During time of crisis, Rafi’s reaches out to the community – Olean Times Herald

OLEAN When Amber Rafi-Sultan learned she would have to close down her restaurant Monday, she began making plans to help others in the community who might be strained from the coronavirus pandemic that has put many people out of work.

Rafi-Sultan, who owns Rafis Platter on Wayne Street with her husband, Aamir Sultan, decided to offer curbside meals to the community from 11:30 a.m. to noon in the upcoming days to help others. The meals will be handed out each day while supplies last.

I am cooking food to help the community, Rafi Sultan explained on Tuesday. Im going to keep doing it until Ive depleted everything from the restaurants supplies.

Rafi-Sultan noted she could freeze her food supplies at the restaurant, but decided she wanted to help everyone in need at this time.

Right now, kindness is the most important thing, she continued. Because everyone is in a state of panic we cannot panic, weve got to help each other in any which way we can.

Rafi-Sultan said she began cooking early Tuesday to have dozens of meals ready to hand out to the public at the side of the restaurant. Additional meals were also delivered to St. Elizabeth Motherhouse in Allegany, the Warming House soup kitchen and the Genesis House homeless shelter.

Rafi-Sultan said her whole team of employees have volunteered to help hand out the meals to the community. One of her employees, Bradley Manning, said he was very busy handing out meals of pasta primavera and salad in the restaurant parking lot.

A lot of people who came through today did not have their families with them, Manning said. Theres been times when weve all needed help, but didnt ask when we needed it.

A mother who stopped by the restaurant to pick up meals for her six children said she appreciated the gesture of kindness from the restaurant.

Its a very nice thing that theyre doing, the mother said while sitting in her vehicle. Not everybody does this.

Rafi-Sultan noted the Wayne Street restaurant recently reopened after it was closed for a short while to allow time for the family to open its new restaurant in Ellicottville. Both facilities are now closed.

But its OK, God has a plan, she said with resolve.

(Contact reporter Kate Day Sager at kates_th@yahoo.com. Follow her on Twitter, @OTHKate)

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Microsoft and GitHub Strengthen Their Hold on Open Source – WIRED

Microsoft will soon control more of the open source software development ecosystem.

GitHub, which Microsoft bought in 2018, said Monday that it will acquire NPM, which offers a crucial service for JavaScript developers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

GitHub is the most popular place to host open source software on the web and is home to around 100 million code repositories. NPM, short for "node package manager," hosts packages written for the popular JavaScript programming platform Node, and provides tools for managing those packages. According to a blog post from NPM cofounder Isaac Schlueter, the company hosts 1.3 million packages, which are downloaded 75 billion times per month. The company's website says customers include Slack, Netflix, Visa, and Nike.

The companies are important because developers today tend not to write applications entirely from scratch. Instead they typically stitch programs together from open source packages of codelike those hosted on NPMthat handle common features, like communication with databases or verifying passwords.

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If you wanted to create an open source Node package, you might upload the code to GitHub in order to work with other programmers on it. But you'd probably also upload it to NPM, from which developers would install and manage it. GitHub also launched its own package management service last year called GitHub Package Registry.

NPM raised $8 million in venture capital in 2015. Like GitHub, NPM charges users who want to host code on its service privately instead of making it publicly available. Companies might want to do this so that they can manage open source and proprietary software through the same tools.

Despite the important role it plays in software development, NPM struggled. The Register reported last year that the company had laid off around 20 or 25 percent of its employees, including an employee only a month away from vesting his stock options and three people who were attempting to form a union at the company. NPM was the subject of five complaints last year with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging "coercive statements" and retaliation. All the complaints were closed following informal settlements, according to the NLRB website. NPM declined to comment, and GitHub did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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How open source might prove helpful during the coronavirus pandemic – TechRepublic

Commentary: As bad as things may get due to COVID-19, open source just might make life a little better, at least regarding an economic downturn and possible recession.

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Over the last few weeks, there's been plenty of bad news. The way things are looking with the coronavirus pandemic, we're in for even more bad news over the coming weeks and, likely, months. In a time when people's health is at risk, money doesn't matter much. Even so, economists are starting to utter the "R" word, as consumers and businesses delay spending amidst novel coronavirus uncertainty, which will, in turn, create even more hardship.

