(Reuters) – French IT consulting firm Atos’ quantum computing emulator will be made available through cloud services provider OVHcloud’s offer, the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday.
Atos’ quantum emulator, which simulates a quantum environment, will be offered “as a service” through OVHcloud, making the technology more accessible to research labs, universities, start-ups and companies, the firms said.
“Software as a service” is a licensing model whereby software is licensed online on a subscription basis, rather than installed on individual computers.
Quantum computing is a developing technology which harnesses the properties of quantum mechanics to solve problems too complex for standard computers.
“Thanks to OVHcloud, we can … democratize and share our quantum emulation technologies more widely to prepare for the future,” said Atos’ Senior Vice President Emmanuel LeRoux.
(Reporting by Olivier Sorgho in Gdansk; editing by Milla Nissi)
