Only 1% of CIOs are adopting blockchain for the enterprise, Gartner says

CIO DIVE May 3, 2018
Samantha Ann Schwartz

Dive Brief:

For every solution blockchain supporters propose, very few CIOs seem to agree. Only 1% of CIOs reported adoption of blockchain technologies in their companies, according to a Gartner report on current blockchain deployments. Only 8% of CIOs are experimenting with the ledger tech, and the overwhelming majority, 77% of CIOs, have no intention or interest of deploying the technology.
Of the CIOs short-term planning, experimenting or investing in the ledger technology, 14% said blockchain elicits the “greatest change in culture of the IT department.” An additional 13% said the entire IT department would have to restructure in order to accommodate the technology.
CIOs in the financial, insurance and telecom industries are more “involved” in pursuing blockchain...

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