Blockchain
Aqua farmers are giving back to the oceans – with technology
Our oceans sustain us. They give us oxygen and they capture carbon dioxide. They feed us and they provide a wage to 40 million people across the world. They bring us joy and they show us beauty. But we are not sustaining our oceans in return. We are taking more from them than can be replenished. We […]
Disrupt your industry with a circular business strategy
Many companies have all the customer instruments in place that is needed to transform their business to a circular business model in my opinion. It is therefore a question of reorganizing the customer instruments, to reap the savings circular modelling represents.
Collaboration with Academics – it is our duty, and we care about it, a lot
The universities are currently running their Spring courses. For Claudio Christensen, IBM Academic Ambassador, this is yet another opportunity to connect to the academic world and to the students. ”It is really inspiring to work with the students. We don’t realize how much innovation we do in IBM before you start sharing this with the […]
How “the new normal” will affect leaders’ agendas after COVID-19
COVID-19 has encouraged businesses and society to accelerate their digital leap. There will be no going back once the pandemic is over. COVID-19 has restructured people’s daily lives both at work and outside work. After the initial shock, both individuals and businesses are looking to the future and adapting to “the new normal”. In this […]
IBM Blockchain: Ending seafood fraud
Back in February, I wrote about the collaboration between IBM Food Trust and Farmer Connect that connects coffee farmers and consumers. Today, I would like to showcase another great example of IBM providing cutting-edge blockchain-technological capabilities in the food industry. Salmon isn’t just salmon Kvarøy Arctic, a large producer of Norwegian farmed salmon, announced recently […]
Nordea drives prosperity with a blockchain trading solution
At Nordea Bank, digital innovation means becoming more relevant to our customers. We’ve made good progress in this as a founding partner of the we.trade trade finance consortium. Powered by blockchain technology, we.trade connects buyers and sellers in a trusted, efficient digital ecosystem that streamlines trade across Europe’s borders. Transaction volume has grown quickly since […]
Drink your blockchain traced coffee with a clear conscience
In this blog, I would like to share with you a case story video showcasing how blockchain technology can be used to improve conditions for the entire value chain within the coffee industry. IBM Food Trust and Farmer Connect have teamed up to connect coffee farmers and consumers through the use of blockchain. With the […]
Norwegian Yara and IBM expand collaboration to advance sustainable food production
Last week at World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos, Yara International and IBM, launched an open collaboration for farm and field data to advance sustainable food production. An open invite to innovative industry players How do we ensure we can feed a growing world population in the new decade? This is one of the key […]
Blockchain as a force for good
Blockchain is a buzzing technology that has excellent potential to help to build a better society. But only if those developing and bringing it to market commit to important basic principles and then apply them. Technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum—especially innovations that can transform the world at a scale sometimes difficult to contemplate. Blockchain […]