JUNE 20238GOVERNMENT CIO OUTLOOKIN MYOPINIONJonathan Behnke, Chief Information Officer, City of San DiegoByWONE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY THAT MAY DISRUPT A FOUNDATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LAYERe've observed constant disruption in the technology industry over the years. The proliferation of internet commerce, increased computing power and storage, broadband speeds, mobile devices, and advanced analytics have transformed the industry with incredibly fast cycles and changed the fundamentals of how organizations do business. All of these technologies have been universally integrated into most of the technology ecosystem.Other emerging technologies like blockchain and machine learning have been powerful but have a narrower number of use cases. There is one emerging technology that may start with a limited number of use cases, but its impact may disrupt a foundational technology layer for everyone.Quantum ComputersQuantum computers are an emerging technology with a significant increase in research and investment over the past few years. They operate differently than classical computers that use ones and zeros for computations. Quantum computers are based on quantum bits or qubits that can take advantage of superposition in the quantum world that represents a distribution of values and can provide powerful computing that is not possible with classical computers.Companies like Google and IBM have progressed in the current generation of quantum computers. A higher number of qubits provides more computing power, but the industry Quantum computers are an emerging technology with a significant increase in research and investment over the past few years
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