One bright spot is that more organizations will turn to open source as they seek to do more with less, which was the case from 2007 to 2008 during theGreat Recession, as well as during the dot-com bust of 2000 to 2001. Open source adoption has been accelerating for a long time, but as open source vendors and communities experienced during the last recession, it tends to do even better as things get bad.

According to McKinsey & Co. analysis, there are at least three possible outcomes to the coronavirus pandemic. In the best case scenario, the world responds in somewhat similar fashion to China, and we see GDP growth for 2020 fall from roughly 2.5% to 2.0%. In this scenario, the US economy recovers by the end of the first quarter. Happy(ish) days.

Of course, few companies operate like China with strong state control, which means we're more likely to see something like McKinsey's second scenario: A global slowdown. This is the world in which we're currently living, where governments and private entities are combining to have workers stay home, public gatherings are banned, etc. Even with such measures, global GDP gets chopped in half, falling to between 1% and 1.5%, according to McKinsey. Days are not so happy, but by the middle of Q2 life becomes somewhat normal again.

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In the final scenario--pandemic and recession--coronavirus turns out to not be seasonal, pushing problems well in Q3, which means economic recovery doesn't really kick in until Q4. Global GDP falls to between 1.5 and 0.5%. Nothing remotely happy in this scenario.

All of these scenarios portend financial hardship for people around the world, compounding the physical hardships we will already endure. To minimize the negative impacts on individuals throughout this time, companies will need to figure out how to operate more efficiently. As in the 2007/2008 recession, open source will become ever more appealing.

Minus the serious health concerns, the economic fallout could be similar to what we're about to experience globally. Talk to those who lived through that recession, however, and a different narrative emerges for those working at open source companies. Without wanting to smugly minimize the economic hardships that others experienced, it's worth digging into open source as a way to benefit all.

According to Nick White (then at SpringSource), "The impact on open source companies lasted 90 days and then we were back hiring and in fact acquiring other companies." This tallies with my own experience, working at the time for Alfresco. We went through the recession profitable, with revenue growing strongly each year. As I wrote in 2008 for CNET (Open-source innovation in a recession), "Open source breeds communities, which in turn add value to the software, making this innovation more of a group effort (and, hence, potentially a less costly effort)."

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Today, buying into open source requires even less risk than it did back then, when companies were still testing the waters. Today for things like data infrastructure, open source is already recognized as the safe, innovative choice. Adding to this, there are a number of open source companies that have been thriving as they increasingly deliver open source software as a service, and should do even better as companies try to make the most of tightened budgets:

There are other companies, from MariaDB to DataStax to Percona and beyond, that have experienced exceptional results. In talking with sources at a range of these companies, the slowdown seems to be giving them a bump, as suggested above.

SEE:10 ways to prevent developer burnout (free PDF)(TechRepublic)

I cite these examples because it's publicly available data, but of course much of the benefits that organizations will derive from open source in this difficult time will come from unpaid adoption of open source software. They'll use Apache Flink for event-driven applications; Envoy as an edge proxy; and more. They'll be more willing to trade time to save money (rather than trading money to save time with commercially supported open source). It will end up being a good thing for those companies and the people who work for them.

Not that it will make things easy. These next few months are going to be hard, and especially for those who don't know anything about open source software like Flink, Envoy, Elasticsearch, etc. But in some way, if their jobs are saved because a smart engineer figured out how to do more with less using open source, they're going to benefit, even if they don't know who to thank.

SEE: How open-source software is tackling COVID-19 coronavirus (ZDNet)

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Librem 5 review: The Linux-based smartphone is not close to consumer ready – TechRepublic

There could be a method to Purism's madness, because the Librem 5 mobile device proves one very important thing.

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What do you do when you're sent a device for review that is clearly not ready for public consumption--or even ready for review? That's a tough question to answer, but it's one I will attempt to do in the following paragraph in my review of the Purism Librem 5 Linux-based smartphone.

This is one of the smartphones I've been anticipating for quite some time and, based on the product updates, I assumed the Librem 5 would be something mind-blowingly special.

My mind was blown. Unfortunately, not in the good way.

You must go into this, as I did, knowing that the reviewed product is in early beta.

I was unable to get the Librem 5 to make calls.

The Librem 5 is plastic and massive.

The Librem 5's battery lasts about an hour or two tops (which I was informed of by Purism).

