James Sanders is a Research Analyst on the Cloud & Managed Services Transformation team at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. His research examines multi/hybrid cloud deployment strategies and the cloud resource management tools required to contain the increasing complexity of enterprise cloud deployments.
James also contributes to 451 Research's Center of Excellence for Quantum Technology, covering qubit architectures for quantum computers, quantum algorithms/programs and developer tools, and control plane hardware. Quantum computing is an entrant in a broader category of cloud-enabled differentiated silicon, including alternative instruction set architectures (ISAs) for enterprise computing – e.g., POWER, Arm, RISC-V, and FPGA/ASIC solutions – and compute accelerators such as GPUs and in-memory computing. These technologies are increasingly vital for realizing increased performance in a post-Moore's-Law landscape.
Prior to 451 Research, James was a technology journalist for CBS Interactive, covering cloud computing, open source software and hardware, programming trends, quantum computing, and mobile and satellite communication, as well as the impact of globalization on the tech industry, with a focus on Asia.
James is a graduate of Wichita State University.
The pandemic bolstered the shift toward cloud computing in 2020. But it did little to improve exits for companies that sell the software for managing, monitoring and operating cloud and other IT environments. Spending on acquisitions of infrastructure management vendors dropped to its lowest annual total in more than a decade. Still, there's reason to anticipate higher spending in 2021.
The business case for quantum computing is strong. A fully realized quantum computer would enable opportunities for advancement in chemistry, machine learning, finance, healthcare and beyond. IBM articulated a hardware roadmap in 2020 for its quantum hardware. It has now announced a parallel roadmap for quantum development and developer tools.
Alice & Bob appears to be entering an increasingly crowded field. The firm is pursuing the creation of a quantum computer built around a 'cat qubit' architecture, which is more difficult to manufacture but is thought to provide benefits when scaled up for error correction.
The company is the first startup to pursue building quantum computers using electrons on superfluid helium, an architecture that may confer the benefits of both superconducting and trapped-ion designs pursued by other firms.
The company advises organizations on optimizing their cloud deployments through analytics-based resource utilization and cost savings from the rightsizing of cloud resources. It aims to expand its reach to SMBs with a new monthly billing model, giving the midmarket access to tools previously only available to enterprises, MSPs and SIs.
While a handful of famous brands are touted as purveyors of quantum computers, not all the technology integrated into the complete computer is designed or manufactured in-house. In particular, quantum control plane hardware is often manufactured by outside firms such as Qblox, which focuses exclusively on the quantum computing market.
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