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An integrated asset management data platform

IBM Big Data Hub

Part 2 of this four-part series discusses the complex tasks energy utility companies face as they shift to holistic grid asset management to manage through the energy transition. The first post of this series addressed the challenges of the energy transition with holistic grid asset management.

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Centralized vs. blockchain: A head-to-head comparison of storage requirements

CGI

In an earlier blog post, we addressed blockchain energy dependency. Indeed, blockchain’s distributed data structure results in a significantly higher storage demand compared to traditional centralized databases. Three producers of residual heat deliver to an energy wholesaler. Centralized data governance.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Blockchains are unique from other distributed ledger types due to their data structure, sequence, power needs, real-life implementation, and the use of tokens. Permissioned blockchains, or private blockchains,aren’t truly decentralized because they’re organized by a governance structure and authentication process for nodes.