The Librem 5 device gets really hot when charging (again, I was made aware of this).

Wireless was incredibly slow,

The Librem 5's screen is less-than responsive.

I could go on and on about downsides to the Librem 5, but considering this phone is so far away from being review or consumer ready, I decided to take a different approach.

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At first blush, it is be really easy to draw the conclusion that Purism is struggling to get this device consumer ready. Purism started the Librem 5 crowdfunding campaign in 2017, and three years might as well be an eternity in tech time.

I don't generally like to approach the easy conclusions; instead, I want to look at one particular aspect of what Purism has done with the Librem 5: The company proved the Linux smartphone can work.

You're probably thinking, "Aren't you contradicting yourself?" I know, I know--the Librem 5 is far from truly "working." In fact, every time you go to use the far-too-clunky device, your first thought is, "Will it work this time?" And half the time the answer to that unnerving question is "no."

But Librem is a mostly functioning example of what Linux can actually do to "be a smartphone."

How can I say that, when so much of the phone doesn't function? Because the Librem 5 at least gives us the bones of an open source smartphone. And even if this device never makes it to market, it should serve as a sign of hope to the open source community that it can be done. To me, that proves there is a method to Purism's madness.

I remember back when I had a Ubuntu Touch phone for review; this device had moderately spec'd hardware, but an interface that hobbled the phone out of the box. From my perspective, the Ubuntu Phone failed for one reason: The operating system.

The Librem 5 took a lesson from that failure and brought to life a mobile version of PureOS that actually functions. Yes, even though the phone is riddled with problems, the interface works quite well. In fact, this mobile platform requires zero learning curve. Take the device out of the box, power it on, walk through whatever welcome/onboarding screens that are necessary, and start using your new Linux-powered phone.

If Purism manages to reach a consumer-level release, that will be the initial experience for users of all skills. And if the Librem 5 proves only that Linux can be made into a fantastically user-friendly mobile platform, it's a success.

These are the items Purism needs to immediately address with the Librem 5:

The phone must be able to actually make phone calls. Even after inserting a working SIM card, the review unit was still unable to place that first call.

The screen must be more responsive. At the moment, you have to be very deliberate in your tapping and swiping; otherwise, nothing registers.

Wi-Fi speed must be improved. Even using a gigabit network, page loading speeds of everyday sites was abysmal.

The hardware is WAY too big. No consumer will carry around a 6 x 3 x .5 plastic brick. Until Purism reduces the thickness of the Librem 5 by half, this phone will only sell to Linux enthusiasts who want a web server in their pocket (Figure A).

Figure A

The Purism Librem 5 compared to a OnePlus 6 Android smartphone.

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Notice that I didn't say anything about the UI--that's because the interface is the one thing Purism has done seriously right with the Librem 5. It's really good. In fact, how about a screenshot? In order to do that, I had to walk through the following steps:

Install openssh-server, grim, and libnotify-bin.

SSH into the phone.

Create a bash script that uses the grim command.

Give the bash script the proper permissions.

Run the command.

Use the scp command to copy the photo from the phone to the desktop.

The screenshot shows the gist of how the interface works (Figure B).

Figure B

The Purism Librem 5 homescreen is somewhat reminiscent of an upside down version of previous Android releases.

You have running apps on top and installed apps on the bottom, both delineated by an app search bar. Everything is a quick tap away, and applications can be installed from within GNOME Software. That's right, GNOME Software. So you'll have access to plenty of open source software. I even installed LibreOffice, just to see if it could be done. Although the office suite did install, launching it caused the device to choke. What does that mean? The hardware isn't up to the task of running such a large desktop application. In fact, while attempting to run LibreOffice while the device was charging, it made the hardware almost too hot to touch. Lesson learned.

The Librem 5 requires zero learning curve as I have ever witnessed with a mobile device. It wouldn't matter which platform you were coming from (Android or iOS), you could be up to speed on PureOS in seconds.

And that, my friends, is what Purism has proved: Linux does have a successful path to the mobile phone rank and file. The Librem 5 is a long, long, long way off from being consumer ready. But if Purism can fix the problems and find more consumer-friendly hardware, this Linux smartphone could finally gain traction in an incredibly challenging market.

And, yes, just for fun I did install the Apache web browser onto the phone (Figure C).

