Recent Posts by Eric Jacobsen

Recently in an article in Oracle Magazine titled "It’s All About Trust," Alan Zeichick, a principal analyst at Camden Associates, talked about how Blockchain is a secure system for conducting trustworthy transactions with customers, partners, and competitors. He interviewed Mark Rahkmilevich, Oracle's Blockchain Product Management Director “Blockchain lets you conduct transactions securely without requiring an intermediary, and records are secure and immutable. It also can...

Since Oracle announced its Blockchain Cloud Service at OpenWorld in October, there has been a lot of buzz in the news and on the internet.  Recently, Linda Hardesty wrote the following article, "A Blockchain Service Built on Oracle Cloud Expedites Loan Processing" on sdxcentral.com.  She described how Oracle Partner AuraBlocks is using Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service to help its customer Biz2Credit verify the identity of borrowers.  “They [Biz2Credit] thought there was an...

Today, Oracle Announced that it is launching its enterprise-grade Blockchain Cloud Service. Read more in the Press Release. Using Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service (BCS), you can securely and reliably extend business processes and accelerate B2B transactions.  Oracle BCS is comprehensive distributed ledger cloud platform that will allow you to provision blockchain networks, join other organizations, and deploy & run smart contracts to update and query the ledger. You can also...

OpenWorld 2017 is just around the corner. The hardest part is choosing which sessions to attend.  From product releases to industry updates and hands-on labs, the session list is never ending it seems. If you are focused on Blockchain, here is a complete list of blockchain sessions offered at OpenWorld 2017. To help you narrow down the list even further, here are 5 key sessions that you might want to catch at the conference:   General Session: Manufacturing, High Tech, Automotive...

OpenWorld 2017 is just around the corner. The hardest part is choosing which sessions to attend.  From product releases to industry updates and hands-on labs, the session list is never ending it seems. If you are focused on Application Development, here is a complete list of app dev sessions offered at OpenWorld 2017. To help you narrow down the list even further, here are 5 key sessions that you might want to catch at the conference:   Stepping up to the New Stack: Oracle...

Blockchain technology has the potential to dramatically enhance enterprise business value by enabling near real-time, distributed transactions across customers’ ecosystems and by enabling secure, tamper-proof data sharing.   Recently, Oracle joined the Hyperledger consortium because of the consortium's approach to blockchain using open source collaboration, modular architecture, horizontal/cross-industry technology support, and support for enterprise needs. Oracle looks forward...