NEC Australia and D-Wave Quantum Inc. are partnering to introduce two new quantum services to the Australian market. These services will optimize business operations faster than traditional computers, navigating large datasets to solve real-world problems. The offerings include Quantum Consultancy Service and Leap Quantum Cloud Service. The former helps customers understand and transform complex business problems into optimized technical solutions, while the latter provides access to D-Wave’s real-time quantum cloud service. Ayala Domani, Vice President – Technology & Innovation at NEC Australia, and Murray Thom, Vice President of Quantum Technology Evangelism at D-Wave, highlighted the transformative potential of quantum computing.
NEC Australia and D-Wave Quantum Inc. Expand Quantum Computing Services in Australia
NEC Australia and D-Wave Quantum Inc., a prominent quantum computing company, have announced a collaboration to introduce two new quantum services to the Australian market. This partnership aims to enhance the quantum computing options available to Australia’s commercial sector, federal and state governments, and academic institutions.
Quantum technology services from NEC Australia and D-Wave are designed to optimize business operations at a pace significantly faster than conventional computers. These services can handle increasingly large datasets to find solutions to real-world problems, such as logistics and supply chain management, emergency response, financial risk modeling, and drug discovery.
Quantum Consultancy Service and Leap Quantum Cloud Service
The joint service offering includes the Quantum Consultancy Service and the Leap™ Quantum Cloud Service. The Quantum Consultancy Service, supported by D-Wave’s skilled quantum data scientists, provides hands-on assistance to help customers understand and transform their complex business problems into optimized technical solutions for efficient and cost-effective implementation.
On the other hand, the Leap quantum cloud service provides customers with immediate, real-time access to D-Wave’s Advantage™ quantum computers and quantum-hybrid solvers. This service offers enterprise-class performance and scalability, enabling businesses to address various problems varying in size and complexity.
Quantum Computing: A Tool for Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness
The quantum services from NEC Australia and D-Wave have demonstrated their potential to solve real-world problems and deliver better outcomes for businesses, governments, and citizens. For instance, these services have improved the mobilization of resources and response times during natural disasters and national emergencies and increased the efficiency of cargo transfers at busy ports by up to 60%.
Ayala Domani, Vice President – Technology & Innovation at NEC Australia, emphasized that quantum computing has matured rapidly and can provide Australian governments and businesses with a competitive edge. She also highlighted that quantum computing is no longer a subject of futuristic speculation but a commercially available technology that is revolutionising business and government operations today.
NEC Australia and D-Wave: A Shared Vision for Quantum Computing
NEC Australia and D-Wave have a shared vision for the transformative potential of quantum computing to elevate economic prospects and opportunities for all Australians. They have been working together since 2021 to deliver successful local quantum applications.
NEC Australia, with its 50 years of expertise in delivering complex technical solutions to Australian government agencies and businesses, and D-Wave, with over 20 years of global leadership in quantum computing solutions, are committed to helping grow the quantum industry in Australia. They aim to develop world-class quantum-based solutions and services for the local market, in line with the federal government’s National Quantum Strategy.
NEC Australia is a technology company that delivers a complete portfolio of ICT solutions and services to large enterprise, small business, and government organisations. It specialises in information and communications technology solutions and services in multi-vendor environments.
D-Wave Quantum Inc. is a pioneer in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services. It is the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers and the only company building both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. D-Wave’s technology has been used by some of the world’s most advanced organizations in diverse fields such as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling.
