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IBM and Basque Government announce plan to install Europe’s first IBM Quantum System Two at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center in Spain

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IBM Quantum System Two to be powered by a utility-scale 156-qubit IBM Quantum Heron processor.Installation of IBM Quantum System Two at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center expected to be completed by the end of 2025.Members of the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center intend to use IBM’s most performant architecture to advance discovery and solutions in physics, information science, and materials science.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., March 13, 2025 /CNW/ — The Basque Government, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to install Europe’s first IBM Quantum System Two at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center on Ikerbasque Foundation’s main campus in San Sebastian, Spain (Gipuzkoa, Spain). The deployment builds on the organizations’ partnership, which began in 2023 as part of the BasQ initiative to further establish the Basque Country as a leading technology hub. Since the initial announcement, the parties have agreed to update the original plan to install an IBM Quantum System One, to now deploy IBM’s most advanced modular quantum computer, IBM Quantum System Two, which is expected to be complete by the end of 2025.

BasQ’s IBM Quantum System Two, to be managed by IBM, will be powered by an IBM Quantum Heron, the company’s most performant quantum processor to date, engineered to expand to multiple processors in the future. IBM Heron is capable of executing utility-scale algorithms beyond the capabilities of brute-force, classical simulation methods, including leveraging Qiskit software to accurately run certain classes of quantum circuits with up to 5,000 two-qubit gate operations.

This installation dedicated to Spain’s quantum innovators across academia, research labs, and industries represents IBM’s continued effort to expand Europe’s quantum ecosystem. Members of the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center will have access to these capabilities and resources to help build a quantum workforce, promote economic development, and develop new, useful algorithms to, in turn, help accomplish the Basque Country Government’s IKUR 2030 vision for quantum technologies. These efforts in algorithm development would be directly applied toward accomplishing IKUR 2030 goals, such as research into modeling new materials, research into how quantum computing can be used as part of the initiative’s broader sustainability efforts.

“With this scientific infrastructure, the Basque Country will be positioned as a global reference hub in quantum computing. This technology will help progress in the digital transformation and provide us with a state-of-the-art scientific infrastructure that will strengthen the scientific, technological and innovation ecosystem that must facilitate this transformation. The IBM Quantum System Two will be a key tool for the Basque Network for Science, Technology and Innovation to generate cutting-edge knowledge in the Basque Country, to implement highly specialized higher education programs at our universities, and to be prepared for the impact of quantum computing in the coming years by both the Basque public sector and the industry. The arrival of this computer will be a great opportunity for the Basque Country’s economic and social development and will enable us to cooperate with other regions, countries and actors in the development and impact of this technology,” said the President of the Basque Country Government, Mr. Imanol Pradales.

“The IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center’s dedicated IBM Quantum System Two will give Spain’s quantum community of researchers, developers, and industry experts unparalleled access to our most performant, most advanced quantum technologies—including the tools to develop algorithms that will help drive the entire quantum ecosystem toward achieving a quantum advantage within the next two years,” said Jay Gambetta, Vice President, IBM Quantum.

About the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center

The IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center was announced in 2023 to promote the use of advanced technology across all the Basque Country Government and the General Deputations (Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa), further elevating research institutions by expanding international research collaborations, performing world-class fundamental scientific research, and increasing the quantum-trained talent in the region. The center will provide computational infrastructure for researchers from the Basque Government and its partners to help researchers meet these goals.

IBM and the Basque Government are also collaborating to develop workforce programs aimed at building and establishing world-class talent in the Basque Country and across Spain. The IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center programs are driving internal and external awareness, education, and skill building through the development of immersive and integrated learning programs.

About IBM

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 4,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

For more information, visit https://research.ibm.com.

About Ikerbasque

In 2007, The Basque Government created Ikerbasque to reinforce the Basque scientific system through the attraction, recovery and retention of researchers from all around the world. The Basque Foundation for Science is a consolidated organization with 373 researchers from 35 different countries, from all fields of knowledge, and currently working in 25 partner institutions.

*L-R: Horacio Morell, IBM Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel General Manager; Jay Gambetta, Vice President, IBM Quantum; Mr. Imanol Pradales, President of the Basque Country Government; Eider Mendoza, General Deputy of Gipuzkoa.

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IBM Research Communications
cnay@us.ibm.com

Paola Ortega Hernández
IBM Brand, Social and Communications Leader
Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel
paola.ortega@ibm.com 

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SIG SAUER to Highlight Global Defense Innovation at Eurosatory

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Premier firearms manufacturer to showcase its broad range of combat-proven
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NEWINGTON, N.H., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SIG SAUER, an industry-leading manufacturer of cutting-edge firearms, optics, and ammunition, will showcase its premier military product lineup at the Eurosatory defense and security exhibition in Paris June 15 – 19.

SIG SAUER and its team of experts will highlight the company’s defense technology and capabilities, ranging from world-class firearms to the most advanced drone and remote-controlled weapon systems (RCWS).

