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Features in this issue

• The developing metaverse: Commercial realities of extended realities

  by  Martin Schwirn

  The metaverse is almost certain to become a highly competitive commercial playground, if not battlefield. It will likely not only establish highly profitable markets but also lead to high-profile failures

• Umbrella company cyber attacks prompt fresh calls for sector regulation to protect contractors

  by  Caroline Donnelly

  With the umbrella company industry increasingly finding itself under attack from cyber criminals, contracting market stakeholders embark on a fresh round of calls for the industry to be regulated

• Should IT leaders plan for the quantum computing era?

  by  Cliff Saran

  Quantum computing is still at an early stage of development, but there are a handful of use cases where nothing else matches the horsepower it offers