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Blockchain for Decision Makers

You're reading from   Blockchain for Decision Makers A systematic guide to using blockchain for improving your business

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2019
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ISBN-13 9781838552275
Length 184 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Romain Tormen Romain Tormen
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: A First Step into Blockchain and an Exciting World FREE CHAPTER
2. Basics of Blockchains and the Illustration of Village Beta 3. A Technical Dive into Blockchain 4. Ethereum and Smart Contracts 5. ICOs and Tokenized Fundraising Methods 6. Section 2: Blockchain in Practice, Insights, and Achievements
7. An Economic and Historical Approach of Blockchain 8. Blockchain Legality, Compliance, and Regulation 9. Blockchain for the Business World and Achievements 10. Future Outlook for Blockchain 11. Section 3: Blockchain for Business Leaders
12. Infrastructures and Cloud-Based Solutions 13. Defining Your Needs 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Oracle

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd declared in 2017, during the OpenWorld convention, that blockchain was the next big thing and that it can allow companies to attain their main priorities: increasing revenue, boosting cash flow, decreasing spending, and managing risk. Hurd confirmed these thoughts the following year at the same event, saying that in a supply chain, 65% of the managers manually track the shipment of goods whereas blockchain could provide applications to provide automation and increase security and facilitate information exchange. In these circumstances, Oracle announced, in July 2018, the launch of its own blockchain platform to catch up with IBM's progress. This platform, designed as a service on Oracle Cloud, is called Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service (BCS), and just like IBM, is built on the Hyperledger Fabric framework. It was adopted by several companies such...

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