Accenture and IonQ are collaborating to accelerate quantum computing
business experimentation in organizations globally and across
industries. Accenture's experience and skills in quantum, coupled with
its ability to design and create customized industry solutions tailored
to IonQ's quantum computing technology, will help more companies
innovate and become quantum ready.
The
exploration of quantum in business is growing rapidly, driven by the
anticipated business value and competitive advantage it promises to
deliver. Quantum computing's vast potential is persistent across every
industry and realized by solving challenges that were previously
unsolvable. Together, Accenture and IonQ will help clients explore and
experiment with quantum solutions designed to address mission-critical
business problems.
"Quantum
computing will create unprecedented opportunities, and we want
Accenture clients to be ready to seize them," said Marc Carrel-Billiard,
senior managing director and Technology Innovation lead at Accenture.
"Whether in life sciences, energy distribution and storage, or
logistics, quantum computing offers new and compelling ways to solve key
business problems and generate new insights. IonQ's systems can play a
critical role in support of a company's quantum journey, and we want to
help our clients experiment with quantum and understand how it could
potentially impact their business, as well as their broader industry."
IonQ's
11-qubit system is the only quantum computer available via the cloud on
AWS' Amazon Braket, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, and its 32-qubit system is one of the world's most powerful quantum computers. The company plans to develop modular quantum computers small
enough to be networked together in 2023, which could help pave the way
for broad quantum advantage by 2025. In September 2020, the company's
two co-founders, Jungsang Kim and Chris Monroe, were named to the White House's National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC).
"The
quantum computing revolution will reshape industries from top to
bottom, and it's imperative that businesses prepare for it now," said
IonQ CEO and chairman Peter Chapman. "Accenture has a proven track
record of implementing next generation technologies and is deeply
committed to delivering on the promise of quantum. We could not ask for a
better partner to help us accelerate a quantum future that will change
the world."
Organizations
seeking to better understand why and how they should approach preparing
for the impact of quantum can learn more by reading Accenture's "Get Ready for the Quantum Impact" research report.