Pearson Blockchain for Business: Discover How Blockchain Networks are Transforming Companies, Driving Growth, and Creating New Business Models First Edition

by Jerry Cuomo Jai Singh Arun

The Pragmatic Guide to Driving Value and Disrupting Markets with Blockchain "Much has been written about blockchain in the past few what it is and what it is not (at various levels of detail), as well as the technology's long-term strategic value for companies, industries, and economies. However, what we've been missing is a practical, operational, 'how to' set of steps for creating, implementing, and operating a blockchain-based solution. This book aims to fill that gap. It's an invaluable tool for anyone ready to take the plunge and start taking advantage of this remarkable technology." -Irving Wladawsky-Berger, research affiliate, MIT; columnist, WSJ CIO Journal; VP Emeritus, IBM Blockchain enables enterprises to reinvent processes and business models and to pursue radically disruptive applications. Blockchain for Business is a concise, accessible, and pragmatic guide to both the technology and the opportunities it creates. Authored by three experts from IBM's Enterprise Blockchain practice, it introduces industry-specific and cross-industry use cases, and reviews best-practice approaches to planning and delivering blockchain projects. With a relentless focus on real-world business outcomes, the authors reveal what blockchain can do, what it can't do yet, and where it's headed.Understand five elements that make blockchain so transparency, immutability, security, consensus, and smart contracts Explore key use cross-border payments, food and drug safety, provenance, trade finance, clinical trials, land registries, and more See how trusted blockchain networks are facilitating entirely new business models Compare blockchain permissioned, permissionless, private, public, federated, and hybrid Anticipate key technical, business, regulatory, and governance challenges Build blockchain financial models, investment rubrics, and risk frameworks Organize and manage teams to transform blockchain plans into reality Whether you're a senior decision maker, technical professional, customer, or investor, Blockchain for Business will help you cut through the hype and objectively assess blockchain's potential in your business. Register your product for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available.

Genres: Technology, Business

Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Jate Saitthiti]

I found it intriguing to read about how enterprises apply blockchain technology for insurance, patient consent, advertising, and supply chain management in the first and second chapters. The blockchain enterprise adoption framework and blockchain-based business model are covered in the final chapter. This book was written by the IBM Blockchain & Digital Asset experts

[Gary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall a good read, especially the chapter on building project teams. I wish there were some more real world examples of blockchain models and networking infrastructure for decentralized ledgers, but I'm taking away some new ideas for enterprise use cases.

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, the explanation here was not what i expected when I read the title. I think this book contains some secrets to write the lite paper or white paper, but seems here like how to write business plan. But for some parts the concept was okay.

[Heather Penner · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title sounded like a great topic, but...
Meh.

The first two chapters read like a sales pitch for IBM consulting services.