Tech firm IBM on Wednesday announced the launch of three new consulting services and the IBM blockchain platform starter plan — an inaugural low-cost plan for startups, developers and other clients at its flagship client event Think 2018 at Las Vegas.
This will help them quickly develop, operate and govern networks on the IBM blockchain platform, said Jason Kelley, General Manager, IBM Blockchain Services.
Today’s new services we are announcing will provide the right consulting expertise and technologies to support the adoption of blockchain throughout the maturity of the network including blockchain starter services, blockchain acceleration services, and blockchain innovation services, he said.
Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that establishes a shared, non-alterable record of all the transactions that take place within a network and then enables permissioned parties access to trusted data in real time.
Consulting firm Gartner says the business value of blockchain expected to grow to $176 billion by 2025 and $3 trillion by 2030 by improving business efficiency.
(The journalist was in Las Vegas on the invitation of IBM)
