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IBM Announces Quantum Utility and Storage Defender

Key Points

  • IBM Quantum announced it has entered the “age of quantum utility,” where its processors now deliver useful results that outperform scalable classical methods on certain complex physics problems.
  • A recent study comparing IBM’s error‑corrected Eagle processor with state‑of‑the‑art supercomputers showed the quantum chip achieving more accurate expectation values for a condensed‑matter problem.
  • IBM will make utility‑scale quantum processors (127 qubits or more) available via a pay‑as‑you‑go model on IBM Cloud, transitioning its entire fleet to these high‑performance systems.
  • IBM Storage Defender, now generally available, provides holistic data‑security visibility, threat detection, and recovery orchestration through a flexible, credit‑based licensing model that lets customers purchase and redeem resource units for the specific capabilities they need.

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# IBM Announces Quantum Utility and Storage Defender **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWw11jPZHNY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWw11jPZHNY) **Duration:** 00:03:03 ## Summary - IBM Quantum announced it has entered the “age of quantum utility,” where its processors now deliver useful results that outperform scalable classical methods on certain complex physics problems. - A recent study comparing IBM’s error‑corrected Eagle processor with state‑of‑the‑art supercomputers showed the quantum chip achieving more accurate expectation values for a condensed‑matter problem. - IBM will make utility‑scale quantum processors (127 qubits or more) available via a pay‑as‑you‑go model on IBM Cloud, transitioning its entire fleet to these high‑performance systems. - IBM Storage Defender, now generally available, provides holistic data‑security visibility, threat detection, and recovery orchestration through a flexible, credit‑based licensing model that lets customers purchase and redeem resource units for the specific capabilities they need. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWw11jPZHNY&t=0s) **IBM Enters Quantum Utility Era** - IBM announced that its quantum processors now achieve utility‑scale performance, outperforming classical methods on certain problems, and are being made available via a pay‑as‑you‑go cloud access model. ## Full Transcript
0:00the age of quantum utility and the 0:03general availability of IBM storage 0:05Defender all on this episode of IBM Tech 0:08now what's up y'all my name is Ian and I 0:11am back to bring you the latest and 0:12greatest news and announcements about 0:14IBM technology 0:16to start it's very exciting to be able 0:19to say that IBM Quantum has entered the 0:21age of quantum utility 0:23what do we mean by Quantum utility and 0:25utility scale processors well our 0:28Quantum processors can now provide 0:30useful results to problems that 0:32challenge the best scalable classical 0:34methods 0:35recently IBM Quantum and UC Berkeley 0:38published a paper that compared an IBM 0:40Quantum Eagle processor with error 0:42correction to supercomputers running 0:45state-of-the-art classical Computing 0:47methods 0:48each was attempting to calculate 0:49expectation values for a condensed 0:52matter physics problem not only did the 0:54quantum processor provide accurate 0:56answers but it performed better than the 0:58scalable classical methods for certain 1:00complex Quantum circuits 1:02as we enter into this exciting age of 1:04quantum utility we're making utility 1:07scale processors available on IBM Cloud 1:09to access with a pay-as-you-go plan 1:12this change is part of IBM quantum's 1:14broader plan to transform our Fleet to 1:17consist solely of utility scale 1:19processors starting with processors of 1:21127 qubits or more 1:24by ensuring our users have access only 1:26to the highest performing systems we can 1:28work together to push the field forward 1:30and develop use cases in this new era of 1:33quantum utility 1:34to learn more check out the link in the 1:37description of this video 1:38next up we're proud to announce the 1:41general availability of IBM storage 1:43Defender which is a part of our IBM 1:45storage for data resilience portfolio 1:48storage Defender aims to work across the 1:51various silos that exist in an 1:53organization's I.T landscape to provide 1:55a holistic view of its data security 1:57posture it also helps you detect 1:59sophisticated threats earlier and 2:01orchestrate data recovery 2:03with IBM storage Defender software 2:05capabilities covering inventory threat 2:08detection data protection safeguarded 2:10copy and Recovery orchestration are 2:13available to clients with a simple 2:15consumption-based credit licensing how 2:17does it work all our new storage 2:19Defender capabilities will be available 2:21as credits called resource units you can 2:24can procure resource units and redeem 2:26them against any underlying capabilities 2:28within IBM storage Defender so you can 2:31size the units you need based on the 2:33capabilities you plan to consume 2:35construct gives you more flexibility to 2:37consume IBM storage service capabilities 2:39and only pay for what you use 2:42to learn more about IBM storage Defender 2:44hit the link below 2:46thanks so much for joining me today for 2:48this episode of IBM Tech now if you're 2:50interested in learning more about the 2:51topics I've covered make sure you 2:53explore the links in the description of 2:54this video and again please don't forget 2:56to subscribe to our channel to stay up 2:58to date on what's going on in Tech now