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For IT pros, adding blockchain skills can pad your paycheck – by a lot
Beefing up on skills around blockchain development, management or engineering can earn techies some big bucks above their current salary.
A blockchain/IoT combo could reduce food fraud by $131B in five years
Blockchain is gaining ground in the supply chain arena, verifying not only the provenance of goods, but enabling suppliers of meats and produce to verify their origins and ensure regulatory rules are met.
In 2020, businesses likely to shift blockchain focus to integration, interoperability
As the hype around blockchain cools and enterprises continue to cut their tech teeth on the distributed ledger, non-technical challenges and interoperability hurdles are emerging.
Mastercard partners on blockchain-based food supply chain
Mastercard and Envisible's new blockchain-based supply chain will enable grocers and suppliers to not only track goods on the distributed ledger but for them as well.
IBM launches blockchain-based supply chain service with AI, IoT integration
Tied to its existing Sterling Order Management System service, the new blockchain and AI-enabled cloud offering enables real-time views of order shipments, alerts and optimization recommendations.
How blockchain is helping the coffee industry count beans
Blockchain will enable farmers, bankers, exporters and others to track and trace the shipment of coffee beans from grower to retailer.
FedEx exec: Blockchain will become a foundational layer – for everything
Like the internet, blockchain will eventually underpin new business models – and the movement in that direction has already begun.
Maersk adds two big shipping firms to its blockchain ledger
The three largest cargo shipment companies are now all using a single blockchain ledger to track vessels – and their cargo containers – around the world in near real time.
From coffee bean to cup: Starbucks brews a blockchain-based supply chain with Microsoft
While the coffee chain explores a new tracking system and mobile app, two surveys show that not everyone is fully on board with the much-hyped distributed ledger technology.
Salesforce exec: Some clients just want blockchain for one purpose
Blockchain backers need to stop talking up the technology's intricacies and start detailing real-world business use cases, says Salesforce's Adam Caplan. He's noticed a recent 'sea change' in how companies approach the distributed...
FDA to pilot A.I., consider blockchain, to track and trace food
The FDA plans to pilot artificial intelligence and machine learning technology in its legacy food-screening systems – and it's exploring how to build out blockchain internally and industry-wide to increase the scale, efficiency and...
What's a crypto wallet (and how does it manage digital currency)?
Cryptocurrency wallets store secret keys used to digitally sign transactions for blockchain distributed ledgers, but their future goes far beyond being just a keeper of cryptocurrencies. They could one day represent your professional...
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