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Chinese Company Announces New Blockchain-as-a-Service for SMB Developers
- By Becky Nagel
- April 30, 2019
This week Shanghai, China-based VeChain announced ToolChain, a new blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) offering for developers in a small- to medium-sized business environment.
"VeChain ToolChain provides a variety of general interfaces to essentially eliminate the high technical threshold and substantially lower the costs for SMEs or even individuals in blockchain integration," the company said in its announcement of the product. "Unlike [other] BaaS products on the market, ToolChain also includes a vertical blockchain application focusing on product life cycle management, which can be used as a SaaS solution or customized as a turnkey package."
ToolChain will be offered in three versions: Standard, which comes with the standard application modules and tools, and can also work with IoT devices; Developer, which adds the development capability for lifecycle management, as well as API interfaces and not-yet-defined developer kits; and Channel Partner, which will be customized for resale by VeChain channel partners.
An official release date for the product has yet to be announced, although, according to the company, it is currently being used by several partners, and a free trial can be applied for by e-mailing [email protected].
More information on the product can be found in the official press release here. More information on VeChain can be found here.
About the Author
Becky Nagel serves as vice president of AI for 1105 Media specializing in developing media, events and training for companies around AI and generative AI technology. She also regularly writes and reports on AI news, and is the founding editor of PureAI.com. She's the author of "ChatGPT Prompt 101 Guide for Business Users" and other popular AI resources with a real-world business perspective. She regularly speaks, writes and develops content around AI, generative AI and other business tech. She has a background in Web technology and B2B enterprise technology journalism.