HCLTech to explore industrial-scale quantum applications for enterprises

IT major HCLTech on Monday said it will explore quantum computing opportunities with enterprise organisations at "industrial-scale" globally, by leveraging the latest Microsoft Azure Quantum toolsets and support.

HCLTech Q-Labs, which incubates early-stage research programs, is now a part of the Azure Quantum Network, the ecosystem of quantum innovators and pioneers. The new initiative will "inspire and educate" HCL's clients to explore and scale customer-ready deployments of quantum applications, the company said.

It will be engaging with close to 1,000 employees around the world to leverage Azure Quantum resources such as Microsoft Learn, katas and workshop content to innovate quantum