Yesterday Microsoft and JP Morgan
said they’d signed a memorandum of understanding to partner in accelerating the adoption of enterprise blockchain. At the same time, Microsoft unveiled its latest blockchain offering the Azure Blockchain Service featuring JP Morgan’s Quorum as the first service.
The company already had the Azure Blockchain Workbench and was the first major cloud provider to embrace blockchain. The Azure Blockchain Service simplifies the formation, management and governance of a consortium network. It makes it easier to add new members, set permissions and authenticate user applications.
The latest service will go head to head with
Amazon’s Managed Blockchain. Two days ago Amazon Web Services said its new offering was generally available on its US East coast servers.
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