Computing the Impossible #TechVision Conclusion Decision Points: For decades, computers that could efficiently Are you ready for systemic What foundations will you need solve the world’s “grand challenges” have been change in your industry? to rethink as these grand challenges nothing more than theoretical concepts. But are solved? • Prepare to reevaluate your industry’s biggest barriers and • Create a futurist team to game through how new enterprises can’t afford to think about them impossibilities. Imagine how your industry – and enterprise technologies could threaten the status quo of the enterprise. in the abstract any longer. They are rapidly – would fundamentally change if these previously Pick a diverse team – skills, cognitive, gender, race, age, intractable problems could be efficiently solved. ethnicity – and give them space and a mandate to explore improving, and their impact on industries’ • Start making bets on the future of computing. Establish and free think. most fundamental problems and parameters a group for scanning and benchmarking this specifically. • Prepare for the move to quantum safe cryptography. They should meet quarterly or semi-annually to match the Follow the progress and selection of the post-quantum can either be an industry-ending event or the pace of change in your industry. Determine which class encryption methods at standards bodies such as NIST of machines is likely to impact your enterprise the earliest, and ISO. You may be able to protect yourself before the biggest opportunity in generations. The ones and in what way. grand challenges are solved. who start rearchitecting their industry today, • Assess the technical debt your organization carries. What is the innovation interest you are passively incurring anticipating a future with these machines, by holding onto technologies too long? Create a roadmap will have the best shot at the latter. for investment to pay down the technical debt and move to more agile architectures and technologies. • Identify new risks and opportunities these new compute architectures present. How will you test the integrity of the output and protect against poisoning the new capabilities that enable innovative new business models. Introduction // WebMe // Programmable World // The Unreal // Computing the Impossible 87