IBM wins big at Juniper Research blockchain awards event

Companies at the forefront of new developments in blockchain technology have been honoured in Juniper Research’s Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments.

Blockchain Innovation of the Year (Judges’ Choice)

Winner – BTL Interbit platform

Best Blockchain Platform

Winner – IBM blockchain platform

Highly Commended – Finacle Trade Connect

Best Blockchain Deployment in Logistics

Winner – Everledger platform

Highly Commended – Provenance platform

Best Blockchain Deployment in Healthcare

Winner – Guardtime Personal Health Record Platform, myPCR

Highly Commended – Pokitdok Dokchain

Best Blockchain Deployment in Land Registry

Winner – ChromaWay Postchain

Highly Commended – Propy

Best Blockchain Deployment in Banking & Payments

Winner – Finacle Payments Connect

Highly Commended – IBM Global Payment Platform

“IBM has devoted significant expertise to the advancement of enterprise blockchain with the goal of spurring adoption and delivering proven results across the marketplace,” says Marie Wieck, GM, IBM Blockchain. “We’re proving in areas as diverse as supply chain, trade finance, transportation, healthcare and government that blockchain can be used as the new operating system of trust as it transforms business processes.”

“This is an important recognition of out accomplishments in creating the first enterprise grade blockchain platform and our ongoing support for an open source, openly governed approach to blockchain through the Hyperledger Project. As our client’s networks continue to grow and scale, we look forward to driving even more advancements in areas such as governance models, flexible architecture and interoperability”

The awards were decided by a panel of expert judges based on a number of criteria including: product features and user benefits; innovation; commercial partnerships; commercial launches; certification and compliance; and, potential future business development.