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ITAC believes Canadian businesses should be leaders in the use of ICT for competitive advantage, productivity and growth. Use of ICT by small and medium enterprises should increase towards that of our US counterparts. By partnering with other associations, as well as with Government, we work to ensure public policy supports these goals.
ITAC strives to ensure Federal, Ontario and other Canadian Governments are leaders in ICT use. ITAC positions itself as a trusted advisor to Government. We gather industry leaders and Government together and work to make it easier for our industry to sell to government.
ITAC believes the Canadian healthcare system should be a world-leading user of ICT to achieve superior patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness, as well as fostering development of a world-leading Canadian health ICT industry. ITAC works to correct chronic under-spend on ICT.
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New R&D Initiative Will Focus On Cities, Water, Energy and Healthcare
Posted April 11, 2012
The governments of Canada and Ontario, IBM and a consortium of seven universities led by the University of Toronto and Western University have come together to create a $210-million research and development initiative. The program, which will focus on challenges facing cities, water and energy conservation and the healthcare sector, will create 145 new highly skilled jobs in Ontario.
IBM will invest up to $175 million prior to December 2014 to form the IBM Canada Research and Development Centre, which will serve as a foundation for the research initiative. The Government of Canada will contribute $20 million to allow a consortium of seven southern Ontario post-secondary institutions and IBM to install two high-performance IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputers. The Government of Ontario will invest $15 million.
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