Figure C

Running the Apache web server on the Purism Librem 5 smartphone is actually quite simple.

Clearly, the Librem 5, once it's ready, will have a lot of Linux goodness up its sleeve that most other phones cannot touch.

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Digital Transformation: Deutsche Telekom Counts on Camunda for Process Automation and RPA Orchestration – GlobeNewswire

BERLIN, March 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Open-source software provider Camunda is powering Deutsche Telekoms customer service sector with its successful Process Automation platform. The leading German telecommunications provider has embraced process automation to drive digital transformation company-wide and replace inefficient processes. At Deutsche Telekom, Camunda enables the orchestration of more than 2,500 individual software robots (RPA bots), as well as the transition of the current frontend automation to a less maintenance-intensive and better-integrated backend automation, providing further automation and savings opportunities.

Deutsche Telekom aims to better support the customer service function digitally and improve process automation. The company has moved further than most European businesses in developing an army of more than 2,500 RPA bots to automatically handle and improve manual processes, resulting in annual savings of approximately 100 million euros. The next step for the company is to transform this "front-end automation" technology which is expensive to maintain, manage errors and control business processes end-to-end into backend automation, integrated more strongly with core IT systems.

With Camunda BPM, there is now a central platform for process automation that ensures IT systems and RPA bots can be addressed directly via APIs, and all required information can be exchanged digitally from start to finish. Going forward, these RPA bots will be increasingly replaced by API-based interfaces, which is easily done without having to further adapt the business processes in Camunda. This shift will provide a smooth migration to an IT infrastructure that enables a sustainable digital transformation.

"We are proud to have made the move towards digital transformation very early on and built one of the largest RPA platforms in Europe," says Marco Einacker, Vice President Service IT at Deutsche Telekom. "Building on our RPA experience, we are now entering the next phase, automating processes from start to finish with the help of Camunda to accelerate digital transformation quickly and sustainably."

"Automated processes are at the heart of any digital enterprise," says Jakob Freund, CEO, Camunda. "To achieve this, business and IT must effectively collaborate and processes must be continuously managed across a wide range of technical systems. RPA is a useful short-term solution for many companies to selectively automate the work of individual components in legacy systems. The next step is to include these isolated RPA bots in continuous process control and, where possible, gradually replace them with real API services. We are delighted to accompany Deutsche Telekom on its way to becoming a digital enterprise with Camunda BPM."

With Camunda BPM software, complete processes and complex decisions can be designed, automated and improved. This cohesive approach makes it easier for companies to manage complex processes across multiple IT systems automatically, much faster and more cost-effectively than before. Camunda supports the established BPMN and DMN standards, which enables effective communication between business stakeholders and software developers. With end-to-end management in Camunda, there is a complete overview across all processes, including the involved RPA bots used to monitor individual operations, which is especially important for improving the overall performance of processes.

The new solution with Camunda BPM was introduced within Deutsche Telekom in 2019 and has been in production since the beginning of 2020.

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A community of thousands of users across companies such as Allianz, ING and T-Mobile design, automate and improve mission-critical business processes end-to-end with Camunda, enabling them to build software applications more flexibly, collaboratively and efficiently, gaining the business agility, visibility and scale needed to drive digital transformation. One of the fastest growing companies in EMEA as ranked by Deloitte, Camunda is based in Berlin with offices in San Francisco and Denver, USA. To learn more visit: https://camunda.com/

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Gammy is an adaptive brightness application for Windows and Linux – Ghacks Technology News

You've probably heard of or used applications like F.lux or Lightbulb, which dim the screen to display warmer colors at night. Windows 10 has a night mode that does a similar job.

But what about overly bright applications during the day? They can still be a nuisance, and changing to night mode isn't exactly a good solution. Gammy is an open source software that can help you in such scenarios. This portable application supports adaptive brightness that makes bright on-screen content easy on the eyes.

Run it and you'll see it starts on the system tray. The second you run it, you'll notice that your brightness has automatically been dimmed (if your display's brightness was set to a high level). Double click the tray icon and an interface pops-up. This is an always on top window, so you can use different programs and observe how the brightness changes.

The interface has a bunch of sliders which you use to set the minimum and maximum brightness levels, so the program doesn't dim the screen or increase brightness too much. The offset percentage is the setting that Gammy uses to calculate the brightness, if it's higher the brightness will be as well.

