Major cloud computing and virtual machine firm VMware has launched VMware Blockchain, an enterprise-ready blockchain platform.
The billion-dollar company, owned by Dell, first teased the blockchain’s development in 2018, through its Project Concord, promising an enterprise-grade platform that can enable secure inter-organization data sharing.
VMware joins the ranks of IBM and other global tech conglomerates that have launched their own blockchain platforms. The firm identified highly complex and fragmented multi-party enterprise workflows — resulting in delays, increased costs and hindered innovation — as a core problem they aim to solve with its blockchain solution.
VMware Blockchain is now available for commercial use, after being tested by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). The ASX intends to replace its current CHESS system with the new platform , although this was recently delayed until April 2023.
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