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Thai Customs Adopt IBM’s Blockchain Platform for Shipment Tracking

August 30, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

The Customs Department of Thailand has adopted TradeLens, IBM’s blockchain-powered digital trade platform that supports efficient and accurate container tracking and real-time information sharing among stakeholders in the supply chain. The agency firmly believes that blockchain integration will foster transparency and enhance its processes, reports Bangkok Post on August 29,...

UPS and Inxeption Transforming B2B E-Commerce with Blockchain Technology

March 23, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Business, News, Tech

United Parcel Service (UPS), an American multinational delivery and supply chain management firm, has joined forces with Inxeption, a blockchain powered industrial-strength e-commerce platform, to make the selling and shipping of products online easier for B2B merchants, according to a press release on March 21, 2019. Inxeption Zippy Launched In...

Hyperledger Coming to Italy through Collaboration with Post Italiane

February 4, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Hyperledger has scored yet another coup as Post Italiane, the postal service of Italy, has joined their blockchain consortium according to a January 29, 2019 press release. An Italian Job One of the biggest commercial sectors that has embraced the use of blockchain is shipping and logistics. Firms such as...

Milligan Partners and Rufftup.io Join Forces to Launch a Blockchain-Powered Tolling System

January 21, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform

Milligan Partners, a leading U.S. tolling company has allied with Ruuftup.io, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) firm to launch Tolling.Network, a tolling solution powered by the Hyperledger Fabric, aimed at enhancing toll interoperability, according to a PR Newswire press release on January 18, 2019. From Wall Street to Highways As...

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USA: Blockchain Technology to Revitalize the Health Department’s Contract Acquisition Function

January 19, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, News

According to a report by FedTech Magazine published on January 18, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is moving ahead with its new data monitoring tool called HHS Accelerate to streamline the process of procuring and executing contracts. Department of Health Embraces Distributed Ledger Technology Blockchain technology...

UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund Boosts E-Commerce Platform with Blockchain Investment

January 18, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Business, Finance, Investment, News, Platform

UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, the private equity investment arm of Universal Parcel Service (UPS), has made an equity investment in e-commerce platform Inxeption, to help the latter develop highly functional e-commerce solutions for B2B sellers and buyers, according to a press release on January 16, 2019. A Forward-Thinking Move...

AT&T to Launch Suite of Enterprise Blockchain Solutions Using IBM and Microsoft Technology

September 29, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News, Platform

U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T has created a suite of blockchain solutions designed to work with tech from IBM and Microsoft, the company announced in a September 26, 2018, press release. AT&T Dives into Blockchain Technology The world's largest telecommunications company, AT&T, has become the latest corporation to target diverse industries...

FedEx Joins the Hyperledger Project to Benefit from Industry Ready Blockchain Solutions

September 28, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News, Tech

U.S. courier giant FedEx has forayed into the Linux Foundation's open source project Hyperledger to propel the use of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) in transportation and logistics. According to a press release, published on September 26, 2018, FedEx has become a part of the project’s booming global community. Major...

Walmart Joins Blockchain Consortium MediLedger to Track Pharmaceuticals

Walmart Turns to Blockchain to Circumvent the E.Coli Outbreak in Food Products

September 25, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Retail giants Walmart and Sam’s Club are primed to enter the waters of the distributed ledger technology (DLT), as they will now require their green vegetable suppliers to track the farm produce, all the way from the point of origin. According to a report published by Walmart, on September 25,...

Fake Honey Scandal Shows Blockchain’s Value in Food Tracking

September 25, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Crime, Regulation

Australia is grappling with a fake honey scandal. A number of companies claiming to be selling pure honey have allegedly been mixing in other types of sweeteners such as corn syrup. In a report released by Australian media houses Fairfax and ABC media, 28 honey brands were tested by a...

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