{"id":55404,"date":"2018-12-11T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=55404"},"modified":"2024-01-19T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:51:03","slug":"study-of-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-discovers-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/study-of-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-discovers-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: SMEs discover blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cost reduction, counterfeit protection and data security: in recent months, the huge potential of blockchain has led to explosive development. Prof. Kai Buehler and Ricardo Klapperich from the Rheinische FH Cologne asked medium-sized industrial companies in Germany about the opportunities and challenges of blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>85 percent of respondents have already heard of blockchain. 40 percent have already acquired extensive know-how and are working with the new technology. The survey participants see the greatest application potential in process optimization in the area of automation through smart contracts and in the secure execution of transactions.<\/p><div id=\"great-3271343163\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The respondents see the greatest challenge as being integration into the existing IT infrastructure and standardization in order to enable data exchange with other systems. According to the researchers, it makes sense to build up expertise and trust at an early stage so that market opportunities are not missed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent study by the Rheinische Fachhochschule K\u00f6ln, four out of ten German medium-sized industrial companies are intensively involved with blockchain 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von zehn deutschen mittelst\u00e4ndischen Industrieunternehmen besch\u00e4ftigen sich laut einer aktuellen Studie der Rheinischen Fachhochschule K\u00f6ln intensiv mit der Blockchain-Technologie.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/scene\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Szene<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/sap-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Nachrichten<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/likes-1811\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 18-11<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E-3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 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