Tag: Blockchain

4th IR Technology for Global Health and Development

The 4th industrial revolution is here. Artificial intelligence, IoT, and blockchain are transforming global health and development. In alignment with sustainable development Goal, 3 and 8 increasing economic inclusion translates into good health and wellbeing for all. Application of AI, BC and IoT technology can be applied across epidemiological data governance, healthcare financing and medical… Read more 4th IR Technology for Global Health and Development

Blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organization Is Future!

  When I first came across Blockchain [1] three years ago, I realized this is a super-powerful technology which can change the whole world fundamentally. I quickly fell in love with Blockchain, did research and even wrote a Blockchain cookbook, which is widely used by my company and our clients. You may not know Blockchain,… Read more Blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organization Is Future!

Blockchain – a potential disruption agent in the healthcare industry

Do the buzzwords ‘bitcoin’ and ‘crypto tokens’ sound familiar? They do, right? Considering the gigantic impetus that several cryptocurrencies have triggered in recent times, chances are high that you came across such terminology on social media or your daily newsfeed. It certainly takes a lot of resources to keep track of the plethora of innovative… Read more Blockchain – a potential disruption agent in the healthcare industry

If it acts like a duck, quack likes a duck; it’s probably a duck…

“…the reality of it, the market today has a lot of scams and I think there’s a lot of securities laws that are being violated by the ICO phenomenon right now…” Peter Smith, Blockchain Co-Founder & CEO [1] The lines between cryptocurrencies and securities continues to blur making it hard for governments, regulators and market… Read more If it acts like a duck, quack likes a duck; it’s probably a duck…

Reinventing Power & Democratizing Energy

Last Friday, Stanford University had the pleasure to host JB Straubel, CTO and Co-founder of Tesla to share his insights of new developments in SolarCity and Tesla. Previous to my arrival at Stanford, I have been working in a small technology company that develops electrical digital transformers, I and would like to share some ideas… Read more Reinventing Power & Democratizing Energy

Blockchain - a New Game for Accounting and Auditing?

As described by Dr. Jeff Welser, “Blockchain is an emerging platform for transaction services that will fundamentally change the world of financial services.” Accounting Blockchain acts as an indispensable ledger, a canonical source of truth. The current accounting practice is one where companies keep their financial records in private ledgers and rely on accountants to… Read more Blockchain - a New Game for Accounting and Auditing?

What have been the leading investing trends in IT since 2000?

It is intriguing to see how throughout time we can identify some trends and patterns in the investments driven by Venture Capitalists, may it be in the form that they take or the sector that they are directed to. We hear everyday about Buzzwords such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data or about this new ‘exploding sector’ of… Read more What have been the leading investing trends in IT since 2000?

The Rise of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Blockchain technology seems to be the buzzword of this day and age. During his presentation, Dr. Jeff Welser (VP and Lab Director at IBM Research) briefly mentioned “Block chain as an emerging platform for transaction services that will fundamentally change the world of financial services” This got me really curious about the core features of… Read more The Rise of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

The Blockchain Revolution

Last week, Carl Eschenbach (Sequoia, ex-VMware) and Jeff Welser (IBM) talked about the upcoming blockchain technology and how it is slowly changing business and economy. According to Harvard Business Review, “Blockchain will do for the financial system what internet did for media” (https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-blockchain-will-do-to-banks-and-law-firms-what-the-internet-did-to-media) and so I decided to go deeper into the topic and explore… Read more The Blockchain Revolution

Blockchain & Supply Chain

“I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain” – Fleetwood Mac, the Chain Interesting to hear comments on blockchain from both speakers this week, with both Carl Eschenbach (Sequoia, ex-VMware) and Jeff Welser (IBM) making glowing comments about the underlying technology, while expressing concern about scale and minor mention of the… Read more Blockchain & Supply Chain