Technology Magazine May 2022 | Page 134

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION

Quantum

Computers , Explained With Quantum Physics
Accessibility is part of their philosophy at Orca , with a number of libraries and tools that allow nonquantum specialists to explore and include quantum subroutines into machine learning code .
“ We ’ re preparing to take advantage of the step change in computer power which will become available to solve some of the world ’ s most important problems ,” said Murray .
Legacy encryption is no longer fit for purpose Quantum is being hailed for the added security it could bring to networks . This would be achieved through quantum encryption , which could potentially prove unbreakable , even from other quantum computers .

“ Organisations need to future-proof their data by protecting it now ”

ANDREW SHIELDS HEAD OF THE QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY DIVISION , TOSHIBA EUROPE
David Williams is Founder & CEO at Arqit , who supply a unique quantum encryption Platform-as-a-Service that makes the communications links of any networked device secure against current and future forms of attack – even from a quantum computer .
Prior to this , David was the co-founder and CEO of Avanti , a start-up company that pioneered the use of Ka band satcoms to deploy a fleet of fourhigh throughput geostationary telecom satellites , serving EMEA . The company counted the British Government as its largest customer , for very high resilience , high security communications services .
“ Legacy encryption is no longer fit for purpose . The quantum threat greatly
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