Cisco and IDA Expand Technology Collaboration in Singapore

Cisco and IDA Expand Technology Collaboration in Singapore

Cisco® and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) have expanded their technology collaboration to advance Internet Protocol (IP) networking in Singapore. Both parties signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) in October 2005 to enhance current and future collaborations to identify, develop and deploy innovative converged infocomm applications in Singapore.

Today, in a signing ceremony witnessed by Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts and Mr John Chambers, Cisco’s chairman and CEO, both parties re-affirmed their commitment made during the MOI and expanded their collaboration in line with iP3 (interaction across People, Private and Public enterprise). The expanded agreement, signed between Cisco Systems® International, BV, and the IDA, includes exploring and implementing technologies that will help achieve a ubiquitous computing environment and fuel greater innovation of next-generation networking solutions in Singapore. Cisco has participated in projects to transform and enable key clusters such as education and healthcare. An example is the Cisco Clinical Connection initiative which aims to revolutionise the way information flows in the healthcare sector.

Since the signing of the first MOI in October 2005, Cisco has been an active participant in IDA’s infocomm Local Industry Upgrading Program (iLIUP) where they recruited over 25 local companies, and trained over 40 technical staff in those companies, helping them generate S$1.9 million in sales. Cisco was also a partner and sponsor for national projects like S2006 and Innovationation.

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