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August 29, 2018 -- ADVFN Crypto NewsWire -- This summer has shown
several major developments for IBM blockchain technology. The
company is often viewed as a “traditional” company, and does not
get the hype of other tech companies like Google or Apple. More
importantly, many of these achievements are involving real world
implementation of the technology and new partnerships that are
spreading its use and practice to bring benefits to things like
cyber security, food safety and supply chain efficiency.
“We are doing work in every single
industry, and I learn something new every day, but one of the most
exciting areas is our focus on food safety and ending food waste
with the ultimate goal of alleviating world hunger. Every
improvement you make in shelf life, traceability and prevention of
disease helps to address the roughly 30% waste in the food supply
chain. Can you imagine how many people you could feed with that
extra food?” - Marie Wieck
Just in the past three months, IBM
was granted seven blockchain related patents, on-boarded 92
companies to their blockchain shipping platform with Maersk,
started a blockchain education platform, began development of a
stablecoin with Stellar Lumens and on-boarded several new companies
to their packaged food tracking platform, IBM Food
Trust.
Patent
Leaders
IBM inventors received a record
9,043 patents in 2017. They have lead total patents per year in the
U.S. for 25 years, and now have over 100,000. Just under half of
this year’s patents granted to IBM in 2017 are pioneering
advancements in AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, quantum
computing, and blockchain technology. They lead computer companies
in blockchain patents with 27, followed by Dell with only 8. Google
and Apple only total 6 combined.
Marie
Wieck
The IBM blockchain program is
headed up by Marie Wieck. She started doing mainframe systems
architecture with the company 30 years ago, launched IBM’s
MobileFirst business and is now driving open ecosystem growth for
Blockchain. IBM focuses their development using the open-source
HyperLedger Fabric network.
“We aren’t just talking about how
blockchain can address the challenge of digital rights management
or trade finance. We are now asking “how can we do this at
scale?”... This means we’re also creating new businesses and new
models—not just saving time, or money for an owner. I haven’t seen
this much interest in a new technology and entrepreneurship since
the early days of the Internet… We aren’t focused on
crypto-currencies per se, but on new business models like asset
backed tokens, loyalty “points”, and stable coins which can provide
new sources of value.” - Marie Wieck
By: BGN Editorial Staff
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