Quantum Computing is becoming quite the hot topic lately. With research
being done by Google, IBM, Microsoft, universities, and a number of other
players, it’s looking this is really going to happen. In fact, Google may
just be weeks away from announcing the Quantum Supremacy milestone. If you
aren’t familiar with the concept of Quantum Supremacy yet, it’s basically
the point where a quantum computer can complete a computation in a short time
where a classical computer can’t complete it at all. This is a big
deal. While there are some simple quantum computers out there right now
(you can try out IBM’s via the Q Experience), this will be a big deal.
Now, quantum computing isn't for everyone. I'm pretty sure it's not even
for myself, but I am interested in the technology so I am intrigued to learn
more. The point of this post isn't to teach you all of the detail... (more)
With IBM, Google, and Microsoft pouring funding into the research of quantum
computing, it's really starting to look like we are going to see the benefits
in the next 5 - 10 years. Google may be just weeks from announcing they
reached the quantum supremacy milestone and IBM may not be far behind
either. Today, I wanted to share my thoughts on how quantum computing may
affect cryptography as we know it.
Effects on cryptography
When we talk about the basic cryptography used for things like TLS when you
access your bank's website, the premise behind securing your data is
surprisin... (more)
This week, I needed to deploy lookup columns to some of my lists and as usual
I wanted to avoid writing code at all costs.
As some of you may know, Kyle Kelin and I debate this topic often as he
prefers a code approach. I figured it had to be possible with CAML, but
many claimed it was not even possible. A few approaches showed up out there
involving using code to modify the elements.xml file with your GUID, but that
just wasn’t going to cut it for me.
One popular post on the topic by Josh Gaffey, started me in the right
direction, but there were a few hurdles I ran into as ... (more)
I see this topic come up quite a bit. You have a set of search results, and
the user just wants to see the documents, not the folder that contains the
documents. Consider the following example, when I query for accounting
documents below.
As you can see in the results above, the first item returned is the folder
named Accounting which contains the documents listed after it. Many times,
people do not want this showing up in the results, so we need to come up with
a way to remove it. The easiest way of course is to use the IsDocument
keyword and pass it a value of 1. This wi... (more)
Curious to know what the Services on Server page looks like now? Well, then
this is the post for you. Instead of just having the 6 or so services that
you had in MOSS 2007, there are many more services listed on the Services on
Server page. Here is what your list might look like (pending changes of
course). Since the move to Service Applications, you will probably find
yourself concentrating on this page as much, but it’s still there.
Access Database Service Application Registry Service Business Data
Connectivity Central Administration Document Conversion Launcher Service
Do... (more)
Corey Roth, a SharePoint Server MVP, is an independent consultant specializing in Cloud technologies such as Azure and Office 365. He also specializes in mobile development. Corey serves as the product manager for two cloud-first mobile app platforms: BrewZap and HappenZap.
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