Microsoft Announces Azure Quantum; A Cloud-Based Quantum Computing Service

(VentureBeat) Microsoft has shared plans to release an open cloud quantum computing service in private preview. Microsoft plans to launch Azure Quantum in the coming months, the company said in a news release.
From the Microsoft Azure site:  Azure Quantum is the world’s first full-stack, open cloud ecosystem that enables quantum impact today. Together with our partners, we’re assembling the industry’s most diverse selection of quantum solutions, software, and hardware in Azure. Azure Quantum is a single, lasting experience that enables customers to write one code that connects to any hardware advancements that come along—classical computers, quantum hardware from our partners, or our own quantum system built on the foundation of tomorrow’s revolutionary topological qubit.