Blockchain pumping new life into old-school companies like IBM


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 27 Dec 2017

IBM also offers companies a free trial of blockchain in its cloud.

Blockchain is getting bigger at Big Blue.

Demand for the technology, best known for supporting bitcoin, is growing so much that it will be one of the largest users of capacity next year at about 60 data centres that International Business Machines Corp. rents out to other companies around the globe. IBM was one of the first big companies to see blockchain’s promise, contributing code to an open-source effort and encouraging startups to try the technology on its cloud for free.

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