“Our team is proud to design, manufacture, and deliver the latest technology and products to our partners and customers around the world,” said Paul Strebel, Managing Director, Global Defense Sales, Europe. “We are uniquely positioned with a fully integrated portfolio of modern technologies for today’s battlefield, and we look forward to sharing the latest SIG SAUER lineup with military leadership and decision-makers at Eurosatory.”

In addition to serving as the official handgun provider to all branches of the U.S. military and delivering America’s Next Generation Squad Weapon program, SIG SAUER has a global presence in more than 90 countries, across North America, Europe, Central America, Asia and Africa, and is the preferred partner to top militaries around the world.

SIG SAUER product experts will share at the exhibition the latest product specifications from the SIG lineup of handguns, rifles, machine guns, suppressors, drones, RCWS, optics, and ammunition. SIG SAUER is exhibiting in Hall 6 at Stand #D26. 

About SIG SAUER Inc.
SIG SAUER Inc. is a leading provider and manufacturer of firearms, electro-optics, ammunition, airguns, suppressors, remote-controlled weapons stations, and training. For over 250 years SIG SAUER Inc. has evolved and thrived by blending American ingenuity, German engineering, and Swiss precision. Today, SIG SAUER is synonymous with industry-leading quality and innovation which has made it the brand of choice amongst the U.S. Military, the global defense community, law enforcement, competitive shooters, hunters, and responsible citizens. Additionally, SIG SAUER is the premier provider of elite firearms instruction and tactical training at the SIG SAUER Academy. SIG SAUER is certified a Great Place to Work™. For more information about the company and product line visit sigsauer.com.

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Vice President, Consumer Affairs
media@sigsauer.com

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CINC Systems and HOA Invest Partner to Automate Off-Book Reserve Visibility for Community Association Management

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New integration brings HOA Invest account balances, transactions, and statements directly into CINC, giving management companies a more connected view of off-book reserves without disrupting existing banking relationships.

DULUTH, Ga., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CINC Systems, the AI-native platform for community association management, today announced a new integration and partnership with HOA Invest, a platform which grants access to investment advisory solutions built for community associations.

The integration addresses one of the most persistent financial visibility challenges in community association management: off-book reserve accounts held outside a management company’s partner banking relationship.

A non-partner account is a reserve investment account held outside the management company’s integrated banking partners—typically a brokerage or custodial account at a broker-dealer (for example, Merrill Lynch “ML”, Morgan Stanley “MS”, LPL Financial, or UBS, etc.)—so balances, transactions and statements are not automatically visible inside the management company’s accounting platform.

The integration is intended for associations that have moved their reserves into non-partner investment accounts (i.e. ML, MS, UBS, etc), self-managed associations seeking more structured reserve investment support, and accounting teams currently reconciling off-book reserve accounts by hand. HOA Invest supports these accounts through advisory affiliates and preferred institutional custodial platforms, including Charles Schwab and Fidelity Institutional.

Today, many associations maintain reserve funds across off book non-partner investment accounts (i.e. ML, MS, UBS, etc) or investment accounts that are not directly visible inside their management software. Managers and accounting teams often have to wait for monthly statements, collect updates from boards or advisors, log into separate portals, and manually enter balances into CINC. That process creates delays, increases the risk of errors, and makes it harder to deliver timely board reporting.

Through the integration, account balances, transactions, statements and fixed income reports managed through the HOA Invest platform can flow directly into CINC, giving management companies a more automated, centralized view of reserve information without interrupting an associations existing banking relationships. Investment holdings visibility is expected to be added in a future phase, to include underlying holdings such as CDs and U.S. Treasuries.

“Community association management is becoming more complex, and financial visibility is one of the places where that complexity shows up most clearly,” said Ryan Davis, Chief Executive Officer of CINC Systems. “Boards need timely, trusted information to make better decisions. Managers need less manual work standing between them and the communities they serve. This partnership with HOA Invest helps bring off-book reserve visibility into the same connected platform where management companies already manage accounting, banking, payments, operations, and board reporting.”

The partnership gives management companies a way to reduce the manual work associated with tracking off-book reserves while strengthening transparency for boards and communities. With HOA Invest and CINC, balances can be updated automatically, transactions can be integrated, statements can be centralized, and reserve-related records can be easier to access for audits, board packets, financial reviews, and reporting.

For boards, the integration provides greater confidence that reserve information is easier to see, easier to review, and connected to the financial workflows their management company already uses. For managers and accounting teams, it reduces the need to chase statements, key in balances, and reconcile information across disconnected systems.

“Reserve management has always required trust — trust that the information is accurate, that the funds are protected, and that the right people have visibility at the right time,” said Jessica McConnell, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of HOA Invest. “This partnership gives management companies and boards a more modern way to manage that visibility. HOA Invest gives, through its affiliates, access to fiduciary guidance and tailored investment support, while CINC brings the integrated accounting and operational platform management companies rely on every day. Together, we provide a solution where associations can manage reserve funds with greater transparency, efficiency, and confidence.”

HOA Invest affiliated fiduciary investment advisors work directly with managers and boards to review financials and provide tailored reserve investment recommendations. Unlike approaches that require associations to move operating or reserve accounts away from existing relationships, the CINC and HOA Invest partnership is designed to support reserves already held beyond the primary bank, giving boards and management companies a more connected way to manage investment visibility while maintaining continuity in their broader banking structure.

