IBM partners Singapore startup FreshTurf to use cloud, blockchain for parcel delivery

IBM partners Singapore startup FreshTurf to use cloud, blockchain for parcel delivery

The IBM logo is seen outside the company's offices in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Nir Elias/Files

Technology firm IBM and Singapore startup company FreshTurf Monday announced a partnership, that will see that latter use Big Blue’s Cloud and Blockchain technologies for creating a network of storage lockers for shipping and parcel delivery throughout the city-state.

“This locker ledger network is designed to help improve the “last mile” of delivery services for consumers and businesses, or the final leg of a package’s journey to a customer’s home,” IBM said in a statement today.

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