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Mediaocean and IBM Partner to Integrate Blockchain Across the Media Ecosystem; New Blockchain Consortium Includes Kellogg, Kimberly-Clark, Pfizer and Unilever

By Guest PostJune 21, 2018Technologyadvertising blockchain program, babs rangaiah, bill wise, blockchain, ibm, ibm ix, kimberly clark, mediaocean, mukund kaushik

Advertising blockchain program to strengthen accountability throughout the digital advertising ecosystem

CANNES, FRANCE – Mediaocean, the foundational software provider of the advertising world, and IBM iX, one of the world’s largest digital agencies and global business design partners, today announced the launch of a blockchain consortium for the digital media supply chain. Bringing together some of the world’s largest advertisers, agencies and publishers, including Kellogg, Kimberly-Clark, Pfizer, Unilever and IBM Watson Advertising, the solution aims to provide transparency and build trust and accountability in the advertising ecosystem. (more…)

Should you invest in crypto-currencies?

By ShamsMarch 18, 2018Economy, Small Business, Technologyblockchain, chief, christine lagarde, crypto asset, crypto currencies, crypto exchange, decentralized, imf, invest, Technology

In a recent blog post IMF Chief Christine Lagarde wrote, crypto-currencies ‘are typically built in a decentralized way and without the need for a central bank. This gives crypto-asset transactions an element of anonymity’. It’s bad as it opens ways for ‘money laundering and the financing of terrorism’. (more…)

Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2018Technologyblockchain, digitize supplychains, ibm, joint venture, maersk, vincent clerc

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK and ARMONK, NY – 16 Jan 2018: A.P. Moller – Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology. (more…)

IBM and Dream Payments Expand Payment Services on the Cloud to U.S. Financial Institutions

By Guest PostOctober 16, 2017Technologyblockchain, chad whittaker, cloud, dream payments, fintech company, frank attaie, ibm

Dream Payments platform provides mobile and digital payment services via the IBM Cloud

TORONTO – 16 Oct 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is teaming up with Toronto-based FinTech company Dream Payments to bring new revenue generating mobile payment offerings to financial institutions and merchants in the United States via the IBM Cloud. (more…)

Bank of Montreal, CaixaBank, Commerzbank, Erste Group, IBM and UBS Collaborate to Advance an Open, Blockchain-based Trade Finance Platform

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2017Economy, Technologybank of montreal, beat bannwart, bernd laber, blockchain, caixabank, commerzbank, erste group, fabio keller, ibm, jeffrey shell, jordi fontanals, patrick goetz, trade finance platform, ubs

New platform designed to support trade finance transactions

4 October, 2017 – 04 Oct 2017: Bank of Montreal (BMO), CaixaBank, Commerzbank and Erste Group have joined an initiative launched by UBS and IBM (NYSE: IBM) in 2016 to build a new global trade platform based on blockchain technology. This new platform, called Batavia, is built to be openly accessed by organisations of all sizes anywhere in the world, and can support trade finance for transactions across all modes of trade, whether goods are being transported by air, land or sea. (more…)

China Construction Bank (Asia) and IBM Developing Hong Kong’s First Bancassurance Powered by Blockchain

By Guest PostSeptember 21, 2017Economy, Technologybancassurance, blockchain, ccb asia, china construction bank, francis ngai, guo zhipeng, hong kong, ibm

New Blockchain Solution to Streamline Transaction Processing and Enhance Service Delivery and Customer Experience

HONG KONG – 20 Sep 2017: China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited (“CCB (Asia)”) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the development of the first blockchain-enabled bancassurance project in Hong Kong. Built on the IBM Blockchain Platform, the solution is designed to streamline CCB (Asia)’s bancassurance process and greatly enhance customer experience and the quality of services delivered through faster transaction processing time and increased transparency. (more…)

Walmart, IBM and Tsinghua University Explore the Use of Blockchain to Help Bring Safer Food to Dinner Tables Across China

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2016Technologyblockchain, bridget van kralingen, China, chinese consumers, frank yiannas, hyperledger project fabric, ibm, linux foundation, safer food, tsinghua university, walmart

Global retailer joins pilot project with academics and technology experts to showcase leadership in food traceability efforts

BEIJING – 19 Oct 2016: As Walmart opened its new Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center in Beijing today, IBM, Walmart and Tsinghua University announced a collaboration to improve the way food is tracked, transported and sold to consumers across China. By harnessing the power of blockchain technology designed to generate transparency and efficiency in supply chain record-keeping, this work aims to help enhance the safety of food on the tables of Chinese consumers. (more…)

Tübinger Forscher entdecken Pilzart mit Potenzial als Biodünger

By Guest PostJune 9, 2014Sciencearabidopsis thaliana, blockchain, chinese consumers, frank yiannas, hyperledger project fabric, linux foundation, molekulare baustein, safer food, single analysis, tuebinger forscher, universitaet tuebingen, was ist leben

Die in Europa weit verbreitete Art Serendipita herbamans lebt in Symbiose mit Wurzeln zahlreicher Pflanzen und fördert ihr Wachstum auch unter Laborbedingungen

Forscher der Universität Tübingen haben eine bislang unbekannte, mikroskopisch kleine Pilzart entdeckt, die bei bestimmten Pflanzen das Wachstum fördert. „Diese in Europa heimische Pilzart hat das Potenzial, als Biodünger zur Ertragssteigerung von Nutzpflanzen wie zum Beispiel Weizen oder Mais in der Landwirtschaft beizutragen“, sagt Dr. Sigisfredo Garnica vom Institut für Evolution und Ökologie. (more…)

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