Avanade is a leading provider of digital and cloud services, leveraging the Microsoft ecosystem to deliver solutions for clients. The company boasts a diverse team of 30,000 professionals and specializes in various technological areas, including cloud services and blockchain. Blockchain technology is described as a persistent, tamper-proof, and transparent system capable of supporting smart contracts.

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2. Who is Avanade?
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Who is Avanade?
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Avanade is the leading
provider of innovative
digital and cloud services,
business solutions and
design-led experiences
delivered through the
power of people and the
Microsoft ecosystem.

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(random corporate facts)
Our people and expertise
Our professionals combine technology, business and industry expertise to
build and deploy solutions to realize results for our clients and their customers.
30,000
Skilled and diverse
professionals – 29%
of whom
are women
18,500
Microsoft Certified
Professionals
10,000
Projects with
4,000+ global
clients since
inception
15
Centers of Excellence with
specializations in cloud,
Dynamics AX, CRM, digital
marketing and more
80
Locations
across 24
countries

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Avanade
Best of Accenture
and Microsoft
We stand on the shoulders of giants
Created by Accenture and
Microsoft, Avanade brings the
best in strategy and technology
to unlock more value from your
IT investments and maximize
business results.
We bring together the world’s
largest community of experts on
Microsoft-based solutions with
75,000+ skilled professionals
across Avanade and Accenture.

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The new Microsoft is the place to be
Microsoft Earnings Beat
Expectations Thanks to
Strong Cloud Performance
Microsoft Is Now
Worth Even More for
Several Reasons
of CIOs rate Microsoft as the
most critical and indispensable
to the future of their IT
environment.
(The next highest competitor was
named by 13% of CIOs).
46.9%
Source: JP Morgan Chase Survey

6. The right mix:
Our ingredients for success
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Design Insight Technology
We combine the art of the possible
with strategy, innovation and
agency flexibility to help you create
experiences your customers and
employees never imagined.
We help you gain insights from
all your data so you can know
your customers deeply,
maximize employee
engagement and empower your
business to pivot quickly.
We bring Microsoft as the leading
workplace productivity platform,
combined with Industrial platforms to
deliver technology @scale and
@speed enabling business
transformation.

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8. Wie ben ik?

9. Blockchain

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Blockchain by definition
A blockchain is a distributed database that maintains a continuously
growing list of records called blocks secured from tampering and revision.
The blockchain is technology running the bitcoin
Initial Definition
Wikipedia Definition

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Every week people create new types of coins
TrumpCoin
GeertCoin
KanyeCoin
Some as copiesSome with unique functionality
IOTA
Neo
Nano Dogecoin
Ethereum

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The Bitcoin blockchain is
based on Proof of Work

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Solving the proof of work is called mining

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Mining means solving a difficult calculation
The answer to the difficult calculation is called
Proof of Work
When the calculation is solved, a new block is
created

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What is blockchain
… …
Block 69 Block 70 Block 71
Hash: AA3 Hash: 4BF Hash: F3A
Previous Hash:
BF1
Hash:
BF1
Previous Hash:
AA3
Previous Hash:
4BF
Proof of Work Proof of Work Proof of Work
Transactions,
Data
or
Contracts
Transactions,
Data
or
Contracts
Transactions,
Data
or
Contracts

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The blockchain is persistent,
tamper-proof, transparent
and can be programmable

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But what if I turn it off?

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But what if I turn it off?

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Nothing happens

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But what if I turn it off?

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Persistent
• No single point of failure
• No single point of authority
But what if I turn it off?

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Can I cheat the system?
Block
generated
by hacker
Blocks
generated
by good
network

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Tamper-proof
• As long as the “good” network generates more
blocks than “bad” network, the blockchain
stays tamper-proof
Can I cheat the system?

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Where did my … go?
Block 40
10$  Bob
5$  Alice
Block 41
Bob: 5$  Alice
Block 42
Alice: 5$  Ryan
Bob: 5$  Ryan
Bob: 10$
Alice: 5$
Ryan: 0$
Bob: 5$
Alice: 10$
Ryan: 0$
Bob: 0$
Alice: 5$
Ryan: 10$

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Transparency
• Everyone has a copy of the blockchain
• No link to personal data
Where did my … go?

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Programmability
• Smart Contracts
Can I automate the thing?

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Example Smart Contract
Block 40
Contract 1:
If both Bob and
Alice pay 1$ to
contract, transfer
2$ to Ryan.
Block 41
Bob: 1$ 
Contract1
Alice 1$ 
Contract1
Block 42
Ryan: payout()
Contract1:
2$  Ryan

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Types of Blockchain
Public Blockchain Private Blockchain
• Everyone can join
blockchain
• Everyone has all
transactions
• Everyone verifies all
transactions
• Mining required to secure
blockchain
• Blockchain only for selected
people
• Transactions verified by
select number of machines
• Faster since no mining is
required (a machine can
simply be selected as being
able to manage the chain)
Proof of Work
(PoW)
Proof of Stake
(PoS)
Proof of Authority
(PoA)
Proof of Work
(Small number of
miners) (PoW)