Quantum Readiness Is Not Only a Vendor Problem
Suppliers will ship post-quantum algorithms. The cryptographic inventory, the risk decisions and the contract terms are work no supplier can do on your behalf.
Who Really Wins If Photonics Wins
The photonic bet is a manufacturing bet. Which means the winners, if it pays off, are decided layer by layer, and most of them…
Who Really Wins If Trapped Ions Win
Trapped-ion quantum computing has no single chokepoint like the dilution refrigerator. It has a contested one, and most of it sits in Europe while…
Who Wins If Superconducting Wins
A refrigerator company just signed a decade-long contract for helium mined on the Moon. Here is what the superconducting supply chain looks like layer…
Mosca’s Theorem: Working Out Your Own Quantum Deadline
Mosca's Theorem is one line of arithmetic, and most organizations get two of its three variables wrong. Here is how to estimate each one…
The Deadlines That Already Bind Your Cryptography
Q-Day is a forecast and forecasts move. The 2028, 2030, 2031 and 2035 milestones published by NCSC, the EU, Canada and NIST are commitments…
Deemed Exports: When Explaining Your Quantum Work Becomes an Export
Since September 2024, a screen share with a foreign colleague can require a US export license. What deemed export rules mean for quantum teams,…
Before You Create a Chief Quantum Officer Role
Two organizations appointed Chief Quantum Officers in 2023. The lesson was never the title. Here is how to find the quantum decisions in your…
Quantum Research Is an Intelligence Target
Foreign intelligence services are collecting against quantum work at every level, from national labs to seed-stage startups. What the public record shows, and what…
The Three Budgets Behind Every Quantum Control System
Quantum control systems are usually described by their parts. Engineers get further by describing them by their budgets: timing, noise, and wiring.