Best of LinkedIn: ICT & Tech Insights CW 39/ 40

Best of LinkedIn: ICT & Tech Insights CW 39/ 40

Quantum computing is shifting from a contest over qubit counts to a question of industrial manufacturing, independent verification and measurable scientific utility, while post quantum cryptography has moved from a future concern to a current planning problem. In cybersecurity, exploitation that reaches attackers before patches exist is changing the premise of defense, so recovery and governance now carry as much weight as prevention. Across wider ICT infrastructure, decisions on virtualization, edge computing and connectivity are being rebalanced around resilience, local control and regulation.

Date

October 9, 2026

ICT & Tech Insights

Thomas Allgeyer

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Quantum computing

DOE targets scientifically useful quantum machines by 2028
SkyWater, GlobalFoundries and Microsoft expand quantum manufacturing
IonQ reaches DARPA QBI Stage C, worth up to $300 million
Classiq partners with NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS in Japan
IBM adds Julia as a first class Qiskit language
Oak Ridge's LuGo cuts phase estimation gates by over 95%
IBM loan optimization shows feasibility, not advantage

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Post quantum cryptography

Phased migration should start now
Harvest now, decrypt later demands crypto agility
28% of organizations modeling migration are out of time
TLS dependencies matter more than algorithm swaps
IonQ's $3 billion of deals shows hidden cryptographic debt
EigenQ's $2.93 billion deal targets quantum defense hardware

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Cybersecurity and resilience

NetScaler flaws (CVSS 9.5) exploited before a fix existed
FortiMail CVE-2026-104286 (CVSS 9.8) exploited in the wild
Zero day exploitation rose from 18% to 77% since 2018
54% of organizations use AI against AI powered threats
RAG systems must enforce access controls at retrieval
Cyber recovery is a continuous detect, clean and validate loop
Cyble signs threat intelligence MoU with UAE Cyber Security Council

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Wider ICT infrastructure

Open source gains interest after Broadcom's VMware acquisition
Edge systems should run locally by default
Hitachi and Mission Critical Group pair data centers with AI
Germany and Japan explore Beyond 5G and 6G cooperation
Squarespace invests €70 million as Google takes a €403 million fine
Public ICT buyers should consult suppliers earlier
S/4HANA roles should start from business processes

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Thanks to David Pham, Miroslav Pavlas, Thomas Masicek, Sarah Fluchs, Mohammad Syed, Paula Januszkiewicz, Marcel Velica, Mike Holcomb, Sam Aiello, Amin Shad, Matthew Rosenquist, Mark Simos, Sanjiv Cherian, Arjun Trivedi, Nicholas Thompson, Phil S., Keith King, Maria Damsgaard, Subra Kumaraswamy, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes, Mike Spaeth, Matthias Troyer, Karthee Madasamy, Anthony Metke, Neha S., Dr Ellen Devereux, Pranav Reddy, Ran Achituv, Beth Howen, Craig A. Linton ‍, Steve V., Jay Gambetta, Harpreet Sidhu, Raza Rehman, Josh Cunningham, Ron Chiarello, Alex G. Lee, John Prisco, Debarag Banerjee, Pawel Morawiec, Dr. Stefan Saatmann, Michael Baczyk, Jhonathan Romero Fontalvo, Patrick S. Conway and everyone else who contributed insights to this edition.

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