Industry experts believe blockchain is a technology that has the potential to affect the business of most IT professionals in the next five years. Pick an industry you feel will be most affected by blockchain and how blockchain may be used in that industry. As an IT manager, how would you embrace blockchain? For instance, how would training occur for your team, what strategies might you use, what security methods may you recommend be used?
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2″ Blockchain startups absorbed 5X more capital via ICOs than equity financings in 2017,” CB
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3 ” IBM invests to lead global Internet of Things market-shows accelerated client adoption,” IBM,
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4″ASX selects distributed ledger technology to replace CHESS,” ASX, December 2017.
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6 Jay Clayton, “Statement on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings,” U.S. Securities and
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7 To be sure, blockchain does not eliminate the possibility of fraudulent data being written to the
database, which could in turn be used to substantiate the existence of fraudulent assets.
8 “Change Healthcare announces general availability of first enterprise-scale blockchain solution for
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9 “Toyota Research Institute explores blockchain technology for development of new mobility
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