The Temperature setting is used to define the color temperature levels, similar to that in F.lux and other screen dimming applications. The maximum temperature is 6500K and goes down to 2000K. Enable the "auto" option to let Gammy automatically adjust the brightness at a time that you select. To set the time click on the three-dot button next to the option, and you'll be able to set the Start and End time.

Note: The Linux version has a padlock button that supports cranking the brightness level all the way up to 200%. The application is otherwise similar to the Windows program.

Uncheck the auto brightness option and you'll see another slider appear that you can use to adjust the brightness level manually. Click and drag the bottom right corner of the interface to view three additional options. This allows you to control the Adaption speed, Threshold and Screenshot rate. The Adaption Speed determines how fast the brightness changes, while threshold checks for the difference in content to apply the change. Screenshot rate is explained in the next section.

If you have a smartphone, you may be aware how the automatic brightness works on it. Most handsets these days have a special component called ambient light sensor, which, as the name indicates, detects the amount of light that's available and adjusts the screen brightness accordingly.

Such sensors aren't available on computers, so how does Gammy support Adaptive Brightness? According to the documentation on the developer's website, Gammy takes a screenshot from time to time. The program uses the contents (colors) as a reference to adjust the brightness of the screen. The Screenshot rate configured in milliseconds is the time taken between two screenshots.

Note: The application uses the GPU to take the screenshot, and the interface that it uses is apparently not available in Windows 7. So, technically Gammy is only supported on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

Obviously it is not possible to show you the difference in the brightness level in a video recording of the screen. But, here's a demo showing how the program changes the setting, and how quickly it happens.

Try it yourself. If you are working on an application that has a dark background, the brightness level will be reduced automatically. Switch to a program with a lighter backdrop like Notepad, and it will raise the brightness. It works fine even when shifting from one browser tab to another. You may set Gammy to run at startup by right-clicking the tray icon.

Gammy is an open source application. The Windows version requires Visual C++ 2017. The Linux build is a Qt5 app. Instructions for compiling and running the Linux version are available on the download page.

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Quantum computing, AI, China, and synthetics highlighted in 2020 Tech Trends report – VentureBeat

The worlds tech industry will be shaped by China, artificial intelligence, cancel culture, and other key trends, according to the Future Today Institutes 2020 Tech Trends Report.

Now in its thirteenth year, the document is put together by the Future Today Institute and director Amy Webb, who is also a professor at New York Universitys Stern School of Business. The report attempts to recognize connections between tech and future uncertainties, like the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as the spread of diseases like COVID-19.

Among major trends in the report, 2020 is expected to be the synthetic decade.

Soon we will produce designer molecules in a range of host cells on demand and at scale, which will lead to transformational improvements in vaccine production, tissue production, and medical treatments. Scientists will start to build entire human chromosomes, and they will design programmable proteins, the report reads.

Augmentation of senses like hearing and sight, social media scaremongering, new ways to measure trust, and Chinas role in the growth of AI are also listed among key takeaways.

Artificial intelligence is again the first item highlighted on the list, and the tech Webb says is sparking a third wave of computing comes with positives, like the role AlphaFold can play in discovering cures for diseases, as well as negatives, like AIscurrent impact on the criminal justice system.

Tech giants in the U.S. and China like Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft in the United States and Tencent and Baidu in China continue to deliver the greatest impact. Webb predicts how these companies will shape the world in her 2019 bookThe Big Nine.

Those nine companies drive the majority of research, funding, government involvement, and consumer-grade applications of AI. University researchers and labs rely on these companies for data, tools, and funding, the report reads. Big Nine AI companies also wield huge influence over AI mergers and acquisitions, funding AI startups, and supporting the next generation of developers.

Other AI trends include synthetic data, a military-tech industrial complex, and systems made to recognize people.

Visit the Future Today Institute website to read the full report, which flags trends that require immediate action and highlights trends by industry.

Webb urges readers to digest the 366-page report in multiple sittings, rather than trying to read it all at once. She typically debuts the report with a presentation to thousands at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, but the conference was cancelled due to COVID-19.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Quantum Computing Market: Analysis By Solution Type (Hardware, Software, Full Stack), Application (Optimization, Simulation, Sampling, Machine learning), End User, By Region, By Country (2020 Edition): Market Insight, Competition and Forecast (2020-2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Global Quantum Computing Market, valued at USD 101.12 Million in the year 2019 has been witnessing unprecedented growth in the last few years on the back of need for secure communication and digitization.

