This month we lead on the partnership between Genesys and Lighthouse Works to improve global career opportunities for the blind and visually impaired .

EquiVista by Lighthouse Works , a BPO , delivers a more accessible interface for Genesys Cloud . Now available on the Genesys AppFoundry , the application enables organisations to create contact centre jobs for the blind and visually impaired .

On p56 , Kyle Johnson , CEO and President , Lighthouse Works , outlines introducing EquiVista in partnership with Genesys to help level the playing field for the visually impaired workforce – and offering organizations a ‘ massive opportunity ’ to provide more inclusive workplace environments and career advancement opportunities for this underrepresented population .

As the Quantum era edges closer , IBM has expanded its Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie , New York , to advance algorithm discovery . stack , which has been built to simplify programming quantum computers .

In light of Apple ’ s recent Swift Homomorphic Encryption ( HE ) announcement , Agnès Leroy , Senior Software Engineer , Zama , explains on p53 exactly what HE is , the different schemes and their capabilities and where it might be used going forwards .

While HE has been around since the 70s , the fact that Apple is now advocating its use signals a real shift in how data privacy and security are being prioritised and implemented – is HE soon to become as familiar as AI and ML ?

In Get to Know on p79 , Jason Van der Schyff , COO , SoftIron , shares what time in tech has taught him since he started building websites in high school .

Just a sample of what ’ s inside – enjoy the read .

Have an innovative month .

Make stuff happen .

Read on p48 how IBM ’ s users are now tapping the improved performance capabilities of IBM Heron and IBM utility-scale systems to build quantum algorithms for their industries with Qiskit , IBM ’ s quantum software

Bill Tanner Editor

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