The Quantum vs. Digital Transformation Paradox v1.0
If you are struggling to adopt DX, you will suffer with pain with QX
This article covers the convergence from Digital Transformation to Quantum Transformation.
What Guarantees The Consistency?
Did you know that back in 2010, Libya was amongst the leading countries across the Europe-Middle-East-Africa EMEA region regarding the E-Government initiatives along with massive global partnerships in under the e-Libya program (read this article). Back then that initiative included a m10$ contract for Oracle Siebel CRM (reserving over announcing my direct resource!), not to mention the huge efforts since 2006 of data entry projects.
But now…. reading recent reports like EU Launches Digital Transformation In Libya by Libya Review and also Libya To Launch Digital Transformation Project by Libya Herlad, might give you the positive energy that a huge transformation is happening in the country regardless of the political conflicts!
It actually triggers most of us, how these public enterprises under the Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology holding Co. (LPTIC) are still discussing the basic milestones of Digital Transformation (DX) within the business models & architectures they acquire. Considering a decade has been passed since the establishment of the e-Libya initiative. Now, nothing is the same as the initiative has started with and even worse! we are seeking this much regional support on a wide spectrum of aspects.
Anyhow, what happened has happened, the situation now is different, the regime has changed, the political landscape is fluctuating, leading to the lack of clear regulations and legislation that can show clearly Who Is Doing What in the ICT public sector!
That by default raises many untapped questions for adopting the next generation of technologies.
How do we sustain the future governmental initiatives , no matter the political situation is?
What are the firstline defense mechanisms against corruption?
How to protect the public ICT enterprises from the sudden change in the architecture? Now that they are being influenced by external political parties for certain personal interests (changing board members of for an example)!
So, what kind of lessons do we learn from these drawbacks towards the quantum era? And why is the public sector having so many hurdles to stand up once again for eternity, against even the corruption that has been raised from the unstable political & security landscapes!
In this series of articles, i will be showing the learning lessons from DX plans implemented by many organizations across the world and the big hurdles that faced the Libyan public sector. Hence, to understand how that affects the quantum transformation (QX) which many global enterprises have already started to adopt.
I’m pretty sure that most of the readers know what is DX, but will briefly go over the main pillars that matters the most!
How It Works & What Are The Pillars of DX?
So, in a nutshell, by concentrating on the production and commercialization of digital assets, digital transformation aims to take advantage of the opportunities presented by new technologies and their effects on the business. This means that organizations should be changing their operational process on the day-to-day bases. Thus, changing their digital technology interoperability and integrity, improving the workforce enablement and having the agility to enhance the business agility.
The process of DX is gradual and cannot be completed quickly. This procedure is a fundamental combination made up of the following 4 areas to transform: the process, the organizational culture , the business model, and the market domain.
What In The Physics That QX Got To Do With DX?
Now, probably you are asking where, and how does quantum transformation compare to such an architecture of DX? And how both of them are similar on the basis of transforming industries and businesses?
Actually, there are many familiar bases that can be mentioned, but let’s focus only on the ones that relate to the current Libyan landscape:
Quantum transformation is a sequential process, it starts with identifying the business objectives. The board members must also be included in the conversation, and suitable assessments must be made.
Governmental bodies must organize a united platform to formulate the quantum regulations and set the standards, long before the fully adoption of the technology.
The fundamental idea behind a " digital-to-quantum business model transformation" is a bold, comprehensive change that a firm intends to implement in order to accelerate its growth. On a broad spectrum, switching to new business or operating new models is the secret sauce of a massive success.
Domain transformation is essentially the smooth transition of one industry into another, e.g. what Almadar Co. is doing, changing its model from being a Communications-Service-Provider (CSP) into a Digital-Service-Provider (DSP) . Essentially, it is an expansion of what your company is already providing, where you start with the DX milestones such as cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, cybersecurity, …, etc.
If a strong business target is not sustained, there will be very little to no incentive to maintain the momentum that pushes the boundaries of business. This is quite what made the e-Libya initiative stumble many times with all the organizational changes in the public sector, which influenced the mission and goals of these big firms.
I will leave up to here for now, so that the reader meditates one what have been laid down! while in the upcoming editions i will be covering the questions… Is QX much more Complicated than DX to deal with? And what differentiate both revolutions?!
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The Libyan Quantum Community Updates!
Quantum Computing & Programming Workshop
Interested in delving into quantum programming? QLibya invites you to take part in the #QSpring festival!
Register now and get certified on QBronze-87 quantum programming workshop here:
The workshop will be held online on the 15th-20th of July, which will let you learn the basics of quantum computing and how to write simple quantum programs.
Get to know to the workshop team:
- Workshop Leads: Malak Elghariani, AbdulMalek Baitulmal
- Mentors: Alla Elhadad, Ramy Harib, Firas Musbah, Maab Alaqtaa, Jawhara Emhemed, Waed Gherwash
This event is a part of the #QSpring global project associated with QWorld organization.
Quantum Projects As Bachelor Thesis!
The first half of 2022 ends with very interesting and important events in the landscape of the engaging more university students into quantum tech. Namely Ramy Harib and Mohamed Assaghir have graduated from the department of electrical and electronics engineering (EEE).
Both students worked on diverse quantum projects as their bachelor thesis. Ramy has worked on leveraging the power of quantum computing in the future 6G networks!
In more details, Ramy has address the developments have been made in new MIMO wireless physical layer approaches to accommodate the user demand for increasing quantities of wireless capacity continues to exceed availability. Ramy has implemented a Maximum likelihood (ML) detection method for Multi-User MIMO on a Quantum Annealing device for a Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN).
On the other side Mohamed’s project addresses how in in the quantum communications era, certain attackers may have quantum computing capabilities to threaten the IoT network security by. Mohamed investigated the standard BB84 protocol as the basic model of quantum key distribution (QKD) in depolarizing channel. An IoT network structure is proposed to allow QKD to take place. The results show that the BB84 protocol can reach 99% accuracy in detecting attackers.
Let’s take a moment to get to know some of Libyan landscapes;
The name Al Athrun is often spelled in various ways, like Athrun, Alathrun, L'athroun, Lathrun or Latrun. According to some sources, the town was established by the Byzantines, who originally named it Erythron , from the Greek ερυθρός (Erythron: 'red'), in reference to the red colour of the local earth.