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Fit and value: The business case for blockchain

O'Reilly

Blockchains have a uniquely tumultuous early history for an enterprise technology—from a mysterious origin story, to a sensational first application in bitcoin, to a swift fall from a particularly frothy hype cycle. Blockchain technology provides the encrypted distributed ledger that made the first cryptocurrency, bitcoin, possible.

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Call for Code asks developers worldwide to collaborate on solutions to save lives

O'Reilly Software

In this episode of the O’Reilly Media Podcast, Rachel Roumeliotis, VP of content strategy at O’Reilly, sat down with Daniel Krook, IBM developer advocate. The Call for Code Challenge in 2018 is a competition that rewards participants who come up with the applications that make the greatest impact.

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Are Microservices to Ecosystems as Core Competencies were to Conglomerates?

The Agile Manager

As far back as the 19th century, industrial firms pursued vertical integration strategies. This was important because, for large industrial firms, competing on price was the primary strategy for winning market share. By the 1980s, both strategies had begun to lose favor. But the operating benefits weren't there, either.