Blockchain-based applications are growing in popularity and underscore the decentralized Web3 movement. Simultaneously, web APIs are helping port data and reusable functionality across application types and are driving microservices development practices. So, how do we bring these two paradigms together? There are many cases where a blockchain-based smart contract may require data updates that only […]
Can Web 3.0 Solve the Linkrot Crisis?
Data on the web is more ephemeral than you realize. A recent examination of linkrot and content drift by Harvard Law School found that as time progresses, web-based content is becoming more and more lost. By analyzing half a million links within New York Times articles, 6% of deep links from 2018 were found to […]
Enterprise Blockchain Adoption Hinges on DevOps
There is a lot of excitement around blockchain right now, for a good reason. Production use cases continue to emerge across sectors such as manufacturing, energy, air travel, insurance and finance. Gartner predicts that by 2023, organizations using blockchain smart contracts will see a 50% increase in their data quality. Yet, Gartner also predicts that […]
Making Blockchain-Based App Dev More Accessible
Blockchain has many potential uses cases outside of cryptocurrency. Established sectors such as financial, automotive, supply chain, and mobility could soon move to adopt decentralized applications and distributed ledgers. The technology has even been hailed as the ideal foundation to maintain a connected economy once humans go interplanetary. Recently, spectators note a swelling interest in […]
Unifying Partner Ecosystems With a Distributed Ledger
Blockchain has become famous in recent years for powering the cryptocurrency craze. But the fundamentals behind blockchain could prove helpful in other areas of the data economy, too. Because, as the value of data rises, so does the need for accurate, real-time data sharing across multiple partners. As we saw recently, global trade is surprisingly […]
Unlocking Enterprise Blockchain Potential with Low-Code Capabilities
Since the rise of Bitcoin more than a decade ago, companies have been trying to harness the potential of blockchain technology for enterprise applications. Industries that used to operate in silos are becoming increasingly connected, and the lines of where one ecosystem ends and another begins are blurring. In this connected age, blockchain can provide […]
Why the Public Versus Private Blockchain Debate Is the Wrong Conversation
When blockchain burst onto the scene in 2009/2010, we watched as Bitcoin forever disrupted our monetary system. As the technology hits critical mass—a recent Deloitte survey showed a 2000% increase in interest in blockchain since its inception—the revolution has forked into two sides. There are the purists who want to only keep blockchains public, and […]
Don’t Let ‘Hindsight 2020’ Be Your DevOps Strategy
The idea of DevOps originated a little over a decade ago with a desire to ensure efficiency in the overall software development and delivery process. Constant operational hurdles that have been hampering flawless and frequent delivery of applications have led organizations to think beyond and to come up with continuous improvements in their processes and […]
IBM Earns Record 9,100 Patents in 2018, Tops U.S. Patent List
IBM’s inventions include use of AI to help people converse, protect the earth’s lakes and combat voice phishing ARMONK, N.Y. – 8 Jan 2019: IBM (NYSE: IBM) inventors received a record 9,100 patents in 2018, marking the company’s 26th consecutive year of U.S. patent leadership. IBM led the industry in the number of artificial intelligence […]
Blockchain Startup RNDR Surpasses GPU Capacity of Public Cloud Tech Giants with World’s Largest GPU Cloud Rendering Network
Blockchain-based graphics rendering platform beta surpasses the cumulative on-demand GPU rendering power on the public cloud; Offers partners unlimited, scalable GPU rendering, AI, and compute on the cloud LOS ANGELES, October 17, 2018 – Blockchain-based rendering platform RNDR has revealed data from its Q2 beta testing survey, supporting the conclusion that its global decentralized network […]