that clients in highly regulated industries, including Aegean Airlines, BNP Paribas, Elaw Tecnologia SA and Home Trust, are selecting IBM Cloud as their destination for mission-critical workloads.IBM’s existing cloud offerings for private

FiO has partnered with IBM and is set to help businesses take advantage of the latest blockchain technology.Following Blockchain 1.0 (digital assets) and 2.0 (smart contracts), the approaching Blockchain 3.0 era promises to create compliant independent

Proof of Trust, the smart contracts provider,  has selected IBM to build its new multi-platform blockchain application for dispute resolution and smart contract validation.Smart contracts are digitally encoded agreements, between two parties, that

IBM participates in the SAMA, UAE Central Bank Digital currency project

CVS Health Corp’s Aetna and a host of other health insurers said on Thursday they have partnered with IBM Corp to create a blockchain network aimed at cutting costs in the healthcare industry.The companies intend to use blockchain technology, which all

In the enterprise world, the success of blockchain relies on building and scaling business networks. We’ve blazed a trail at IBM with several emerging networks such as IBM Food Trust™ and TradeLens. These blockchain networks are still in early days and

 A new IBM study estimates that 62 percent of automotive executives believe blockchain will be a disruptive force in the auto industry by 2021. However, the research also finds that only a small percentage of OEMs and suppliers are currently ready

On December 26th Saudi Customs announced along with Tabadul that it has connected to TradeLens, Maersk , IBM  Blockchain Platform.  Saudi Customs has connected its Fasih platform to Tradelens to improve and better secure its maritime shi

Blockchain is a revolutionary concept with potential to reshape the world. To access markets that could be worth trillions of dollars, Credits sought to conquer bandwidth and scalability issues.Credits built a new-generation public blockchain platform

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced its successful collaboration with IBM, piloting a Blockchain-based automated system to integrate oil and gas production across the full value chain. The groundbreaking system provides a secure pl

The IT market in Saudi Arabia will register a CAGR of almost 9% by 2023.The popularity of technologies such as artificial intelligence, the blockchain, IoT, VR and AR is rising in Saudi Arabia. Factors such as the availability of capital and political

CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing, and data solutions, and IBM announced a collaboration on a proof of concept (PoC) for LedgerConnect − a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for the financial services indust

IBM and Columbia University announced two new accelerator programs to build and scale the next generation of blockchain innovation. As key components of the Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency, the accelerators will offer entr

Charles Darwin said it right when he said it is all about the survival of fittest. Today the cryptocurrency market is proving this in more ways than one. With losses of over $30 billion and market capitalization losses of 12% and more in one week, many

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced that it has advanced to the testing phase of its ground-breaking project to re-platform its credi

New service to be delivered through an IBM Cloud environment built in the UAEOrganizations to benefit from keeping their data in-country and conducting transactions locally Smart Dubai and IBM  announced the launch of the 

The issue of central bank digital currencies has come to the fore over the last two years. Although a relatively new popular phenomenon, digital currencies have existed for decades. This report, a collaboration between IBM Blockchain World Wire an

The CBSA is one of the first border agencies to join more than 94 organizations participating in global trade solutionMore than 200 million events captured on the platform and growing by one million per day.IBM and A.P. Moller–Maersk announced that the

From coffee and fish to wine and olive oil, blockchain, a digital ledger technology, is being applied to global food supply chains in ways that promise to benefit producers, distributors, retailers and consumers, says GlobalData a leading dat

Visa’s Distributed Ledger Platform Provides Groundbreaking “Digital Identity” for Clients;IBM and Bottomline Technologies Announced as New Partners for Commercial LaunchVisa Inc. announced new product details surrounding digital identity in preparation

After 1,5 year of testing, IBM launches its food traceability platform based on the blockchain. The project is now live – ready for global usage for retailers, suppliers and wholesalers.The IT mogul develops blockchain technology in many varieties. One

Success in an Internet of Things application typically requires the connected, concerted operation and management of a large number of distributed and loosely coupled smart devices that identify and trust each other. While the IoT promises th

The Global Blockchain Technology Market in the Agriculture Sector 2018-2022 report that has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering, shows that the Global Blockchain Technology Market in the Agriculture Sector is set to grow at a CAGR of 5

Food safety has been in the public eye: 2018 has already seen a large outbreak of E. coli in romaine lettuce and Salmonella in a number of products from eggs to breakfast cereal.That is why Walmart Asks Suppliers of Leafy Greens to Use Blockchain.In fa

Blockchain hype peaked in the media in 2017 when “cryptomania” hit the trading markets. More recently, attention has turned to how it will be regulated, while in a survey released this month more than four out of five executives (84%) reporte

Figure Up 11% on 2017 Survey; Use Cases SoarA new Juniper Research survey has found that 65% of responding enterprises with over 10,000 employees are considering or actively engaged in blockchain deployment. This marks a significant rise from

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently announced its decision to ban all cryptocurrency related transactions, a decision some might see as going against the Kingdom’s 2030 Digital transformation vision which includes the incorporation of technologies suc

Hyperledger, a blockchain solution developed by a consortium including the Linux Foundation, IBM and HitachiMetacoin brings you superior scalability, interoperability and cost reductionTeam Inblock has announced the launch of Metacoin pre-sale, wh

Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, AI, and Deputy Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation, has confirmed that developing national talent and empowering young people with Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills

Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the creation of TradeLens, jointly developed by the two companies to apply blockchain to the world’s global supply chain. TradeLens is the result of a collaboration agreement between Maersk and IBM, a b

Nestlé SA is putting some of its Gerber baby food products on a food-tracking blockchain to test whether the technology can trace the fruits and vegetables that go into its purées and squeezable pouches. Nestlé’s effort is part of a wider food-industry