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Currently they have one of the only if not the only enterprise permissioned blockchain project called fabric and it’s open source. I could see them making a co
by shane_b 5y ago
Currently they have one of the only if not the only enterprise permissioned blockchain project called fabric and it’s open source.
I could see them making a comeback with crypto but not the way we think about it today. Instead, inter-enterprise operations infrastructure.
- beckingz 5y agoI attended a talk a few years ago given by one of the blockchain VPs at IBM. It turned out that under the hood they were just using conventional distributed database technology. All marketing in order to get multiple companies to work together on shared systems.
- shane_b 5y agoI believe it. There’s value in shared systems but not necessarily a special data store.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoBased on their lack of competitive pay, I assume IBM does or will end up competing with TCS, Cognizant, Infosys, etc.
- sadwings 5y ago> one of the only if not the only enterprise "permissioned" blockchain projects Not quite, check out Corda's R3 project - it's already being widely used in enterprise and projects are being built on top of it.
- shane_b 5y agoGood to know, thank you.
- spookthesunset 5y agoThe problem with “blockchain” is it is a textbook example of a solution in search of a problem.
- shane_b 5y agoI agree when thinking about building software in one org where there is coordination. When expanding to multi org and international, the problems to solve become much clearer imo.
- AlexandrB 5y agoWhat is the use case for this technology? If it's permissioned, it might as well be a normal database with the "append-only" setting enabled.
- tomrod 5y agoFederated, hashed data stores in zero-trust environments is one (though this isn't the best or only way to approach it, and blockchain is almost always unneeded), where you don't want to share the underlying data but want to provide enough information to support reporting requirements. Public health, taxation, etc. come to mind.
- shane_b 5y agoHyperLedger Fabric docs have an example of a manufacturer, vendor and short term finance provider all on the same network with transactions happening instantaneously. Then when you look into case studies, Honeywell has an airplane parts marketplace that’s apparently streamlined their sales process. I’ve seen some Upwork contractors demoing medical data platforms. I didn’t understand that one as much.