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Quantum Metric, the platform that helps organizations build better digital products faster, announced its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace. The Google Cloud Marketplace lets users quickly deploy functional software packages that run on Google Cloud and easily stand up a familiar software package with services like Compute Engine or Cloud Storage, with no manual configuration required.
Programming quantum computers is becoming easier: computer scientists at ETH Zurich have designed the first programming language that can be used to program quantum computers as simply, reliably and safely as classical computers. "Programming quantum computers is still a challenge for researchers," says Martin Vechev, computer science professor in ETH's Secure, Reliable and Intelligent Systems Lab, "Which is why I'm so excited that we can now continue ETH Zurich's tradition in the development of quantum computers and programming languages."
IQM Finland Oy was awarded a €2.5M grant and up to €15M of equity investment from the EIC Accelerator program for the development of quantum computers, benefiting the industry and the society at large. Together with Business Finland grants of €3.3M that IQM received so far, the company is on a fast run with more than €20M more raised in less than a year from its €11.4M seed round, summing in total to €32M. IQM has experienced amazing growth, set up a fully functional research lab in record time, and also hired the largest industrial quantum hardware team in Europe.
Samsung and South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom have debuted the Galaxy A Quantum 5G smartphone, sporting a quantum random number generation chipset. It's the first commercialization of quantum technology for mobile phones, and it will serve as a significant bellwether for full quantum encryption's chances of going mainstream.
ADVA announced that it is playing a key role in a unique research initiative extending post-quantum security to VPN networks. Leveraging the ADVA FSP 150 with ConnectGuard Ethernet encryption, the Quantum-Secure VPN Modules and Operation Modes project is testing new quantum-resistant algorithms in the packet domain.
Futurist Isaac Arthur explains how to stay safe from quantum encryption hacking.
Futurist Isaac Arthur explains how to stay safe from quantum encryption hacking. Dan Patterson, a Senior Producer for CBS News and CNET, interviewed futurist Isaac Arthur about quantum encryption.
Crypto systems, in contrast, are often perceived to already be hardened and less vulnerable than software applications. You'll also want to evaluate exposure to attack, the sensitivity of information that is being protected, and whether there's support for crypto agility to determine if the system will need to be replaced by something more agile.
Improved AI capabilities, accelerated business intelligence, and increased productivity and efficiency were the top expectations of organizations currently investing in cloud-based quantum computing technologies, according to IDC. Users are very optimistic. Initial survey findings indicate that while cloud-based quantum computing is a young market, and allocated funds for quantum computing initiatives are limited, end-users are optimistic that early investment will result in a competitive advantage.
This investment underscores the importance of quantum safe capabilities to support security communities in the US, UK and Australia. Australian-based QuintessenceLabs is a global leader in quantum cybersecurity recognized for its advanced quantum-safe data protection capabilities, including the world's fastest quantum random number generators, crypto-agile key management, data security policy enforcement, and second generation quantum key generation.