Quantum Computing is the use of quantum-mechanical phenomena and it promises to address problems that conventional computing solutions cannot handle. Increasing need for secure communication and digitization and race to make Quantum computer commercially feasible among the leading countries is one of the major reasons behind the increasing Quantum Computing market globally. Additionally, emergence of advance applications, need for secure communication and digitization is likely to supplement the Quantum Computing market value in the near future.

Among the solution type in the Quantum Computing market (Hardware, Software and Full Stack), all the three are gaining popularity globally and is expected to keep growing in the forecast period. Companies are likely to make major investment in hardware and software individually than on full stack.

Among Application (Optimization, Simulation, Sampling, Machine learning), optimization will be the mostly used application in Quantum computing and is expected to keep grow in future. And Machine learning will also show rapid growth. Among End User (Aerospace & Defense, BFSI, R&D, Healthcare, and Others), Aerospace and defense is leading the end user of quantum computing, and in future we can expect BFSI to use Quantum computing more. All the end-user sectors users are expected to use more of QC in the near future.

The North American market is expected to lead the global market in the forecast period because of intensive investment on research and development of Quantum computers. Additionally, support by government and race for quantum supremacy is expected to infuse market growth tremendously. Additionally, the major involvement of technology leaders such as IBM Corporation, Google, and Intel will be fuelling the growth of Quantum computing market.

Key Target Audience

Key Topics Covered:

1. Report Scope and Methodology

2. Strategic Recommendations

2.1 Focus should be on very strong technical team

2.2 Investment in R&D of technology and development.

3. Quantum Computing: Product Overview

4. Global Quantum Computing Market: Sizing and Forecast

4.1 Market Size, By Value, Year 2015-2019

4.2 Market Size, By Value, Year 2020-2025

4.3 Global Economic & Industrial Outlook

5. Global Quantum Computing Market Segmentation, By Solution Type

5.1 Global Quantum Computing Market: By solution type

5.2 Competitive Scenario of Global Quantum Computing Market: By solution type (2019 2025)

5.3 By Hardware - Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

5.4 By Software- Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

5.5 By Full Stack - Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

6. Global Quantum Computing Market Segmentation, By Application

6.1 Competitive Scenario of Global Quantum Computing Market: By Application (2019 & 2025)

6.2 By Optimization- Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

6.3 By Simulation - Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

6.4 By Sampling - Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

6.5 By Machine learning- Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

7. Global Quantum Computing Market Segmentation, By End User

7.1 Competitive Scenario of Global Quantum Computing Market: By End User (2019 & 2025)

7.2 By Aerospace and Defense- Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

7.3 By BFSI - Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

7.4 By R&D - Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

7.5 By Healthcare- Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

7.6 By others- Market Size and Forecast (2015-2025)

8. Global Quantum Computing Market: Regional Analysis

8.1 Competitive Scenario of Global Quantum Computing Market: By Region (2019 & 2025)

9. North Americas Quantum Computing Market: An Analysis

10. Europe Quantum Computing Market: An Analysis

11. Asia Pacific Quantum Computing Market: An Analysis

12. Rest of World Quantum Computing Market

13. Global Quantum Computing Market Dynamics

13.1 Global Quantum Computing Market Drivers

13.2 Global Quantum Computing Market Restraints

13.3 Global Quantum Computing Market Trends

14. Market Attractiveness

14.1 Market Attractiveness Chart of Global Quantum Computing Market - By Solution Type (Year 2025)

14.2 Market Attractiveness Chart of Global Quantum Computing Market - By Application (Year 2025)

14.3 Market Attractiveness Chart of Global Quantum Computing Market - By End User, Year-2025)

14.4 Market Attractiveness Chart of Global Quantum Computing Market - By Region, Year-2025)

15. Competitive Landscape

15.1 Market Share Analysis

15.2 Competitive Positioning (Leaders, Challengers, Followers, Niche Players)

16. Company Profiles (Business Description, Financial Analysis, Business Strategy)

16.1 Microsoft

16.2 Google

16.3 IBM

16.4 Intel

16.5 D-wave systems

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