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Posts Tagged ‘Retail’

Hyperledger Grid to Aid Supply Chains with Blockchain Components

The recently incubated project includes tools and sample apps for agriculture, retail, etc. Learn about what's being done by Cargill, Intel, Bitwise IO, and Target.

Supply Chain Pros Reveal the Questions Asked Before Blockchain Adoption

May 30, 2019 | 0 Comments | Carlo Gutierrez
Experts from eBay, Amazon, we.trade, etc., discuss the importance of being clear about the business case with blockchain, as well as concerns related to GDPR.

Alibaba Aims to Prevent Retail Fraud with Blockchain

April 27, 2019 | 0 Comments | Carlo Gutierrez...
Blockchain can provide transparency and traceability to fight fake goods. It also enables Alibaba to expand with a digital platform for blockchain services.

IoT Meets Blockchain: Building a Supply Chain App on Microsoft Azure

April 18, 2019 | 0 Comments | Carlo Gutierrez...
This article highlights how to deliver IoT apps for a supply chain—tracking humidity, temperature, etc.—with Azure Blockchain Workbench and Development Kit.

Kroger Runs 7,000 App Instances on Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes

January 10, 2019 | 0 Comments | Roger Strukhoff...
With both platforms, the largest grocer in the US transforms its IT and gets infrastructure ready in hours instead if weeks, running 400+ apps in production.

Improving Facial Recognition with Super-Fine Attributes and TensorFlow

November 19, 2018 | 0 Comments | Carlo Gutierrez
Super-fine attributes (or multiple visual cues as age, height, etc.) seen in an image can be used to classify and create labels when hard biometrics aren't available.

Blockchain at Walmart: Tracking Food from Farm to Fork

September 8, 2017 | 0 Comments | Carlo Gutierrez
Blockchain and IoT reduces Walmart's food tracking to seconds. Machine learning and analytics help prepare store inventories ahead of sales.

TensorFlow for Recommendation Engines and Customer Feedback Analysis

June 28, 2017 | 0 Comments | Sophia Turol
Learn how TensorFlow and Google Cloud Machine Learning help to find and recommend products, as well as analyze customer feedback in e-commerce.

Cloud Foundry for Pricing Optimization: GAP’s Experience

January 16, 2017 | 1 Comment | Alesia Bulanok...
GAP is a global fashion business with multiple brands and retail stores. Philip Glebow shares the company's experience in automating localized promotional pricing using the Gurobi linear optimizer and Pivotal Cloud Foundry.

Blockchain Projects Span Financial Services and Supply Chains

December 19, 2016 | 0 Comments | Roger Strukhoff
Involving big data and the Internet of Things, the projects focused on the Hyperledger technology range from startups to established organizations.
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