The Future Of Quantum Computing: Near- And Long-Term Outlook
Search CIO, Thursday, March 27th, 2025
Companies are already solving optimization problems, using quantum to improve traditional programs and planning for post-quantum cryptography. But big technical challenges remain.
Quantum computing research and development is a complex and nuanced field, but vendors and researchers have made great strides toward building full-scale quantum computers that perform better than classical computers on many types of business problems.
In fact, quantum computing is already having practical implications for enterprises, especially in the following areas:
- Quantum processors for quantum annealing, a commonly used process for solving optimization problems.
- Developing quantum-inspired algorithms.
- Planning for quantum-safe security.
Yet significant challenges remain, including increasing the number of qubits (i.e., units of quantum computation), overcoming noise, extending qubits' duration (i.e., coherence) and getting them to work together.