Ram Viswanathan, Author at IBM Blog

Ram Viswanathan

Ram Viswanathan is an IBM Fellow, and currently the CTO of IBM Blockchain Services. He works at the intersection of business and technology to provide deeper value for global clients. In his current role, Ram provides technical leadership in all aspects of building and delivering Blockchain solutions for global clients. He is an IBM Master Inventor with over 25 patents to his credit. He is an avid long-distance runner and has completed 59 marathons in 34 cities in 13 countries. He is a founder member of Chennai Runners, which encourages everyone to take to fitness.

Blockchain June 23, 2021

Technology in blockchain-anchored business networks

4 min read - Technology choices and considerations are foundational to construct, deploy and operate a blockchain-based business network. The overall technical architecture of a blockchain solution is driven by the functional and non-functional requirements of all stakeholders, and the core business. The solution…

A legal perspective on blockchain-anchored business networks

3 min read - Business law, legal considerations and regulatory compliance are important to setting up and running an enterprise business. The blockchain business network enables enterprises to interact among their stakeholders across geography with trust and traceability. Hence, it is important that the…

A look at the operations in blockchain-anchored business networks

3 min read - In building a blockchain platform-centric business network, it is very important to define and build a network with operational efficiencies for sustainability. In our previous post, we discussed how important trust is to building these networks and the key role…

A look at the business in blockchain-anchored business networks

3 min read - In building a blockchain platform-centric business network, it is very important to articulate and actualize the value for all stakeholders on that network. In our previous post, we discussed how important trust is to building these networks and the key…

Blockchain as an enabler to becoming a cognitive enterprise

3 min read - Technologies like blockchain, IoT, AI and automation, play a key role in the transformation of organizations to a cognitive enterprise. Interaction with its stakeholder ecosystem is foundational to any enterprise and blockchain solutions make these interactions efficient by optimizing these…

Blockchain in a nutshell: Building enterprise solutions

4 min read - In the last few years, many large enterprises have been evaluating permissioned blockchain technologies by conducting limited proof of technologies (PoT) and some of them have gone on to production rollouts of minimum viable products (MVPs). These implementations have been…