Concurrency, Inc. to Host "Blockchain in a Day" Educational Sessions

    MILWAUKEE, WI, January 12, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Concurrency, Inc., a professional services firm assisting enterprises in the Midwest in their digital transformations, is hosting a series of "Blockchain in a Day" educational events for information technology and business leaders. In the Milwaukee area, where Concurrency is based, the program will be held at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee (January 18). The events will also be held in Chicago (Microsoft Office; January 11) and Minneapolis (Microsoft office; January 30).

IT professionals and business executives are invited to register via Concurrency's events page: http://www.concurrency.com/events.

Recently the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured comments from Concurrency on Blockchain's relevance for business use in an article by reporter Sarah Hauer (read more here):

"'Blockchain has great potential uses in shared business processes like tracking products in a supply chain," said Mark Rentmeester, the director of application development services at Concurrency Inc., a Brookfield company that consults on digital transformation at enterprises.

"Because multiple parties have the same copy of the same data, it enforces that the data cannot be overwritten, deleted or changed," Rentmeester said. "If there's an error or something that needs to be corrected, it shows as part of the shared ledger."

The "Blockchain in a Day" event gives participants an unusual opportunity to dive into business applications of Blockchain with both Rentmeester and representatives from Microsoft's own Blockchain team.

The events will explore how Blockchain--a data structure that's used to create a digital transaction ledger that, instead of resting with a single provider, is shared among a distributed network of computers--can result in a more open, transparent, and verifiable system that will fundamentally change the way we think about exchanging value and assets, enforcing contracts, and sharing data.

The "Blockchain in a Day" events will cover:
- A quick evolution of using Blockchain for Bitcoin to using it for today's enterprise challenges
- Why would you need a Blockchain?
- What is Microsoft doing to make Blockchain better?
- What are some of the things Microsoft will be doing in the future?
- Components of a Blockchain Enterprise Application
- Overview of Blockchain Tools and Resources in the Azure Marketplace
- Demo of how to easily configure and deploy a Blockchain PoC complete with end to end business flows

Founded in 1989, Concurrency, Inc. is a professional services firm helping organizations throughout the Midwest realize Digital Transformation to achieve business results.

Concurrency is a multiple-time Microsoft Partner of the Year winner and has been named to Redmond Channel Partner's list of Microsoft's Top 200 U.S. Partners and CRN's Solution Provider 500 list.

Clients choose Concurrency for its team approach, top talent, project-scoped work plans and business value. Across all technologies and business needs, Concurrency focuses on helping clients realize more value from their IT investments through creative solutions that consider people, process, and technology needs.

Concurrency has offices in Chicago and Minneapolis in addition to its Brookfield, Wisconsin headquarters. Learn more about Digital Transformation and Concurrency at www.concurrency.com.

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