Why CIOs Should Care About Blockchain

In this contributed article, Maria Colgan, distinguished product manager on the database team at Oracle, discusses how blockchain is starting to play a big – and growing – role in her work-life, and the world of databases where she spend much of her time. Blockchain is about much more than the Bitcoins of the world; its fundamental attributes of security, authenticity (what Blockchain folks call “immutability”), and strict recording of events can be applied to many applications, from financial data to contracts like property titles or government records.