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Ontario, Cisco partner on R&D

TORONTO – The province of Ontario is partnering with Cisco to develop initiatives that will help to drive economic development and support technology research and development.The memorandum of understanding signed this week will see Cisco Canada invest up to $455 million over five years on R&D focused on core routing and switching, collaboration, data centre virtualization and cloud, and video. Ontario has committed $25 million to this project.“Cisco and the Province of Ontario share a long and successful history”, said Cisco Canada president, Nitin Kawale, in a statement. “This MOU, only the third of its kind in Ontario’s history, is...