Quantum computing revolution approaches

THE ERA of quantum computing is coming more quickly than many realise. Both public and private sectors, particularly financial services, must ensure they are ready for the huge changes that the new technology will bring.

For decades, quantum computing has been viewed as a futuristic technology: it would change everything, if it ever moved from the fantastical to the practical. Even in recent years, despite billions of dollars in research investment and extensive media coverage, the field is sometimes dismissed by real-life decision-makers as a far-out pursuit for academics and theorists.

However, new challenges, like climate change, novel diseases and the world’s ever-growing population, have driven an increased need for agility, resiliency and accelerated digital maturity. With this acceleration, there will soon be a new era of computation. Quantum computing, as the heart of quantum-centric supercomputing, will dramatically impact how science and business evolve. By accelerating the discovery of solutions to big global challenges, quantum computing could unleash positive disruptions significantly more unexpected than technology waves of the past decades.