Bitcoins underlying blockchain technology is a potential disruptor to the way core businesses have been working. This is the reason why it has been catching everyone’s attention, especially those involved in the financial services industry. The blockchain technology is in fact driving most innovation by FinTech companies in the present time. Start-ups to well-established companies are involved or interested in putting the blockchain technology to use and benefiting from it in some way or the other.
Among many projects working around the blockchain technology is Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) Azure Blockchain as a Service program. It’s been a little less than three months since the news about the partnership between ConsenSys and Microsoft to deliver enterprise businesses Ethereum Blockchain-as-a-Service (E BaaS) on Microsoft Azure first came out.
The flagship offering that included BlockApps Strato (technology to build industry-specific blockchain applications) and Ether.Camp (blockchain explorer) was released on November 10, 2015 in London. The Microsoft Azure Blockchain as a Service program has been constantly in news since then and has attracted many to join it as partners.
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