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There is a perception among many that blockchain and distributed ledger technology are the same thing. This is not quite the case. This article explains the difference between blockchain and ...

David Sims is president of Flux, a leading workload automation and managed file transfer solution. I: Why Should You Care About Managed File Transfer? In an SOA world, bulk data transfer occurs ...