Quantum computing technology is set to become the power
behind the next generation of computers,
althought the technology is still nascent,
organisations already have the opportunity
to run experiments on a quantum computer
hosted on a cloud environment.
IDC predicts that by 2021,
25% of the top European 500 companies
will budget for quantum computing piloting projects,
and half of this will be cloud based.
In light of this, IDC offers the following
3 key takeaways for IT buyers...
If you are a CIO of a data intensive industry;
such as financial services, oil & gas, manufacturing or pharmacueticals,
you should start to investigate the impact
that quantum computers could have 
on both your data center and software architecture.
Undertstanding how to integrate different architectures
will become critical, as quantum computers
will work alongside classical in a hybrid approach.
And finally, while quantum computing
does not represent an immediate threat for security, 
CEOs and CSOs should start to
plan how to become crypto agile in a post quantum computing world.
If you want to know more about quantum computing in Europe,
you can reach out to us on IDC.com or on Twitter
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