8. Press Release
Microsoft and R3 Partnership to Accelerate Adoption of Distributed
Ledger Technology by Global Banks
Emily Rutland· April 4, 2016
Deal will modernize technology and processes for the financial ecosystem,
reducing costs and fraud; Microsoft Azure named preferred cloud platform for
R3 Consortium.
April 4th, 2016 (New York/Redmond, Wash.) – Microsoft Corp. and the R3
Consortium today announced a strategic partnership that will accelerate the
use of distributed ledger technologies, also known as blockchain, among R3
member banks and global financial markets. Distributed ledger technologies
enable enterprises and business network participants to complete financial
transactions with greater speed, security, cost-efficiency and transparency relative
to solutions currently used. In addition, R3 named Microsoft Azure the preferred
cloud services provider for its R3 Lab and Research Center serving more than
40 member banks.
R3は、世界の大手金融機関40以上が参加するワーキンググループ
Microsoft Azureが推奨クラウドサービスに指定された
ブロックチェーン技術の金融機関利用における標準化を推進