Blockchain-as-a-Service based on Exoscale
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Blockchain-as-a-Service is implemented by the Swiss company Digital Ledger Systems AG on the A1 Digital Exoscale Cloud. With BDOC contract and data management, the first application has already gone into operation
Why Digital Ledger chose Exoscale from A1 Digital
Infrastructure
Exoscale offers the right technology to setup the blockchain approach. Digital Ledger could not find anything comparable.
Direct contact with cloud architects
To deploy the complex solutions on Exoscale, Digital Ledger Systems AG and A1 Digital worked closely together. Direct contact with the A1 Digital cloud architects was critical to the project's success.
Infrastructure
Exoscale offers the right technology to meet blockchain requirements. Digital Ledger couldn't find anything comparable.
"The most important criterion for us was the security aspect. The requirements of European customers exclude US based providers. A1 Digital with its European cloud Exoscale was therefore an obvious choice for us"
The Objective
Blockchain-as-a-Service is implemented by the Swiss company Digital Ledger Systems AG on the A1 Digital Exoscale Cloud. With BDOC contract and data management, the first application has already gone into operation. Provide a blockchain platform for developers to build their own blockchain solutions without having to delve deep into the technology. It is very important for companies to anonymize data in the blockchain. “Encryption is mandatory, but not enough. Anonymization of data is absolutely necessary, especially in the healthcare sector," explains Kuno Bürge. Companies also want to be able to delete information. Approximately after the retention period has expired. The requirements of the GDPR were anticipated during development.
Deletion possible - manipulation excluded
The result is the DLS blockchain platform, a highly secure, fully scalable blockchain-as-a-service platform that documents data, transactions and their history in an unchangeable manner. The first application that Digital Ledger has developed on the platform is BDOC contract and data management. Lawyers or companies can draw up and edit contract documents together with their clients or business partners. The system documents all processing steps, including the consent of all those involved, in an unchangeable manner.
“Blockchain is a complex technology. It was very important to us that our customers do not have to understand in depth how blockchain works. It has to be very clear that it works and that it works reliably,” says Kuno Bürge, showing a system that is easy and intuitive to use, even for IT laypeople. BDOC24.ch was developed with lawyers for lawyers.
Security is the top priority
Mr. Bürge sees a huge market: banks, healthcare companies, lawyers, pharmaceutical companies. Companies that attach great importance to security are the ideal clientele for blockchain solutions.
Kuno Bürge cites three facts when he talks to customers today about IT security and its platform:
- According to the Bitkom industry association, over 60 percent of companies have been affected by data theft, sabotage or industrial espionage in the past two years.
- Fact two: Hackers often roam the company network for 100 days or more before those responsible notice them.
- And: "Kaspersky has found out that around 70 percent of attackers have Office as their target." The need for highly secure solutions is huge, the managing director states.
