Blockchain
Blockchain is an emerging technology that grew out of the bitcoin cryptocurrency, but is finding other uses in financial services, healthcare, government and elsewhere. Blockchain used distributed ledger technology and cryptography to create a highly secure record of transactions without centralised control. Read all the latest news and analysis about blockchain here.
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News : Blockchain
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April 17, 2018
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Targeted cyber attacks doubled in past year, study shows
The number of targeted attacks has doubled in the past year compared with the previous 12 months, despite improvements in detecting and blocking them, a cyber resilience study shows
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April 16, 2018
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Santander uses Ripple technology to offer international payments
Santander has launched an international fund transfer service for retail customers in the UK about two years after it started testing the blockchain-based application
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April 12, 2018
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22 European countries sign up to blockchain partnership
The UK and 21 other countries have signed a declaration aiming to share blockchain experience and expertise across Europe, as well as preparing to launch EU-wide blockchain applications
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April 03, 2018
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Oracle expands availability of cloud services from UK datacentre region
Database giant claims expansion of UK datacentre region shows its commitment to customers
In Depth : Blockchain
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The bitcoin boom: How colocation datacentres are cashing in on cryptocurrency mining
Cryptocurrency miners are turning to colocation providers to help scale up their operations, drive profits and boost their resiliency, but the benefits could be relatively short-lived for all concerned, it seems Continue Reading
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What are the retail jobs that don’t exist yet?
As in many industries, technology and new consumer behaviour is changing the shape of retail. But what yet-to-be-created jobs are on the horizon for the sector? Continue Reading
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Data Lab CEO Gillian Docherty on how data can boost Scottish economy
Gillian Docherty, CEO of The Data Lab, outlines the organisation’s mission to turn analytics and artificial intelligence to benefit Scotland’s economy Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Blockchain
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Is HTTP doomed? Could blockchain help replace the Internet as we know it?
Tim Berners-Lee is rightly famous as the originator of HTTP, a fundamental of the World Wide Web as we know it. But according to some, HTTP is old hat. It has helped create a web full of dead ... Continue Reading
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SAP buys into blockchain, joins Hyperledger Project
The Hyperledger Project is an open source consortium focused on development issues for blockchain, the distributed database of 'permanent' time-stamped records. Led by the Linux Foundation, ... Continue Reading
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Next in the digital revolution: commoditisation of processes
One of the questions most commonly asked of technology journalists is, “What’s the next big thing in tech?” It’s easy enough to answer – at the moment, you would point to emerging trends such as ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Blockchain
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Blockchain: Paving the way for broad adoption
The foundations have been laid for organisations to begin standardising on the technology, talent and platforms that will drive future blockchain initiatives Continue Reading
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Bitcoin is a bubble, but manias can have economic benefits
The UK's railway mania, the tulip bubble, the dot com boom and other collective economic madness – such as bitcoin – might lose people a lot of money, but they often lay down important foundations Continue Reading
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Blockchain’s promise goes beyond fintech
By reducing the cost of peer-to-peer data and resource transfer, blockchain can remove the need for third parties and middlemen across industries Continue Reading
Videos : Blockchain
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Blockchain: why and how are companies deploying digital ledgers
In this video we speak to Juniper Research about the findings from its latest research into the rollout of Blockchain