IBM is cranking up the security on its cloud-based blockchain service.
On Thursday it began beta-testing a new high-security service plan for IBM Blockchain, with dedicated infrastructure for each customer.
Until now, it has offered only a starter cloud service for developers who wish to experiment with blockchain technology. That service runs in a multitenant cloud, with infrastructure shared among hundreds of blockchains.
The new service plan is still cloud-based, but "you get your own resources dedicated to you," said IBM Vice President for Blockchain Technologies Jerry Cuomo.
It's not the first time IBM has delivered cloud blockchain service to this security level, Cuomo said. Back in April, it offered to build it to order for clients in the financial or health industry.
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