Fintech Meetup 20160705 - Blockchain as a Service

http://www.meetup.com/FinTech-Ireland/events/231968414/

We presented an overview of a number of different APIs from payment, banking, cryptocurrency, blockchain and smart contracts. The session should be about and hour and each API limited to 15/20 minutes. Networking and discussion afterwards.

This session is Blockchain as a Service - Azure has a set of blockchain offerings on its cloud. Daragh Morrissey from Microsoft presents a flying overview. Daragh Morrissey is a Technology Strategist with Microsoft specialising in the Financial Services Industry. He is an IASA Certified Architect Professional and Microsoft Certified Architect. In his current role, he is helping Microsoft customers to transform to a digital business (from a cultural and technology perspective). https://www.linkedin.com/in/daraghmorrissey

Transcript

1. Azure – Blockchain as a Service and API Platform Daragh Morrissey daraghm@microsoft.com Technology Strategist
2. Agenda What is blockchain? What is BaaS on Azure? Azure API Management and PSD2 Getting Started with BAAS
3. What is a Blockchain? A Blockchain is a secure, digital, distributed ledger that uses public/private signature technology to validate and record transactions in real-time. Originally developed for international payments.
4. What does it offer? INFORMATION SHARING The new economy is about more than goods and services – it is about sharing information and, ultimately, making transactions finally move at the speed of the Internet. FUEL BUSINESS GROWTH Blockchain based payment systems can fuel business growth for startups and established corporations alike with quick, direct, borderless payments of digital currencies. SMART DIGITAL CONTRACTS A blockchain can handle much more than payments— it can become a Platform for Smart Digital Contracts across industries and revolutionize how businesses and people transact with one another in fundamental ways. NEXT WAVE OF INNOVATION In short, Blockchain or distributed ledger technologies can provide the Next Wave of Innovation that streamlines the way business operates, the same way the web did.
5. Blockchain as a Service (BaaS)
6. What does Microsoft BaaS unlock? Together, with a growing number of partners, we have developed a component-based ecosystem in a secure environment supported by Azure. Azure More partners every day!
7. BaaS FAIL FAST & CHEAP in Azure Dev/Test/Prod environment MIX & MATCH from the best available Blockchain technology CREATE private, public, permissioned & consortium Blockchain quickly EXPOSE SOLUTIONS through a worldwide distributed platform PROVISION with one-click
8. Azure Windows Server Linux Hosted Clouds Windows Server Linux Service Fabric Private Clouds Windows Server Linux High Availability Hyper-Scaling Hybrid Operations Microservices High Density Rolling Upgrades Low Latency Stateful services Fast startup & shutdown Container Orchestration & lifecycle management Auto Replication & Failover Actor programming model Load balancing Self-healing Data Partitioning Automated Rollback Health Monitoring Placement Constraints Your Dev VM Windows Server Linux Microsoft’s BaaS Vision Ethereum APIs Blockchain APIs CryptoServices
9. Azure Dev/Test Labs
10. Project “Bletchley” Provide a modular, open architecture for Enterprise Consortium Blockchain Ecosystem Blockchain middleware: • Identity & key services • Encryption services • Cryptlet services • Blockchain gateway services • Data services • Management and operation
11. BaaS | What is next? Right Now Development Test Labs Spring 2016 Find Blockchain in the Azure Marketplace Future Develop Azure Blockchain Services May 2016 Growing the ecosystem & Project Bletchley Please try it ▪ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/templates/ ▪ DevTest BaaS Labs: https://github. com/marleyg/MSFTLabs/tree/master/DevTestBaaS ▪ 34+ different partners available today For updates ▪ https://azure.com/blockchain
12. Azure and API Management
13. Microsoft Azure Build & Host Publish & Manage Mobile Services Web Sites API Management
14. AZURE API MANAGEMENT API Can be hosted anywhere and authored in any language on any platform. Publisher portal Proxy Developer Portal Developers Apps Publisher/Admin
15. • Facial recognition • Machine Learning • Platform for developing BOTS Cognitive Services API
16. Q&A
17. Thank you