The integration reflects CINC’s broader strategy to bring accounting, operations, resident engagement, board governance, banking, payments, and workflow intelligence into one connected platform for community association management.

The CINC and HOA Invest integration is available for eligible customers. To learn more, CINC customers can contact their Client Growth Manager or connect with HOA Invest to review reserve investment needs and activation steps.

About CINC Systems

CINC Systems is the AI-native platform for community association management, trusted by more than 1,000 management companies serving 55,000+ associations and 6 million+ doors. Built on more than twenty years of integrated platform data spanning accounting, operations, resident experience, banking, and payments, CINC processed more than $25 billion in community payments in 2025. Cephai, CINC’s intelligence system, is woven natively into that foundation to help management companies reduce tedious work, increase visibility, and operate with greater efficiency. CINC is backed by Hg and Spectrum Equity. For more information, visit www.cincsystems.com.

About HOA Invest

HOA Invest helps homeowners associations and community associations simplify reserve investment management through technology and its affiliation to Registered Investment Advisers who provide fiduciary guidance, and tailored investment strategies. With more than 25 years of industry experience, including 16 years dedicated to HOAs and association management, HOA Invest provides communities with tools designed to improve visibility, streamline financial management, support informed decision-making, and help align investments with applicable regulatory guidelines and governing documents. Through its proprietary HOA Invest Technology, paired with its affiliated SEC-registered investment advisors, HOA Invest offers daily updates, customized investment strategies, and expert guidance tailored to each community’s goals. For more information, visit www.hoainvest.com.

Disclosure

HOA Invest is a technology and referral platform and is not itself a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, custodian, or bank. Investment advisory services made available through HOA Invest are provided by affiliated SEC-registered investment advisers, which are under common ownership with HOA Invest. Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training. References to custodians, broker-dealers, banking relationships, or institutional platforms are for informational purposes only and do not imply endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship unless expressly stated.

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VIAVI Wins Best of Show Awards at Interop Tokyo 2026

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Network infrastructure validation and testing solutions for AI and enterprise secure Best of Show Prizes at Japan’s leading ICT event

CHANDLER, Ariz., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that it has won two awards at Interop Tokyo 2026 in collaboration with partner TOYO Corporation. The Best of Show Awards recognize VIAVI’s innovative technologies for testing and validating AI, enterprise, cloud and other advanced network infrastructure deployments.

The Interop Tokyo awards are presented to companies that demonstrate the most innovative products, solutions, and services during the three-day conference and exhibition. This year, VIAVI secured a Best of Show Grand Prize award in the Network Infrastructure/Security/Testing category for its MCP Server Framework for Custom AI Workflows1 and a Runner Up award for its TestCenter D2 1.6T Appliance2 high-speed Ethernet test platform.

“We are honored to be selected for two prestigious prizes,” said Tom Fawcett, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Lab and Production, VIAVI. “These awards, which go to the most innovative digital infrastructure technologies, further demonstrate VIAVI’s ongoing leadership in advanced testing solutions that accelerate and enhance the deployment, validation and security of AI, data center and enterprise network infrastructure.”

Since its inception in 1984, Interop Tokyo has become one of the largest ICT (information and Communication Technology) events in Asia. The conference showcases the latest networking products, solutions and services and attracts over 150,000 attendees each year. Award submissions are reviewed by a panel of expert judges that selects winners based on cutting-edge technology and commercial value, highlighting annual IT trends in networking, AI, security and cloud computing.

VIAVI’s Best of Show Winners

1. VIAVI MCP Server Framework for Custom AI Workflows

VIAVI MCP Server Framework for Custom AI Workflows (part of VIAVI’s NITRO® AI portfolio of solutions) delivers MCP servers for TestCenter (network performance testing), CyberFlood (security and application performance testing) and TeraVM (secure access/ZTNA and SSL/IPsec VPN testing). Each MCP server exposes product-specific operational testing capabilities as standardized tools and resources for AI agents, enabling natural-language-driven test execution, results analysis and test automation across custom AI workflows.

2. VIAVI TestCenter D2 1.6T Appliance

The VIAVI TestCenter D2 1.6T Appliance is a high-performance high-speed Ethernet test platform purpose-built to validate and accelerate rollout of next-generation AI data center infrastructure. Designed for 1.6T Ethernet and AI workloads, it delivers high-capacity traffic generation, AI workload emulation and multivendor interoperability testing, enabling hyperscalers, cloud providers and network equipment manufacturers to accelerate deployment of scalable, high-performance AI-ready networks.

About VIAVI
VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global leader in test and measurement and optical technologies. Our test, monitoring, assurance, and resilient position, navigation and timing solutions enable and secure critical infrastructure ranging from data center ecosystems and communication networks to military, aerospace, railway and first responder communications. In addition, we develop and advance technologies used in high-volume optical applications across anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, aerospace, industrial and automotive end markets.

Learn more about VIAVI at www.viavisolutions.com. Follow us on VIAVI Perspectives, LinkedIn and YouTube.

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