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Smart Contracts: The Future of Contracting

By Cole Flashenberg Jason Stading Patrick Heeks Mike Moore

Like any new technology, blockchain has evolved from an idea, to a market buzzword, and now to a real solution with applications in real business environments.

Categories: Blockchain Consulting

ISG Smartalks™ Podcast Episode 9: Blockchain – Disrupter or Distracter?

By Barry Matthews Alex-Paul Manders

Will blockchain transform the world as we know it?

Categories: Blockchain Consulting

Blockchain: Success Lies in Identifying the Right Use Cases

By Manali De Bhaumik Shachi Jain

Blockchain has the potential to become one of the most disruptive technologies in recent times, primarily because of its ability to offer a decentralized and public but highly secure ledger for recording transactions.

Categories: Blockchain Research

Demystifying Blockchain and Leveraging It in Your Organization

By Pamela Shoaf

As awareness of blockchain increases, company executives may be questioning if they are being left behind – and, if they are not questioning, they should be.

Categories: Blockchain Consulting

Blockchain: It’s Already Transforming Support Functions, But Is It Right for Your Organization?

By Julien Escribe

It is no secret: the global impact of blockchain technology over the next five to ten years will be massive.

Categories: Blockchain Consulting

4 Innovative Uses of Blockchain in the Enterprise

Blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin, is best known in the financial industry. But experts say the technology has potential for a wide range of uses in the enterprise.

Categories: Blockchain

A Finance Leader's Guide to Blockchain

Among the most significant technological developments to capture the attention of finance executives is blockchain.

Categories: Blockchain

Australian University Offering New Blockchain Strategy Class

Melbourne, Australia's RMIT University will soon be offering an eight week online course in blockchain strategy, with the intent of instructing the nation's upcoming entrepreneurs in the technology

Categories: Blockchain

Bitcoin Aside, Can Blockchain Boost Enterprise IoT Adoption And Speed Up ROI?

There is certainly much excitement these days surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), which has become one the most hyped expressions in technology across industries as well as government.

Categories: Blockchain

ISG to Discuss Blockchain on CFO Magazine Webcast

Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, will be a featured speaker on the upcoming CFO magazine webcast, "A Finance Leader's Guide to Blockchain."

Categories: Blockchain

ISG Experts Talk Blockchain, Cryptocurrency at Two Events

Thought leaders share insights at University of Texas at Austin, CFO Exchange in Florida

Categories: Blockchain

Practical Ways to Alleviate Cyber Risk

Practical ways to alleviate cyber risk

Categories: Blockchain

Smart Manufacturing Challenges Businesses to Rethink Sourcing

Three centuries after much of the western world underwent an industrial revolution, we’re now seeing another revolution in industry.

Categories: Blockchain

Finding the Real Enterprise Value in Blockchain

By Alex-Paul Manders

Finance teams are using blockchain apps to great advantage – and thinking through how distributed ledger software applications can bring value to an increasingly large array of functional areas.

Categories: Blockchain Consulting

SAP on the Blockchain Bandwagon

At Sapphire 2018, SAP unveiled how it has woven blockchain – along with analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) – into its “intelligent enterprise” concept.

Categories: Blockchain Consulting Software Advisory Services

How Blockchain Could Upend Enterprise Development of AI Capabilities

By Blair Hanley Frank

Picture this: an enterprise operates an image classifier to help a machine identify different types of vegetables, but it is having a hard time distinguishing between Anaheim and poblano peppers.

Categories: Blockchain Consulting

Can Blockchain Improve Network Management?

Though IT configuration management resists standardization, lifecycle improvements and automation, it is a process all businesses must do well.

Categories: Blockchain Consulting Network Advisory Services

The Blockchain Effect: How Will the Distributed Ledger Change the Customer Experience?

By Scott Furlong

As we march toward an increasingly digital economy, meeting the growing demand for an improved customer experience and heightened trust are essential to achieving market success.

Categories: Blockchain Business Advisory Services Consulting

How Should a CFO Think about the Potential for Blockchain in Finance & Accounting?

By Scott Furlong David Houston

Blockchain is an emerging technology that allows data to be stored in a distributed ledger and continuously verified by network nodes that secure and process block transactions.

Categories: Blockchain Business Advisory Services Consulting

Blockchain - From the Mundane to Being a Re-invention Catalyst

To some extent, Blockchain is suffering from what we can call a déja vu cycle of “new technology in search of a market” growth pains.

Categories: Blockchain Business Advisory Services Consulting