High Level
Great progress was made with our enterprise leads and all discussions are moving forward. We are in active talks about Proof of Concept implementation.
Additionally, we are now members of the Blockchain Cornerstone Committee at CompTIA, which is the 2nd largest IT certification company in the world, only Microsoft is bigger. Other members of the committee are from Dell, Microsoft, Red Hat, First Data, Metabank, and more.
Thanks,
Team Go Immutable
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Enterprise Client Development
- We had an in person meeting with the head of innovation of a top 10 financial institution. We cannot mention them by name at this time due to NDAs, but this is a globally-known brand name. We are currently exploring proof of concepts. All very positive.
- Matt and Greg are now members of CompTIA Blockchain Cornerstone Committee. CompTIA is the 2nd largest IT certification company in the world next to Microsoft. This committee is tasked with setting foundation for blockchain education to the global CompTIA community. This includes general education, certifications, content and more.
- Had an second discussion with a multi-million dollar logistics firm on integrating Factom in their Transportation Management System (TMS). Next step is to understand where Factom will bring value to their process.
- Have a meeting scheduled with a member of the US Steering Committee for Construction Blockchain Consortium
- Meeting scheduled in September with commercial bank that has $20 billion in deposits (top 75 financial institution by deposits)
- Meeting scheduled in September to present to 100+ enterprise consultants about Factom. The firm has a myriad of Fortune 1000 clients, including Fortune 50. Ideally, they can bring factom solutions to their clients and become a sales force of sorts.
Internal Admin
RackSpace
- In the end, Rackspace could not meet our needs and we have reversed course to manage our infrastructure support in house for the short term.
- Long Term an enterprise level 24/7 support partner will be leveraged. We have had initial discussions with 2 firms.
Internal Team
- Jay Cheroske has left to join one of the new ANO Teams, Bedrock.
- Cody Branson will now man the point for Go Immutable and did a phenomenal job transitioning us to a brand-new Google Cloud Platform.
- A special thanks to Layer Tech for open sourcing their Terraform config.
Marketing Committee — Greg — Member
- Greg helped develop the 40 page marketing strategy brief that was initially ratified by the community.
- Greg stepped-down as marketing committee co-chair to better use time to drive enterprise leads
Governance and Legal Committee — Matt O — Member
- Finalization of Governance legal review scope
- Official Selection of law firms
- Worked with legal to prioritize work.
- Has received feedback form legal on ANO and Guide Removal process (posted in Factomize)
- Full Governance review, with emphasis on decentralization risks, is in progress
ANO Contributions Working Group — Matt — Co-Chair
- Matt formed and is Co-Chairing ANO Contributions Working Group
- All Round 1 campaign documents have been combed through and all pledges have been consolidated.
- Effort is being put forth towards creating a central area where all pledges can be viewed, monitored, and commented on.
- Very robust conversations taking place
- Appears Guides will present an ANO Removal process clause for the Governance in the near future
- ANO Pledges will be posted via a TFA tool when the tool is ready. ANOs will then be able to review their own pledges and make comments before a general discussion is opened up. More details coming soon.
Meetings with other ANOs
- Matt and Greg met with Xavier (Layer Tech) in Chicago. Discussed many topics and great things to come.
ANO and Guide Insurance
- This is a Matt solo project
- Guide and ANO Insurance: One more potential insurer decided to take a pass. We now have two insurance companies interested in providing customized coverage. We have traditional insurance quotes (business+errors and omissions) from another.
- https://factomize.com/forums/threads/insurance-for-anos-and-guides.393/
Misc
- Go Immutable continues to collect leads from bloggers/journalists/reporters looking to talk to “experts.” We had a lead from Techcrunch, but unfortunately this did not pan-out.
- We have been in contact with both Factom Inc and Sphereon regarding reseller agreements. We look forward to formalizing relationships with both entities once we have a better handle on the sales process on our end.
- Go Immutable actively participated in the ANO round 2 forums process, asking questions of all potential ANOs.
Community Wide Meetings Attended and Participated In
- Matt attended several August Guide Meetings
- Greg and Matt attended and participated in August ANO Meeting
