{"id":66823,"date":"2025-08-13T15:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/66823\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:54:07","slug":"ibm-to-support-maharashtra-in-developing-quantum-computing-initiative-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/66823\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM to support Maharashtra in developing quantum computing initiative- The Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai, Aug 13 (PTI) Global tech giant IBM on Wednesday said it will support Maharashtra in developing its quantum computing initiative.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The US-headquartered company having a presence in the western state also signed a letter of intent with the Maharashtra government to identify opportunities of support for the state&#8217;s quantum initiatives, as per a statement.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IBM will offer expertise, which Maharashtra may use to help craft its own quantum initiative, and also contribute to the development of the state&#8217;s quantum ecosystem through workshops and other skills development efforts.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Through our collaboration with IBM, we will harness quantum innovation to transform lives, while building a skilled talent pool to democratise its benefits and make them accessible to every citizen of the state,&#8221; Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The company&#8217;s general manager for Asia Pacific Hans Dekkers said the effort should be seen as a commitment to help Maharashtra build its own vibrant quantum ecosystem.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IBM India and south Asia&#8217;s Managing Director Sandip Patel welcomed the opportunity to engage with the state government on advancing quantum computing skills.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fadnavis on Wednesday inaugurated the tech major&#8217;s client experience centre at a new facility in the country&#8217;s financial capital which is designed to support Indian enterprises&#8217; use of AI, hybrid cloud, and quantum computing.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The centre will serve as a place where experts from the company and partners can create solutions for India&#8217;s business challenges. It will also have solutions and services from the company&#8217;s AI portfolio, including the watsonx platform, data and automation, cybersecurity, hybrid cloud, and consulting-led transformation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mumbai, Aug 13 (PTI) Global tech giant IBM on Wednesday said it will support Maharashtra in developing its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[49,48,285,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-66823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-computing","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}