Blockchain and Suitability for Government Applications

May 8, 2018

Traditional relational database management solutions (e.g. Oracle and SQL), deployed globally across millions of applications, have one major operational constraint the management of data is performed by a few entities who must be trusted. Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT, commonly referred to as blockchain), an alternative architectural approach to managing data, and removes the need for a trusted authority to store and share a perpetually growing set of data.

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Gemeente Alkmaar

Alkmaar is een sterke stad in een grote regio. De gemeente Alkmaar hecht waarde aan ontwikkeling van Alkmaar als krachtige stad, waarin zichtbare resultaten worden geboekt en waarin iedereen ertoe doet. De burger staat centraal en de dienstverlening aan klanten vindt op een professionele, efficiënte en vlotte manier plaats. Dat vraagt om een goed gevoel voor samenhang en samenwerking. Integraliteit dus.

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whitePaper | June 30, 2020

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Gemeente Alkmaar

Alkmaar is een sterke stad in een grote regio. De gemeente Alkmaar hecht waarde aan ontwikkeling van Alkmaar als krachtige stad, waarin zichtbare resultaten worden geboekt en waarin iedereen ertoe doet. De burger staat centraal en de dienstverlening aan klanten vindt op een professionele, efficiënte en vlotte manier plaats. Dat vraagt om een goed gevoel voor samenhang en samenwerking. Integraliteit dus.

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