IBM bietet eine neue, hochsichere Blockchain-Umgebung in der Cloud, in der Kunden, die mit extrem sensiblen Daten umgehen müssen, ihre Blockchain-Netzwerke testen und betreiben können. Einer der ersten Anwender ist Everledger, ein britisches Unternehmen, das Handel mit Diamanten und anderen Luxusgütern betreibt. Mit Hilfe von IBM Blockchain baut das Unternehmen gegenwärtig ein Netzwerk auf, um ihr weltweites Zertifizierungssystem, das Kunden gegen Diebstahl, Betrug und Korruption schützt, abzusichern. Ein ideales Einsatzszenario: Denn mit der Blockchain-Technologie kann jederzeit die Herkunft der Ware nachvollzogen werden.
Die Blockchain-Technologie nutzt die dezentralen Daten-Speicherung auf verschiedenen Rechnern eines Netzwerks. Das IBM Cloud-Angebot basiert auf IBM LinuxONE, einem hochsicheren Linux-Server auf IBM Mainframe-Basis.
„Blockchain verändert die Art und Weise, wie wir den Handel mit Luxusgütern, digitalen Ressourcen oder Finanztiteln über die Cloud abwickeln dramatisch“, sagt Donna Dillenberger, IBM Fellow, Enterprise Solutions. „Mit IBM Blockchain bieten wir daher einen besseren und gleichzeitig wesentlich sichereren Zugang zu dieser neuen Technologie.“
IBM’s secure blockchain cloud environment, underpinned by IBM LinuxONE, the industry’s most secure Linux-only server, is ideal for organizations such as Everledger, a company that tracks and protects diamonds and other valuables via the blockchain.1 Everledger is building a digital business network using IBM Blockchain to power its global certification system to track valuable items through the supply chain, helping to protect suppliers, buyers and shippers against theft, counterfeiting and other forms of corruption. The blockchain is used to demonstrate the origin of high-value goods such as diamonds, fine art and luxury goods.
“When you are in the business of provenance, secured records, access and transparency are everything. There is no compromise when it comes to security and one cannot underestimate the expertise required to enable this,” said Leanne Kemp, CEO and Founder of Everledger. “Having the opportunity to build, test, scale and refine Everledger on IBM Blockchain, underpinned by a security-rich infrastructure, is a game changer. It has accelerated our ability to move fast and deliver the most innovative solutions to our partners internationally and confidentially.”
As blockchain grows in influence and organizations begin to evaluate cloud-based production environments for their first blockchain projects, they are exploring ways to maximize the security and compliance of the technology for business-critical applications. The average total cost of a data breach for enterprises reached $4 million last year, and with security incidents up by 64 percent in 2015, the risks are higher than ever.2 Security is critical – not just within the blockchain itself but with all the technology touching the ledger.
The business network on the IBM Blockchain cloud environment helps secure entry points and fight against insider threats. With advanced features that help protect data and ensure the integrity of the overall network, LinuxONE is designed to meet the stringent security requirements of the financial, health care and government sectors, helping to foster compliance.
“Blockchain will change the way we transfer high value goods, digital assets and financial instruments. To accelerate blockchain adoption, clients must trust the infrastructure and the system that blockchain is running on,” said Donna Dillenberger, IBM Fellow, Enterprise Solutions. “With IBM Blockchain, we are expanding access to the emerging technology — not only by making it easy to get up and running on the IBM Cloud, but also by using the most secure infrastructure.”
Currently in limited beta, these new secure cloud services to run blockchain in a production environment allow clients to quickly and easily access a secure, partitioned blockchain network to deploy, test and run projects. Clients can sign up here. The latest version of IBM Blockchain is available today through Bluemix.
Source: IBM. To learn more about IBM Blockchain visit
www.ibm.com/blockchain.
Understand the Blockchain in Two Minutes
Over the past decade, an alternative digital paradigm has slowly been taking shape at the edges of the internet.
This new paradigm is the blockchain. After incubating through millions of Bitcoin transactions and a host of developer projects, it is now on the tips of tongues of CEOs and CTOs, startup entrepreneurs, and even governance activists. Though these stakeholders are beginning to understand the disruptive potential of blockchain technology and are experimenting with its most promising applications, few have asked a more fundamental question: What will a world driven by blockchains look like a decade from now?
Source: Institute for the Future (IFTF)
Blockchain Futures Lab
http://www.iftf.org/blockchainfutureslab