Ford, IBM and others pilots blockchain/supply chain for cobalt
Ford Motor Company (Ford), Huayou Cobalt, IBM, LG Chem and RCS Global plan to use blockchain technology to trace and validate ethically sourced minerals. Their joint goal is to create an...
Gladius blockchain solution to solve net neutrality?
Gladius is a startup founded by Max Niebylski, Alex Godwin, and Marcelo McAndrew. It claims to offer decentralized Content Delivery Network (CDN) and DDoS protection via blockchain. The Gladius goal is...
EU Commission to extend EU blockchain and crowdfunding activity
The European Commission has unveiled an 'Action Plan' on how to harness the opportunities presented by technology-enabled innovation in financial services (FinTech). Its wishes Europe to become a global hub for...
3 blockchain books to distract in a Covid-19 constrained world
Three books, each in their very different ways, explore blockchain in a variety of settings, from the commercial to the invented. While Covid-19 is constraining many levels of commercial activity...
TCS teams with SAP to transform surgical kit ecosystem
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is partnering with SAP to launch an Intelligent Field Inventory Management (iFIM) solution. Powered by SAP Leonardo, this leverages IoT and blockchain to assist medical device manufacturers...
Regulator ESMA warns about ICOs
The European Securities and Markets Authority ( ESMA ) has issued two Statements on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) - and it is not the first:
on the risks of ICOs for...
Charles Brett’s Blockchain Catch-up Week 21
This is Charles Brett's start-of-the-week Enterprise Times ‘blockchain catch-up’ Week 21. Necessarily it is idiosyncratic and selective.
It is not intended to be comprehensive but does seek to highlight 'Quick Takes' on...
European enterprises choosing IBM for blockchain
IBM has multiple projects underway with European enterprises, including Telefónica, Valenciaport, Carrefour (Food Trust) and the Central Bank of Azerbaijan. Companies are exploiting IBM's knowledge to innovate around blockchain, with a...
Kinect, TB and blockchain PoC
Kinect has announced that it launch a pilot tuberculosis project at Masina Hospital in South Mumbai. This pilot involves three doctors and forty patients at the hospital who will evaluate KinectNow...
Yara and IBM collaborate on farm and field data
Yara International, a provider of crop nutrition and digital farming solutions, and IBM are inviting farmer associations, industry players, academia and NGOs from the food and agriculture industry to join a...