Now that we have established that Oracle is heavily investing in blockchain, you might wonder what Oracle's competitors are doing with this technology. The competition is not standing still either, so let's take a look at the hosted blockchain offerings, also called Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS), from the usual suspects including IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), and newcomers like R3, Ethereum, and Blockstack. The following comparison is derived from a report prepared by 451 Research (https://cloud.oracle.com/opc/paas/ebooks/451_Reprint_Oracle_02OCT2017.pdf).
IBM offers a blockchain platform that runs on its Bluemix-powered cloud. The platform is based on the Hyperledger Fabric v1.0 framework, ...
