Last month, at the first quarterly Forum for Mass Capitalism, a number of experienced industry execs shared their expertise and thoughts on a variety of important topics including economics, entrepreneurship, technology, taxes, and marketing using the lenses of macroeconomics, the semiconductor industry, taxes, and finance. Keynote speakers included: John Olson , president of Microtech Laboratories,…
Switzerland – SophiaTX successfully launched its mainnet with the primary purpose of creating a public blockchain with features and capabilities suitable for enterprise use. With its fast and secure blockchain, SophiaTX is projected to disrupt current business models by providing a truly decentralized enterprise ecosystem that enables companies to deliver efficiencies and better collaborate along the value…
Earlier this Spring, interesting news came in from across the pond with the publication of the first edition of the UK Government's new ‘name & shame’ report on late supplier payments. The good news is that just under half of all the invoices that were reported on were paid within 30 days, but there were…
Switzerland – South Africa’s blockchain landscape is set to benefit from an exclusive partnership between SophiaTX (a leading Swiss-based blockchain company) and ArkTree (an emerging South African tech company). As SophiaTX’s sole VAR (value-added reseller) in South Africa, ArkTree will bring internationally-recognized blockchain innovation to the ERP (enterprise resource planning) domain, which is quickly gaining traction as a conduit…
June 29, 2018 . According to a recent study, 92% of blockchain projects fail, and the average lifespan of a blockchain startup is 15 months. However, blockchain technology doesn‘t seem to to lose its hype. What should blockchain developers know to be among the 8% of successful startups? Vytautas Kašėta, board member of Blockchain Centre Vilnius and advisor…
Manufacturers across industries, and perhaps most especially high-tech and electronics manufacturers, are trying to manage hyper-complex, global supply chains. These massive networks involve the production, transportation, and fulfillment of products among widespread suppliers, manufacturing sites, distribution centers, e-tailers, and retailers. With goods touching so many parties, companies often suffer from data silos that fragment operations…
Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett have again made a pitch to eliminate “short-termism” by calling on CEOs to stop providing quarterly guidance while Bob Lutz, former GM vice chair calls quarterly targets one of the worst ills of American business. However, Lutz could not provide any solution to this crisis. Image courtesy: Pixabay The 1934…
LONDON — Lindsley Ruth used to dread May, the month Electrocomponents PLC takes probing questions from investors. In his first couple of years as CEO, Ruth didn’t have a lot of positive news to share and difficult questions from analysts were difficult to answer. This May was different. Electrocomponents is on a roll. Sales and profits are…
The hype surrounding blockchain technology will recede sharply in 2018 as the cost and complexity of implementing blockchain solutions becomes apparent says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Vancouver, BC — Global Blockchain Technologies (CSE: BLOC, BLOC.CN, BLOC.CNX) (FSE: BWSP) (OTC: BLKCF) (“BLOC” or the “Company”)announces that it has created a Cayman-based subsidiary Laser Inc., as part of its recently-announced project, the Laser Network (“Laser”). To date, Laser has received considerable attention from throughout the blockchain sector, as well as from the broader technology…